Articulated bridge gangway between railroad cars
First Claim
1. An articulated bridge component for use in cooperation with another similar bridge component to span the space between two interconnected railway cars, comprising:
- two laterally-spaced-apart side rails extending from one end of a railway car in the longitudinal direction of the car,a floor plate including a frame having two side walls, and a plurality of bridge elements extending between the frame side walls and transverse to the longitudinal direction of said car;
means associated with the end of the floor plate remote from said car for interconnecting the floor plate with a similar floor plate extending from a second car coupled to said car,a carriage slidable along the side rails in a direction toward and away from said car, andmeans for interconnecting the carriage with the end of the floor plate nearest said car, so that the carriage and floor plate are movable together toward and away from said car in order to compensate for relative motion between two coupled cars in the longitudinal direction of the cars.
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Abstract
An articulated bridge as a component of a detachable gangway floor plate between two articulated interconnected railroad cars, the bridge being provided with several elongated bridge elements arranged in succession laterally, and running transverse to the direction of the bridge. The articulated extremities of the bridge are defined by the side walls of a frame approximately following the contours of the bridge. One end section of the bridge is designed for attachment to one of the two interconnected railroad cars and the other end section of the bridge is designed for attachment to the corresponding end section of an articulated bridge of the other of the two interconnected railroad cars, both end sections running in the transverse direction of the bridge. The end section of the frame runs in the transverse direction of the bridge, which is allocated to one of the interconnected railroad cars, and is carried in a carriage which is adjustable in a trough of the railroad car, in the longitudinal direction of the bridge, in a path of positioning movement derived from the longitudinal clearance of the coupling between the two railroad cars.
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1. An articulated bridge component for use in cooperation with another similar bridge component to span the space between two interconnected railway cars, comprising:
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two laterally-spaced-apart side rails extending from one end of a railway car in the longitudinal direction of the car, a floor plate including a frame having two side walls, and a plurality of bridge elements extending between the frame side walls and transverse to the longitudinal direction of said car; means associated with the end of the floor plate remote from said car for interconnecting the floor plate with a similar floor plate extending from a second car coupled to said car, a carriage slidable along the side rails in a direction toward and away from said car, and means for interconnecting the carriage with the end of the floor plate nearest said car, so that the carriage and floor plate are movable together toward and away from said car in order to compensate for relative motion between two coupled cars in the longitudinal direction of the cars. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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