IP Library Granted Patent US 9,488,048
Granted Patent B2
US 9,488,048 · App. 14/331,756 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Ground and rock anchor

Inventor: Thomas Keller (Lully, CH)
Assignee: F.J. Aschwanden Ag
E21D21/0026E02D5/80E21D21/0046
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Patent No.
US 9,488,048
App. No.
14/331,756
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ground and rock anchor includes a longitudinally stable, flexible tensile member, an anchorage part, in which the tensile member may be fixed by the one end region, and an anchor head device, in which the tensile member is held by the other end region. The anchorage part is designed to be introduced into a drilled hole in the ground or rock and anchored therein. The longitudinally stable, flexible tensile member is provided at least at the one end region fixed in the anchorage part with at least one first loop. The anchorage part is a substantially prismatic or cylindrical longitudinal body, which is formed of a hardenable composition, by which the at least one first loop of the longitudinally stable, flexible tensile member is surrounded. This configuration allows the forces to be optimally transferred.

Claims (16)

1. A ground and rock anchor, comprising

a longitudinally stable, flexible tensile member,

an anchorage part in which the tensile member is fixed by one end region of the tensile member, and

an anchor head device in which the tensile member is held by an other end region, wherein the anchorage part is designed to be introduced into a drilled hole in the ground or rock and anchored therein, wherein the tensile member comprises at least one first loop at least at the one end region which is fixed in the anchorage part, and the anchorage part is a substantially prismatic or cylindrical longitudinal body formed of a hardenable composition by which the at least one first loop is surrounded.

2. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the tensile member is made from a fibre reinforced plastics material.

3. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the tensile member consists of a plurality of layers, and wherein, in the one end region, each layer or a bundle of layers forms separate first loops, the separate first loops each having different lengths.

4. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the hardenable composition is a mortar-type composition.

5. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the anchorage part is provided with structures.

6. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 5 , wherein the structures consist of ribs projecting above the surface of the anchorage part, which ribs are oriented substantially transversely to a direction of pull of a force acting on the tensile member and on the anchorage part.

7. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the anchorage part is surrounded by tension rings at least over sub-regions of a length of the anchorage part.

8. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 7 , wherein, in an entry region of the anchorage part into which the tensile member enters the anchorage part, a tension ring is arranged in the anchorage part.

9. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 8 , wherein the tensile member comprises a plurality of first loops and the tension rings are each arranged in regions of ends of respective ones of the first loops.

10. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the other end region of the tensile member comprises a second loop.

11. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 10 , wherein a bolt arranged transversely to a direction of pull is provided in the anchor head device.

12. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 11 , wherein the second loop is laid over the bolt.

13. The ground and rock anchor according to claim 11 , wherein the bolt is mounted in a tensioning device arranged in the anchor head device.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 057712 FRAME: 0276. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 4, 2022
From: F.J. ASCHWANDEN AG
To: LEVIAT AG
Reel/Frame 058607/0768 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 5, 2021
From: F.J. ASCHWANDEN AG
To: LEVIAT AT
Reel/Frame 057712/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2014
From: KELLER, THOMAS
To: F.J. ASCHWANDEN AG
Reel/Frame 034087/0766 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 13177343 · Jul 22, 2013 · regional
Continuity (1)
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