Anchor, tensioning device, wind energy plant and method for tensioning tensile cords on an anchor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9677275-B2
Application number	US-201314653261-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2013
Priority date	Dec 18, 2012
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to an anchor, more particularly a fixed anchor, for a tensioning device designed for attachment on a construction for holding tensile cords, such as wires, rods, more particularly tensile wires, tension rods, or the like on the anchor, with a multi-part anchor head, wherein the anchor head has an anchor plate in the form of a perforated disc with a feed-through for separately guiding a tensile cord, wherein the feed-through is one of a number of feed-throughs and the tensile cord is one of a number of tensile cords, as well as an intermediate disc mounted on one side of the perforated disc and having a further feed-through for separately guiding the tensile cord, wherein the further feed-through is one of a number of further feed-throughs in the intermediate disc and the tensile cord is the one of the number of tensile cords. According to the invention it is proposed that the intermediate disc is formed as a transition plate which supports at least in the further feed-through a security sleeve which is designed to anchor the tensile cord automatically under tension.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An anchor for a tensioning device designed for attachment on a construction for holding tensile cords on the anchor, the anchor comprising:
an anchor head including:
a perforated disc having a first side and a second side and a plurality of first through holes for receiving tensile cords, a ring-shaped anchor body supported by the perforated disc and configured to anchor the tensile cords on the perforated disc,
an intermediate disc mounted on the first side of the perforated disc and having a plurality of second through holes, each of the second through holes for receiving a respective one of the tensile cords,
a plurality of security sleeves supported by the intermediate disc, the plurality of security sleeves being configured to anchor the tensile cords under tension, and
a security disc arranged on the second side of the perforated disc, the security disc including a third plurality of through holes for receiving the tensile cords, respectively.

2. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein a setting ring is mounted on a first side of the intermediate disc.

3. The anchor according to claim 2 , wherein the setting ring has at least one of:
a stop for the intermediate disc and is designed for embedding in a foundation base; and
an inner open area that corresponds to the total diameter of the tensile cords so that the tensile cords are provided together through the inner open area.

4. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the anchor head further has:
a cover arranged at the second side of the perforated disc, wherein the cover engages over at least one of the perforated disc and the intermediate disc.

5. The anchor according to claim 4 , wherein the cover is a system comprising a cover hood closed on the second side, and a cover cap, wherein the cover hood has a protective cover and the cover cap has a protective connector for one of the tensile cords.

6. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first, second, and third through holes are arranged centro-symmetrically around an axis of the intermediate disc, the perforated disc and the security disc.

7. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first and second through holes are arranged in open areas of the perforated disc and intermediate disc, respectively, that are off-set relative to a stop area.

8. The anchor according to claim 7 , wherein the stop area is a centro-symmetrical ring area.

9. The anchor according to claim 7 , wherein the open area of the intermediate disc has a counter-sunk area that is sunk centro-symmetrically on an upper side, and an insert area raised centro-symmetrically on a lower side.

10. The anchor according to claim 9 , wherein:
the counter-sunk area of the intermediate disc is designed for receiving an open area of the perforated disc;
the insert area of the intermediate disc is designed for insertion in a setting ring and a stop area arranged on a first side of the intermediate disc is designed for stopping against the setting ring; and
a stop area arranged on a second side of the intermediate disc is designed for stopping against the perforated disc.

11. The anchor according to claim 9 , wherein a sunk distance of the counter-sunk area corresponds approximately to an indent measurement of the security sleeve, wherein the indent measurement corresponds to a distance between a tension-free and a tension-loaded position of the security sleeve.

12. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second through holes of the intermediate disc has a smooth or structured inner sleeve side which is thread-free.

13. The anchor according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of second through holes has a first conical section and a second cylindrical section.

14. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the ring-shaped anchor body and the plurality of security sleeves is formed in a shape of a ring wedge.

15. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein the anchor body has a plurality of expansion slits.

16. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of security sleeves has a clamping slit that extends continuously along a length of the sleeve.

17. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of security sleeves and the anchor body has a conical outer sleeve side.

18. The anchor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of security sleeves and the anchor body has a cylindrical toothed inner sleeve side.

19. The anchor according to claim 1 , further comprising an inner sleeve having teeth and is directed asymmetrically to a first side of the anchor.

20. A tensioning device, designed for attachment on a construction and for holding tensile cords on an anchor according to claim 1 .

21. The tensioning device according to claim 20 , further comprising:
a fixed anchor and a tension anchor, wherein tensile cords are held between the fixed anchor and the tension anchor, wherein the anchor head is of the fixed anchor and is designed for fixing the tensile cords before and after tensioning, and the anchor head of the tension anchor is designed for tensioning and then fixing the tensile cords.

22. A wind energy plant comprising:
a foundation including a tension anchor;
a tower including a plurality of tower segments;
an anchor according to claim 1 coupled to a first one of the plurality of tower segments, wherein the first one of the plurality of tower segments includes tensile cords that are held under tension by the anchor and the tension anchor;
a nacelle on the tower; and
a wind-drivable rotor on the nacelle and coupled to a rotor hub on a generator.

23. A method for tensioning tensile cords of a fixed anchor for a tensioning device designed for attachment on a construction and for holding the tensile cords between the fixed anchor and a tension anchor, wherein the fixed anchor has a multi-part anchor head, the method comprising:
introducing a first end of a tensile cord into a first through hole of a perforated disc of the fixed anchor and a second through hole of a transition plate of the fixed anchor, wherein a second end of the tensile cord located in the tension anchor is located in a foundation;
setting the tensile cord under tension; and
anchoring the tensile cord to the perforated disc and the transition plate.

24. The method according to claim 23 , wherein the tensile cord is encased and fixedly clamped in the perforated disc and in the transition plate.

25. The method according to claim 23 , wherein introducing comprises inserting a plurality of tensile cords into a plurality of first through holes of the perforated disc of the fixed anchor and a plurality of second through holes of the transition plate of the fixed anchor, wherein a first one of the plurality of tensile cords is provided with a feature that distinguishes the first one of the plurality of tensile cords from a second one of the plurality of tensile cords.

26. A wind energy plant comprising:
a foundation including a tension anchor;
a tower including a plurality of tower segments;
an anchor coupled to a first one of the plurality of tower segments, the anchor including a plurality of tension cords held under tension by the anchor, the anchor comprising an anchor head that includes:
a perforated disc having a first side and a second side and a plurality of first through holes f

Assignees

• Wobben Properties Gmbh

Inventors

• Stracke Olaf

Classifications

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• E04B1/585

  with separate connection devices · CPC title

• E04C5/122

  the tensile members are anchored by wedge-action · CPC title

• E04H12/34

  Arrangements for erecting or lowering towers, masts, poles, chimney stacks, or the like · CPC title

• Y02B10/30

  Wind power · CPC title