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US 9,175,485 B2Granted
Tension member feeding device
AssigneeVSL International AG
InventorsJean-Baptiste Domage, Denys Bour
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a tension member feeding device for feeding a tension member into a channel in a construction element. The feeding device comprises: tension member feeder and a resistance or speed detector. The feeding device is arranged to stop feeding of the tension member once the resistance or speed detector detects that the tension member meets a given resistance.
Claims17
A tension member feeding device for feeding a tension member into a channel, the feeding device comprising:
- a tension member feeder;
- and
- a resistance or speed detector,
- wherein the feeding device is arranged to stop feeding of the tension member once the resistance or speed detector detects that the tension member meets a predetermined resistance or detects a change of speed of the tension member.
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A method for a tension member feeding device to feed a tension member into a channel, the method comprising:
- feeding power to the feeding device;
- pushing the tension member into the channel;
- detecting that the tension member meets a predetermined resistance or detecting a change of speed of the tension member;
- and
- stopping the pushing of the tension member based on the detection of the resistance or change of speed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.