DONALD PAUL KLINE
Engineers in Manassas, VA

5939003, Aug 17, 1999

Jan 31, 1997

8/797690

John Richard Crigler - Raleigh NC
Robert Duncan Lapsley - Raleigh NC
Donald Paul Kline - Manassas VA
Daniel Wallace Falconer - Fairless Hills PA

VSL International - Lyssach

E04C 508

264228

A post-tensioning apparatus and method including first and second body sections interconnected by an intermediate anchor head. Each body section has an end anchor head on an end opposite the intermediate anchor head and includes a tendon with a pair of strands adapted for being tensioned between the intermediate anchor head and the corresponding end anchor head of each body section. Each pair of strands is encapsulated between the intermediate anchor head and each corresponding end anchor head of each body section in a mechanically interlocked duct adapted to receive a bonding agent after tensioning of the strands. A passage is provided proximate the end anchor head of the first body section and provides a passage for insertion of bonding agent, preferably in the form of grout, into the duct of the first body section. Grout can be injected through the passage proximate the end anchor head of the first body section such that the grout can enter and fill the duct of the first body section. A tube provides a passage for grout to pass from the duct of the first body section to the duct of the second body section and around the intermediate anchor head.