Patent · US Expired

Pneumatic floor supports for portable platforms

US5414886A · kind A · utility

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5Claims

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Assignee

Man Gutehoffnungshutte Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Eberhard Sust · Mainz, DE
Jan Ghering · Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 1993
Grant date	May 16, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE01D19/005
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Movable ground supports, which are folded out either manually or hydraulically, are arranged at the tip of the launching support in devices for laying collapsible bridges. An inflatable container (6) is integrated in the structural part (2) of the launching support (8), and the container acts as a movable support in the filled state. A release mechanism (10) arranged in the vicinity of the container ensures that the medium--compressed air or nitrogen--will escape from the inflated container (6) when the end of the bridge (5) has completely reached the bearing (9) after advancing forward.

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