Shock control device for use in the construction of buildings such as bridges and the like
US3986222A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1975 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04H9/0235
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
There is described a control device particularly suitable for use in the construction of buildings such as continuous girder or truss bridges, elevated highways and the like, for the purpose of controlling vertically imposed loads, more particularly, for the purpose of attenuating mechanical vibrations or impacts as will be caused by braking or starting land vehicles or earthquakes, dispersing horizontally an acting forces at the joint of an upper structure of a bridge such as a girder and a lower structure such as a pier, particularly at a fixed shoe (bridge bearing) on the pier.
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