Integrated post-tension anchor
View Patent ↗An apparatus and method for reducing corrosion in post-tension construction is described. An anchor base having an aperture with at two continuously opening surfaces is used with a post-tension tendon. A sheath surrounds the anchor and includes a cylindrical extension having a contact end distal from the anchor base for contacting the tendon as the tendon is inserted through the cylindrical extension and the anchor base aperture. The method positions an anchor base in a selected location so that a tendon end can be inserted into the anchor base to engaged the contact end distal from the anchor base. The tendon is threaded through the anchor base until a selected length extends through the base. The tendon is tensioned, a segment of the tendon sleeve is removed proximate to the anchor base, and a wedge is anchored between the tendon and the anchor base.
1. An anchor for engagement with a post-tension tendon, comprising:
an anchor base having first and second sides and an aperture for receiving a post tension anchor therethrough, the aperture having a tapered interior surface for receiving tension retaining wedges therein, the taper narrowing in a direction toward the seocn side;
a encapsulating jacket surrounding the anchor base, the jacket having openings corresponding to openings in the aperture on the first and second side, the jacket having a substantially cylindrical extension formed integrally therewith and having an en distal from the second side of the anchor base for engaging an outer surface of the tendon, the extension having an integrally formed seal on an interior surface of the contact end.
2. The anchor of claim 1 wherein the tapered interior surface comprises a single taper angle.
3. The anchor of claim 2 wherein the tapered interior surface comprises at least two different taper angles.
4. The anchor of claim 2 wherein the seal includes a plurality of separately formed individual seal rings on the interior surface of the extension.
5. The anchor of claim 2 wherein the seal includes a single ring formed on the interior surface of the extension.
6. The anchor of claim 2 wherein the extension includes a corrosion resistant material therein.
7. The anchor of claim 2 wherein the extension is at least about four inches in length from the second side of the anchor base.