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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104246 | Method for strengthening a structure and associated anchorage unit The invention therefore proposes an anchorage unit for anchoring at least one prestressing member, capable of being tensioned, onto a structural component to be strengthened or repaired by additional prestressing. The anchorage unit includes means of fixing onto the... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7739766 | Method for erecting a stay A stay comprises an inclined casing and a bundle of substantially parallel taut reinforcements lodged in the casing and individually anchored in a first and a second anchoring region. According to the invention, the casing and some of the reinforcements are installe... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7716800 | Single-piece part for making a cable anchoring jaw and method for making such a jaw The invention concerns a single-piece part for producing a cable anchoring jaw. The single-piece part includes several angular portions arranged about a generally cylindrical duct, assembled by clamps adjacent to the duct. Each clamp is located at the bottom of one ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7491018 | Stabilized soil structure and facing elements for its construction The facing element for a stabilized soil structure comprises a body of cast material inside which a path is formed for a reinforcement strip between two points of emergence situated on a rear face of the element. This path includes two rectilinear portions which are... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7422190 | Device for damping the vibrations of a cable and related damping method The invention proposes a device for damping the vibrations of a cable used in the structure of a construction work, the cable comprising a bundle of metal strands having ends anchored to the work and being surrounded, in at least one region adjacent to an anchored e... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7347227 | Method of reinforcing a cylindrical pipeline and prefabricated plate used in such method In order to reinforce a cylindrical pipeline, in particular an underground water supply pipeline, prestressing reinforcements are placed and tensioned around it. In a zone where the pipeline has a radial projection, for example providing a manhole for access to the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7267507 | Method of reinforcing an embedded cylindrical pipe A composite structural reinforcement is realized within the pipe through in situ stratification of at least one band of reinforcement fibers and a resin matrix. The band is arranged according to a helicoidal path along the internal side of the pipe. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7174920 | Method for repairing pipes The invention concerns a method for repairing a pressurized fluid supply pipeline (1) comprising a series of buried prestressed concrete pipe segments (2, 3, 4) which consists in: providing excavations in the trench, beneath suitably set portions (6... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7033114 | Method for installing reinforcements around a cylindrical underground pipeline In order to install a reinforcement around a cylindrical underground pipeline, an excavation coffer is laid on the ground above the pipeline, at the same time placing transversely to the pipeline front and rear faces of the coffer, each having along its lower edge a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6748708 | Device for anchoring structural cable A device having an anchor block having orifices therethrough, each accommodating a tendon of the cable and a means of immobilizing the tendon. The device further includes a bearing piece for the anchor block, and means of guiding the tendons between the anchor block... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6725097 | Method and devices for assisting in the control of building operations The invention concerns a method for assisting an operator in surveying defects on a building site which consists in providing him with a portable terminal displaying images of the works and inputting data concerning his observations, under the control of a software ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715176 | Device and method for fixing together a construction element and structural cable A device for fixing together a construction element and a structural cable, the device has a rigid housing connected to the construction element and surrounding the cable, a wedging structure comprising at least one deformable material arranged between the cable and... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6301735 | Method and device for attaching a load-transmitting element to a cable, and suspension bridge comprising such devices The device comprises a collar consisting of two shells, designed to provide a link with the load-transmitting element. The cable has an assembly of tensioned strands contained, at the level of the collar, in a matrix filling the interstices between the st... | 10/16/2001 |
