Cabin for a telescopic gangway

• US 6,543,076 B1
• Filed: 08/27/2001
• Issued: 04/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Fahrtreppen GMBH (Alfried Krupp Von Bohlen Und Halbach-Stiftung)
• Original Assignee: Thyssen Henschel Airport Systems GmbH (Thyssenkrupp AG)
• Inventors: Scharf, Lothar, Worpenberg, Friedhelm
• Primary Examiner(s): Will, Thomas B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pechhold, Alexandra K.
• Application Number:
  US09/914,488
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 14/695, 14/711, 14/715, 14/717
• US Class Current: 14/71.5
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/305 Bridges extending between terminal building and aircraft, e.g. telescopic, vertically adjustable

Abstract

A telescopic gangway cabin has a canopy roof and a floor extending over the entire width of the canopy roof The gangway cabin can be used for docking to conventional commercial aircraft as well as to commuter aircraft. The undivided floor has a railing in the area of a lateral border of the floor and is displaceable together with the railing at right angles to the opening of the canopy roof under the side wall of the canopy roof.

Claims

1. A telescopic gangway cabin, comprising:

a canopy roof with an opening, the opening extending from one side wall to another side wall;

an undivided floor extending in a closed position over the entire width of the canopy roof and with an upper surface uninterrupted from said one side wall to said another side wall; and

an undivided floor railing connected to said undivided floor in an area of a lateral edge of said undivided floor adjacent to said one side wall in said closed position, said undivided floor railing together with said undivided floor being displaceable at right angles to a vertical portion of said one side wall and said another side wall and displaceable relative to said one side wall and relative to said another sidewall as said railing together with said undivided floor move from said closed position into a retracted position.

2. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a gangway floor having a front edge;

two running rails at an underside of said floor, extending at right angles to a vertical portion of said one side wall and said another side wall;

gangway structure spars connected to said gangway floor,

support rollers engaging said running rails and mounted on said spars of said gangway structure.

3. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 2, wherein said undivided floor railing together with said undivided floor are displaceable from said closed position into said retracted position and said spars are disposed such that with said floor in said retracted position one of said spars is arranged approximately in the middle under said undivided floor and another of said spars is arranged in an area of an edge of said floor, which said edge is free from said railing on a side.

4. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 1, wherein a drive for displacement is associated with said undivided floor.

5. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 4, further comprising:

a roller chain with two ends fastened in the area of lateral edges of said undivided floor;

a pinion; and

a motor fastened to one of said spars, said motor providing a drive which engages with said pinion for moving said roller chain.

6. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 5, wherein at least one end of said roller chain is held with a tensioning screw.

7. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 5, further comprising:

limit switches for the drive or for stops are provided in the area of ends of said roller chain.

8. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 5, further comprising a slip clutch inserted for torque limitation between said motor and said pinion.

9. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a transition ramp wherein said undivided floor railing together with said undivided floor are displaceable at right angles to the opening of said canopy roof into a retracted position, said transition ramp covering an opening formed next to said floor in said retracted position under said canopy roof.

10. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 9, wherein said transition ramp is arranged on an outside at said railing of said uninterrupted floor as a fold-out ramp.

11. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a contact threshold bumper consisting of a profile with a triangular cross section extending continuously in front of a free front side of said undivided floor.

12. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a support frame pivotable along the opening of said canopy roof;

at least two running rails connected to said support frame; and

support rollers engaging said rails and fastened to said frame.

13. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 12, further comprising:

a gangway floor having a front edge;

a gangway structure connected to said gangway floor and with a cantilever beam arranged rigidly on the gangway structure approximately in the middle of the cabin; and

pivot mounts for fastening said support frame to said cantilever beam in an articulated manner, said two running rails extending in parallel to said front edge of said gangway floor when said support frame is not pivoted relative to said gangway floor.

14. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 12, further comprising:

a drive including one of a mechanical spindle drive and a hydraulic push-pull cylinder fastened in an articulated manner to said support frame; and

a bracket provided as a adjusting drive for pivoting said undivided floor.

15. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 12, further comprising:

triangular transition ramps are fastened in an articulated manner to said support frame in a transition area between said undivided floor and said gangway floor such that they do not hinder the displacement of said undivided floor.

16. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 13, further comprising:

a drive including one of a mechanical spindle drive and a hydraulic push-pull cylinder fastened in an articulated manner to said support fame; and

a bracket provided as a adjusting drive for pivoting said undivided floor.

17. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 13, further comprising:

a triangular transition ramp fastened in an articulated manner to said support frame in a transition area between said undivided floor and said gangway floor such that they do not hinder the displacement of said floor.

18. A telescopic gangway cabin in accordance with claim 14, further comprising:

triangular transition ramps fastened in an articulated manner to said support frame in a transition area between said floor and said floor such that they do not hinder the displacement of said undivided floor.

19. A telescopic gangway cabin, comprising:

a gangway floor having a front edge;

a canopy roof with an opening the opening extending from one side wall to another side wall, said canopy roof being connected to said gangway floor;

an undivided floor extending in a closed position over the entire width of the canopy roof and having an uninterrupted upper surface extending substantially from said one side wall to said another side wall;

an undivided vertically standing railing connected to said undivided floor in an area of a lateral edge of said undivided floor adjacent to said one side wall in said closed position, said undivided floor railing being laterally displaceable relative to the canopy roof together with said undivided floor from said closed position to a retracted position with the movement being substantially in parallel to said front edge of said gangway floor;

two running rails extending at an underside of said floor, extending in parallel to said front edge of said gangway floor;

gangway structure spars connected to said gangway floor,

support rollers engaging said running rails and mounted on said spars of said gangway structure.

20. A telescopic gangway cabin, comprising:

a gangway floor having a front edge;

a canopy roof with an opening, the opening extending from one side wall to another side wall, said canopy roof being connected to said gangway floor;

an undivided floor extending in a closed position over the entire width of the canopy roof and having an uninterrupted upper surface extending substantially from said one side wall to said another side wall;

an undivided vertically standing floor railing connected to said undivided floor in an area of a lateral edge of said undivided floor adjacent to said one side wall in said closed position, said undivided floor railing being displaceable together with said undivided floor from said closed position to a retracted position with the direction of movement being substantially at a right angle to said one side wall and said another side wall and movable laterally with respect to said one side wall and said another side wall;

a continuous contact threshold bumper extending uninterrupted along a free front side of said undivided floor substantially from said one side wall to said another side wall, said continuous contact threshold bumper having an upper surface cooperating with said uninterrupted upper surface of said undivided floor to provide a combined uninterrupted surface extending substantially from one side wall to said another side wall.