EP0441069A1 - Ductile floor for the passage of heavy road vehicles between railway transport vehicles or road transport vehicles - Google Patents

Ductile floor for the passage of heavy road vehicles between railway transport vehicles or road transport vehicles Download PDF

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EP0441069A1
EP0441069A1 EP90400304A EP90400304A EP0441069A1 EP 0441069 A1 EP0441069 A1 EP 0441069A1 EP 90400304 A EP90400304 A EP 90400304A EP 90400304 A EP90400304 A EP 90400304A EP 0441069 A1 EP0441069 A1 EP 0441069A1
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Jean-Pierre Bechu
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  • the invention is in the field of connection between two successive vehicles of a rail or road transport train or even between two gangway elements for access to a ship or an aircraft, to allow rolling continuity to the load axles high that trucks, heavy goods vehicles or coaches transported, when loaded by longitudinal roll on these transport devices.
  • the transfer of the floor from one of the vehicles to the other, or from a fixed platform to a walkway with movement can, of course, be carried out by folding down rigid plates, generally articulated on a hinge axis, this axis being capable of supporting the passage of the mobile load.
  • the other end of the rigid panel thus formed rests, by simple support, on the opposite floor.
  • “Anti-wear grains” can allow some movement between the connected floors, even under the passage of the load and, moreover, the discontinuity of adjoining plates allows a certain warping of the panel.
  • a continuous floor is felt, in particular, when the continuity of passage is permanently permitted by a closed intercirculation compartment, for passengers, along the length of a train.
  • a floor must be associated with the articulated compartments described by patents FR 2,357,409 from ALSTHOM and FR 2,569,149 from S.I.G., as well as EP0181294 from FIAT.
  • the floor is a simple plate, comprising a hinge for the first articulation and three hinges for the latter, or sheet metal slides for the second.
  • the kinematics allowing a continuous floor surface despite the rotations and the lateral deflections in curve-against-curve, is due, in these systems, only to rotations of compartment elements around vertical axes.
  • the corresponding movable floors can be considered as solids of the same structure as the floors of vehicles from which they are separated by a movable border.
  • the kinematics associated with these movable floors must provide for multiple articulations, capable of supporting the loads which can traverse them, and these elements reach unacceptable dimensions when these specific loads are of several tons, as in the case of the transport of heavy goods vehicles.
  • Patent DE 3,305,062 describes a device provided with rubber blocks and sliding bearings, while document DE 3,401,298 proposes a system provided with ball joints and overlapping profiles. It is stated there, explicitly, that these means are limited to the load of the passengers crossing them.
  • Patent application EP 0.240 407 relating to a self-supporting elastic floor, filed by the applicant, would be an improvement over the devices described above, since it provides for the self-supporting of the floor, due to the beam effect of two horizontal plies of cables coated with rubber, supported on lines of supports linked to deformable joints in the horizontal direction.
  • the load is, by definition limited, because a buckling accepts, beyond the normal loads, an accidental non-destructive and reversible deformation.
  • the Applicant has also provided, by application EP 0.297.936, a circulation zone deformable in accordion and supported by transverse bars sliding on longitudinal support axes. All the deformations in lateral shearing as in warping are possible there.
  • This device is applicable to any deformable intercirculation corridor without there being a rotating compartment on vertical axes. However, it too remains limited to loads of a few passengers.
  • the prior art therefore does not yet have means adapted to the load of road heavy goods vehicles, allowing in addition a permanent and continuous connection without danger for pedestrians, thus filling the mobile gap between two consecutive vehicles of a shuttle train for example , or between a loading platform and a fixed platform.
  • the present invention defines a deformable floor from the dimension of the juxtaposed beams just necessary for the load resistance of the heavyweight. These beams form the total thickness of the floor between the vehicles and they are deformable accessories, compatible with the passage of the load outside deformation and with effective deformations in the absence of load, which must ensure articulation in all planes , warping and elastic deflections of connected elements such as couplings between vehicle bodies.
  • the invention consists of a deformable floor, allowing rolling continuity between two successive vehicles of a rail or road transport train, or between two gangway access elements to a ship or an aircraft, for the load axles high in trucks, trucks or coaches transported.
  • the invention is characterized in that double I beams, juxtaposed and dimensioned for these loads, are articulated, in vertical clearance around a horizontal axis as in transverse offset, at one end, on elastic joints of the honeycomb type with constriction of their outer ring and, at the other end, by simple support by means of support pads on the horizontal face a housing in the front of the opposite transport vehicle, the floor of which is extended by a covering comb, in order to fill any gap in the floor surface.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically, in a view 1a in elevation and a view 1b in sectional plane, the position and the dimensioning of the elements constituting the floor intended for the passage of transported vehicles, as they remain associated when a transport vehicle is uncoupled of its neighbors.
  • the vehicle (1) used for shuttle transport of trucks and heavy goods vehicles, is essentially formed, on the one hand, of side walls (2) enclosing the cargo in a quasi-continuous corridor and, on the other hand, of a flat floor (3), of sufficiently robust constitution to carry the axles more loaded provided for by the different Highway Codes or International Regulations. All of these elements, side walls (2) and floor (3) form, with the corresponding ceiling, the "body of the transport vehicle".
  • Guide edges (4) in the form of sidewalks, limit the transverse positioning of the transported vehicles and allow, by the additional height available, the accommodation of beams reinforcing the floor (3).
  • a flared entry (5) gives access to the entire width of the deformable floor (6) fixed at one end or its covering comb (7) secured to the other end.
  • the deformable floor (6) despite an articulation allowing vertical deflections between successive transport vehicles, must meet a stop limiting its downward stroke, so that when docking, it engages in the housing (8) arranged under the cover comb (7).
  • Figure 2 details, by a top view, the constitution of a passage for vehicles transported between two successive transport vehicles, coupled.
  • the deformable floor (6) consists, laterally, of two rows of independent bars, on one side articulated around a horizontal axis (9) integral with the transport vehicle shown on the left, and, secondly, in support simple, by their free end, on the edge of the housing (8).
  • Said housing (8) is formed in the front of the transport vehicle shown on the right; It is hidden by the covering comb (7), fixed above the housing (8), in order to remain as far as possible in the extension of the floor (3) of the transport vehicle (3).
  • a slightly deformable plate (10) fills the central void of the gap between transport vehicles, to avoid any risk to pedestrians who use the passage.
  • the housing (8) has a shape enveloping all the maximum displacements undergone by the bars of the deformable floor (6), while the central part accepts these displacements by the deformation of the plate (10), supported on each of its edges by the floors of transport vehicles and the two bars that surround it.
  • Figure 3 shows the various deformations that the deformable floor (6) and its accessories must allow.
  • View 3a is a top view of the passage between two transport vehicles which illustrates the curve situation, in which two adjoining bodies of the transport vehicle have an angle (A), but where the length of the coupling, which defines l 'spacing (k) between the ends of the boxes, is little changed.
  • Said spacing which remains (k) in the axis of the boxes, passes at the edges by a maximum (m) and a minimum (n); the maximum (m) justifies the overabundant length of the bars constituting the deformable floor (6) and the minimum (n) imposes the necessary depth of the housing (8) in the front of the opposing transport vehicle. These limits are increased by all the allowed elastic variations of the coupling, which modify the length (k).
  • View 3b is a half view of the same elements, during a lateral movement (d) in offset of the boxes, which occurs in particular during the passage of the curves - against curves that a switch comprises.
  • the views 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f schematically regroup, in longitudinal section, the four extreme positions which the bars forming the deformable floor (6) and the covering comb (7) must take. All these same elements are dimensioned to support the passage of a heavily loaded tire, only in the middle position as illustrated in view 3g, cut along the distance between two elementary beams.
  • the bars forming the deformable floor (6) are articulated around a horizontal axis (9) and rest, by simple support by their free end, on the horizontal face of the housing (8).
  • the covering comb (7) is fixed above said housing (8), in line with the floor (3) of the transport vehicle shown on the right.
  • the end of the covering comb (7), fixed to the front of the transport vehicle, is clamped by plate and plywood system (11) in the extension of the floor (3) of the transport vehicle and its free end slides on the floor deformable (6).
  • views 3c and 3d schematize the situation in minimum spacing (n) of the boxes which occurs on the inside of the curves; views 3e and 3f, the situation in maximum spacing (m) of the boxes which occurs on the outside of the curves.
  • a bracket (13), shown in view 3g, is intended to limit the descent of the bars formed of double I beams (14), retained around the horizontal axis (9) by means of elastic joints (15).
  • the overhang of said bars retained by the vertical rigidity of the elastic joints (15) comes to bear on the bracket (13).
  • the covering comb which would be made of reinforced metal plates, articulated at the edge of the floor (3) of transport vehicles, a similar limitation would have to be provided for the uncoupled position.
  • An appropriate sloping entry (8 ′) is provided at the edge of the horizontal face of the housing (8), beyond the limit necessary so as not to release the support of the shoe (12), in the extreme cases described by views 3rd and 3f.
  • the set of views 3 defines the geometric specifications, imposed by the application, on the various articulations and support pads, requiring their specific dimensioning.
  • the bars forming the deformable floor (6) have a length of 1300 mm, which corresponds to approximately 1200 mm useful between the axes of the supports.
  • the vertical travel due to maximum unevenness and rolling can reach 7 degrees above and below the average position around the joint on the horizontal axis (9). This occurs in the absence of the loads, which cannot be exercised in arrangements exceeding 2 ° 30 ′ on either side of the rest position.
  • view 3b defines the specifications for the transverse travel (d) imposed on the articulation of the bars forming the deformable floor (6), which can impose, in extreme cases, up to 30 degrees of angular travel .
  • This also results in a bringing together of the center distance of said bars according to the cosine of this angle, requiring a clearance between them which in this case must be 12.4% of their center distance.
  • An elastic connection hiding the gap created by said clearance is necessary between said bars, while remaining compatible by friction or deformation with the various movements.
  • FIG. 4 describes, in lateral view and transverse or horizontal sections, a bar element constituting the deformable floor (6) and responding to such a geometric specification. It is designed for the highest loads imposed by the passage of a transported vehicle axle.
  • the deformable floor (6) according to the invention for example, consists of ten juxtaposed bars as described in FIG. 4. With known tire widths, at least three bars are stressed by the passage of a tire single and five bars are concerned by the wheel with twin tires of an axle which the French Highway Code limits to 13 tonnes.
  • This case represents the most penalizing load for the passage on the deformable floor (6), of a maximum of 1300 Kg per bar.
  • View 4a represents the side view of a bar according to the invention
  • view 4b is a top view of said bar
  • views 4c, 4d, 4e and 4f show an enlargement of the two ends of view 4a by various sections .
  • One of the unitary bars forming the deformable floor (6) is made up of a box by welding, side by side, of two double I beams, the IPN 80 x 42 irons in commercial laminate constituting a suitable dimension. Said bar has an upper passage face with a width of 84 millimeters, spaced from its neighbor by a pitch of 100 mm, the resulting gap being necessary to allow transverse movement.
  • This double I beam (14) is supported, on one side, on the horizontal axis (9) by an elastic joint (15) fitted by its outer ring (16) in a bore formed in the core of the beams in double I (14).
  • Said double I beams (14) are themselves joined by a spacer (17), welded to the core of said IPN irons, by the only visible or unwelded face.
  • the horizontal axis (9), materialized by a section of axis (18) made of steel, is carried, between each inner sleeve (19) of the elastic joints (15) adjacent, by a bearing (20) for fixing on the face of the transport vehicle carrying this axis.
  • the other end of each unitary bar is carried, on the horizontal face of the housing (8) in the front of the opposing transport vehicle, by the support pad (12), fixed by screws in the weld axis of the beams in double I (14).
  • Said support pad (12) can be either a "wear grain” in manganese steel, or an antifriction pad obtained by bonded rubber-metal molding, the underside of which is coated with a flexible antifriction film, such as 'A thin layer of polyvinyl tetrafluoride or high molecular weight polyethylene adhering to the rubber according to a known process.
  • a flexible antifriction film such as 'A thin layer of polyvinyl tetrafluoride or high molecular weight polyethylene adhering to the rubber according to a known process.
  • the instantaneous pressure on the support pad (12) exceeds, temporarily, 650 daN, but by little. While close to the horizontal, the entire surface of the pad (12) rests on the horizontal face of the housing (8), with a pressure not exceeding 32 bars, compatible with its elastomeric composition coated with the anti-friction material.
  • the passage of the rolling load can exert up to 1300 daN, under vertical stress, on the elastic articulation (15), which, with the appropriate rigidities, causes an eccentricity between its outer ring (16) and its inner sleeve (19) resting on the axis sections (18) of the order of 3 millimeters.
  • the deformable floor (6), formed by the double I beams (14) more or less approaches the bracket (13) formed to support it. during uncoupling. This additional support is capable of relieving the hyperstatic balance on the elastic supports of each bar.
  • FIG. 5 describes more precisely said elastic articulation (15), the design of which proves to be specific to the application.
  • View 5a is a reminder of view 4c showing in external silhouette that the external ring (16) is press fitted both through a bore made in the two webs of the double I beam (14) and the spacer (17) which can optionally be welded to them.
  • the elastic joint (15), produced by rubber-metal adhesion, is of the honeycomb type, in which the absence of elastomer in the horizontal plane, thanks to two large, symmetrical cells (21) formed on each face during molding , provides great flexibility to the longitudinal movements of the bar, but, above all, the geometric clearance necessary for the lateral offsets (d) which it undergoes.
  • Said large cells (21) are located in the horizontal plane, so as not to compromise the rigidity of the vertical offset of the elastic joint (15), which is of the order of 400 daN per millimeter, necessary to support the loads on the bar.
  • This rigidity, as well as the possibility of deformation in torsion around the axis (9), - by 7 degrees as already indicated -, are obtained by the known process of shrinking the outer ring (16), cylindrical, forming the external reinforcement, which improves, by a circumferential prestress, the resistance to fatigue of the elastomer constituting the elastic part of the elastic joint (15).
  • View 5b is a horizontal section, recalling view 4e which explains the need to make a notch in the inner sleeve (19), over part of its length, to pass, in the shape of the mold, the large cells (21 ).
  • said large cells (21) must be locally larger than the annular space between the outer diameter of said inner sleeve (19) and the outer ring (16).
  • Said outer ring (16) must be kept in its cylindrical entirety in order to be able to undergo the shrinking deformation.
  • Vertical planes (22), limiting the large cells (21) are produced by plan milling of the inner sleeve (19), metallic, almost to tangent its internal diameter.
  • non-traversing cells for example cylindrical, located in the extension of the large cells (21), tangentially to the inner sleeve (19), in the central part.
  • Said smaller cells (24) are produced by housing in the pawn mold in the extension of the imprints.
  • the limited shape of said smaller cells (24) makes it possible to maintain the vertical rigidity of the elastic joint (15), since the full section of the elastomer is kept in a vertical plane, as shown in view 5c.
  • View 5c further shows the position of the elastic joint (15) relative to the double I beams (14) and the spacer (17) chamfered to tangent the radius of the flanges of said beams.
  • Figure 6 is a section of the elementary bar, component of the deformable floor (6), highlighting the proximity to the neighboring bar.
  • the aligned position of the double I beams (14) provides, on the upper passage face of the deformable floor (6), a gap of the order of 12.4% of their center distance, due to the cosine of their lateral offset angle , circumstance in which the soles of the IPN irons come into contact.
  • An elastic means (26) must deformably fill this gap, in order to limit falling objects or the risk of trapping the heels of coach passengers, and also to maintain approximately parallel to the bars forming the deformable floor (6). After a lateral offset (d), it is not certain that the elastic return by the elastic joints (15), lessened in the direction of the alveoli and thwarted by the friction of the support pads (12) takes place in the axis.
  • a screw at the accessible end of the flat iron (27) locks all the pins (28) in their buttonholes.
  • the method of manufacturing the components, elementary bar, elastic joint (15) fitted, support pad (12) fixed by nuts and elastic means (26) for spacing has been previously described.
  • the deformable floor (6) according to the invention is produced by assembling two sets of ten such bars.
  • a fixing bearing (20) for mounting on the face of the transport vehicle is interposed between each bar by means of a section of axis (18), straddling each interior bushing (19).
  • a slight tightening of the shank fitting makes it possible to present each set of N elementary bars (ten or a neighboring number) as a single solid fixed by N + 1 bearings (18) on the transport vehicle, the bars resting in simple support on the bracket (13) provided for this purpose.
  • the slightly deformable plate (10) is inserted between the sets of N bars, by embedding its periphery and the covering comb (7) is fixed by the plates, plywood system (11), at the other end of the transport vehicle , to form the deformable floor (6), by simple relative sliding of the components, during coupling.
  • the invention provides the designer of shuttle trains for transporting vehicles or similar devices with the possibility of transporting the heaviest trucks and buses authorized by the Highway Codes. It provides passengers and transported vehicles with permanent continuity of all the floors on the undercarriage, without requiring the maneuvers of positioning and folding of previously known devices.
  • the components of the device are easy to make or supply commercially, the exchange of deteriorated parts not posing any particular difficulty, except the simultaneous removal of a set of ten bars.
  • Those skilled in the art can, of course, make various modifications to the deformable floor which is the subject of the invention and to its variants described by way of non-limiting examples, without going beyond the ambit of the invention.

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Ductile floor (6) providing continuity of running surface between two vehicles of a transport train for the high load axles of the transported vehicles, formed from juxtaposed beams, articulated about a horizontal axis (9) by elastic articulations (15) which are cellular and have a large transverse deflection and bear in a sliding manner on a support skid (12) in a housing (8) in the facing transport vehicle whose floor (3) is extended by an overlap comb (7). <IMAGE>

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L'invention est du domaine de la liaison entre deux véhicules successifs d'un train de transport ferroviaire ou routier ou encore entre deux éléments de passerelle d'accès à un navire ou à un avion, pour permettre une continuité de roulement aux essieux de charge élevée que comportent camions, poids lourds ou autocars transportés, lors de leur chargement par roulement longitudinal sur ces dispositifs de transport.The invention is in the field of connection between two successive vehicles of a rail or road transport train or even between two gangway elements for access to a ship or an aircraft, to allow rolling continuity to the load axles high that trucks, heavy goods vehicles or coaches transported, when loaded by longitudinal roll on these transport devices.

Le transfert du plancher de l'un des véhicules à l'autre, ou bien d'un quai fixe à une passerelle animée de débattements, peut, bien sûr, être réalisé par rabattement de plaques rigides, articulées généralement sur un axe formant charnière, cet axe étant capable de supporter le passage de la charge mobile. L'autre extrémité du panneau rigide ainsi constitué repose, en appui simple, sur le plancher opposé. Des "grains antiusure" peuvent permettre quelques débattements entre les planchers reliés, même sous le passage de la charge et, par ailleurs, la discontinuité de plaques accolées permet un certain gauchissement du panneau.The transfer of the floor from one of the vehicles to the other, or from a fixed platform to a walkway with movement, can, of course, be carried out by folding down rigid plates, generally articulated on a hinge axis, this axis being capable of supporting the passage of the mobile load. The other end of the rigid panel thus formed rests, by simple support, on the opposite floor. "Anti-wear grains" can allow some movement between the connected floors, even under the passage of the load and, moreover, the discontinuity of adjoining plates allows a certain warping of the panel.

Mais, la plupart du temps, pour de lourds planchers mobiles, le mouvement libre des véhicules porteurs ne peut se produire sans limite que grâce au soulèvement de la passerelle formée de ces plaques. Cette manoeuvre d'enlèvement ou de rabattement des composants, est particulièrement pénible si elle reste manuelle. Une éventuelle machinerie appropriée, portée par chaque véhicule, peut être affectée à cette manoeuvre. Dans les deux cas, il est nécessaire de mettre en place, autant à l'embarquement qu'au débarquement, une procédure de sécurité complexe, pour remédier aux risques d'oubli.But, most of the time, for heavy mobile floors, the free movement of carrier vehicles can only occur without limit thanks to the lifting of the gangway formed by these plates. This operation of removing or folding the components is particularly painful if it remains manual. Any appropriate machinery, carried by each vehicle, can be assigned to this maneuver. In both cases, it is necessary to set up a complex security procedure, both at embarkation and disembarkation, to remedy the risks of forgetting.

Lorsque la rapidité de ces manoeuvres devient l'objectif essentiel du matériel, tel qu'une navette ferroviaire pour le transit de véhicules routiers à travers un tunnel, il est indispensable que des moyens permanents de franchissement des lacunes entre des wagons successifs soient maintenus, sans nécessité de manipulations. L'absence de risques pour les personnes susceptibles de circuler pendant le mouvement du train, lorsque les véhicules transportés sont arrêtés et éventuellement arrimés ou calés doit également être assurée.When the speed of these maneuvers becomes the essential objective of the equipment, such as a rail shuttle for the transit of road vehicles through a tunnel, it is essential that permanent means of crossing gaps between successive wagons be maintained, without need for manipulation. The absence of risks for persons likely to circulate during the movement of the train, when the transported vehicles are stopped and possibly stowed or chocked must also be ensured.

Le besoin de plancher continu est ressenti, en particulier, lorsque la continuité de passage est permise en permanence par un compartiment d'intercirculation fermé, pour passagers, sur la longueur d'un train. Un tel plancher doit être associé aux compartiments articulés décrits par les brevets FR 2.357.409 d'ALSTHOM et FR 2.569.149 de S.I.G., ainsi que EP0181294 de FIAT. Dans les trois documents cités, le plancher est une simple plaque, comportant une charnière d'articulation pour le premier et trois charnières pour le dernier, ou des glissements de toles pour le second. La cinématique, autorisant une surface de plancher continue malgré les rotations et les débattements latéraux en courbe-contre courbe, n'est due, dans ces systèmes, qu'à des rotations d'éléments de compartiment autour d'axes verticaux. Les planchers mobiles correspondants peuvent être considérés comme des solides de même structure que les planchers de véhicules dont ils sont séparés par une frontière mobile. La cinématique associée à ces planchers mobiles doit prévoir des articulations multiples, capables de supporter les charges qui peuvent les parcourir, et ces éléments atteignent des dimensions rédhibitoires lorsque ces charges ponctuelles sont de plusieurs tonnes, comme dans le cas des transport de poids lourds.The need for a continuous floor is felt, in particular, when the continuity of passage is permanently permitted by a closed intercirculation compartment, for passengers, along the length of a train. Such a floor must be associated with the articulated compartments described by patents FR 2,357,409 from ALSTHOM and FR 2,569,149 from S.I.G., as well as EP0181294 from FIAT. In the three documents cited, the floor is a simple plate, comprising a hinge for the first articulation and three hinges for the latter, or sheet metal slides for the second. The kinematics, allowing a continuous floor surface despite the rotations and the lateral deflections in curve-against-curve, is due, in these systems, only to rotations of compartment elements around vertical axes. The corresponding movable floors can be considered as solids of the same structure as the floors of vehicles from which they are separated by a movable border. The kinematics associated with these movable floors must provide for multiple articulations, capable of supporting the loads which can traverse them, and these elements reach unacceptable dimensions when these specific loads are of several tons, as in the case of the transport of heavy goods vehicles.

Lorsque l'intercirculation est un compartiment déformable, comme le prévoit le brevet FR 2.573.714 de FAIVELEY, entouré d'une enveloppe flexible, il doit être nanti d'un plancher lui-­même déformable. Ce plancher est supporté par un dispositif mécanique, suspendu en plusieurs points à l'enveloppe flexible par des "moyens supports". Ce dispositif assurant la continuité du passage ne présente que des possibilités de charge très limitées.When the intercirculation is a deformable compartment, as provided for in patent FR 2,573,714 by FAIVELEY, surrounded by a flexible envelope, it must be provided with a floor which is itself deformable. This floor is supported by a mechanical device, suspended at several points from the flexible envelope by "support means". This device ensuring the continuity of the passage presents only very limited load possibilities.

A plus forte raison, il en est de même pour les blocs - tampons en "matière mousse" proposés par le brevet FR 2.561.734 de TERCAP, formant plancher très déformable et utilisés, en particulier, sur le métro BART de SAN FRANCISCO.A fortiori, it is the same for the "foam material" buffer blocks proposed by patent FR 2,561,734 of TERCAP, forming a very deformable floor and used, in particular, on the BART subway of SAN FRANCISCO.

Un autre plancher pour compartiment rigide en forme d'anneau est proposé dans le brevet FR 2.571.010 de la RATP. Il est, par principe, suspendu par des joints élastiques portant les raccordements aux véhicules et reste donc très limité en possibilité de charge. La description du joint nécessaire à cette technique est faite par le brevet EP0248.685 de la demanderesse qui en décrit les limites dues à une liaison élastique résultant du système suspendu entre les caisses de véhicules.Another floor for a rigid ring-shaped compartment is proposed in patent FR 2,571,010 of the RATP. It is, in principle, suspended by elastic seals carrying the connections to vehicles and therefore remains very limited in possibility of charging. The description of the joint necessary for this technique is made by patent EP0248.685 of the applicant who describes the limits due to an elastic connection resulting from the system suspended between the bodies of vehicles.

Des planchers spécifiquement déformables ont été conçus indépendamment du compartiment de passage qui doit y être associé, nécessitant des caches ou des joints souples non décrits.Specifically deformable floors have been designed independently of the passage compartment which must be associated with them, requiring covers or flexible joints not described.

C'est le cas de deux planchers, composés de barrettes rigides multiples, portées par de petits axes les traversant, décrits par HUBNER GUMMI. Le brevet DE 3.305.062 décrit un dispositif muni de blocs de caoutchouc et paliers glissants, tandis que le document DE 3.401.298 propose un système muni de rotules et profilés à recouvrement. Il y est dit, explicitement, que ces moyens sont limités à la charge des passagers les traversant. La demande de brevet EP 0.240 407, relative à un plancher élastique autoportant, déposée par la demanderesse, serait un perfectionnement par rapport aux dispositifs décrits précédemment, car il prévoit l'autoportance du plancher, due à l'effet de poutre de deux nappes horizontales de câbles enrobés de caoutchouc, en appui sur des lignes de supports liées à des joints déformables dans le sens horizontal. La charge est, par définition limitée, car un flambage accepte, au-delà des charges normales, une déformation accidentelle non destructrice et réversible.This is the case of two floors, composed of multiple rigid bars, carried by small axes crossing them, described by HUBNER GUMMI. Patent DE 3,305,062 describes a device provided with rubber blocks and sliding bearings, while document DE 3,401,298 proposes a system provided with ball joints and overlapping profiles. It is stated there, explicitly, that these means are limited to the load of the passengers crossing them. Patent application EP 0.240 407, relating to a self-supporting elastic floor, filed by the applicant, would be an improvement over the devices described above, since it provides for the self-supporting of the floor, due to the beam effect of two horizontal plies of cables coated with rubber, supported on lines of supports linked to deformable joints in the horizontal direction. The load is, by definition limited, because a buckling accepts, beyond the normal loads, an accidental non-destructive and reversible deformation.

La demanderesse a également prévu, par la demande EP 0.297.936, une zone de circulation déformable en accordéon et supportée par des barres transversales coulissant sur des axes supports 30 longitudinaux. Toutes les déformations en cisaillement latéral comme en gauchissement y sont possibles. Ce dispositif est applicable à tout couloir d'intercirculation déformable sans qu'il y ait de compartiment tournant sur axes verticaux. Cependant, lui aussi reste limité à des charges de quelques passagers.The Applicant has also provided, by application EP 0.297.936, a circulation zone deformable in accordion and supported by transverse bars sliding on longitudinal support axes. All the deformations in lateral shearing as in warping are possible there. This device is applicable to any deformable intercirculation corridor without there being a rotating compartment on vertical axes. However, it too remains limited to loads of a few passengers.

Lorsqu'on cherche à dimensionner les planchers de passage précédemment décrits pour l'usage sous un essieu de camion, alors que la lacune atteint souvent une dimension proche du mètre, les poutres qui s'avèrent nécessaires dépassent tout encombrement réaliste pour entrer dans n'importe lequel de ces dispositifs. Outre cet encombrement, le poids résultant devient prohibitif.When trying to size the passage floors previously described for use under a truck axle, while the gap often reaches a dimension close to a meter, the beams that prove necessary exceed any realistic size to enter n ' any of these devices. In addition to this bulk, the resulting weight becomes prohibitive.

L'art antérieur ne dispose donc pas encore de moyens adaptés à la charge des poids lourds routiers, permettant en plus une liaison permanente et continue sans danger pour des piétons, comblant donc la lacune mobile entre deux véhicules consécutifs d'un train navette par exemple, ou entre une passerelle de chargement et un quai fixe.The prior art therefore does not yet have means adapted to the load of road heavy goods vehicles, allowing in addition a permanent and continuous connection without danger for pedestrians, thus filling the mobile gap between two consecutive vehicles of a shuttle train for example , or between a loading platform and a fixed platform.

La présente invention définit un plancher déformable à partir de la dimension des poutres juxtaposées juste nécessaire pour la résistance à la charge du poids lourd. Ces poutres forment l'épaisseur totale du plancher entre les véhicules et ce sont des accessoires déformables, compatibles avec le passage de la charge hors déformation et avec des déformations performantes en l'absence de charge, qui doivent assurer l'articulation dans tous les plans, le gauchissement et les débattements élastiques des éléments raccordés tels que des attelages entre caisses de véhicules.The present invention defines a deformable floor from the dimension of the juxtaposed beams just necessary for the load resistance of the heavyweight. These beams form the total thickness of the floor between the vehicles and they are deformable accessories, compatible with the passage of the load outside deformation and with effective deformations in the absence of load, which must ensure articulation in all planes , warping and elastic deflections of connected elements such as couplings between vehicle bodies.

Cette simple nécessité entraîne, d'une part, la conception d'articulations élastiques spécifiques, pour permettre de tels débattements, sans risque de basculement des poutres, et, d'autre part, l'interposition d'une liaison élastique entre elles, avec un appui glissant de l'autre extrêmité des poutres sur un logement approprié.This simple necessity entails, on the one hand, the design of specific elastic joints, to allow such deflections, without risk of tilting of the beams, and, on the other hand, the interposition of an elastic connection between them, with a sliding support from the other end of the beams on an appropriate housing.

L'invention consiste en un plancher déformable, permettant une continuité de roulement entre deux véhicules successifs d'un train de transport ferroviaire ou routier, ou entre deux éléments de passerelle d'accès à un navire ou à un avion, pour les essieux de charge élevée que comportent les camions, poids lourds ou autocars transportés. L'invention est caractérisée en ce que des poutres en double I, juxtaposées et dimensionnées pour ces charges, sont articulées, en débattement vertical autour d'un axe horizontal comme en déport transversal, à une extrêmité, sur des articulations élastiques du type alvéolé avec rétreint de leur bague extérieure et, à l'autre extrêmité, par appui simple au moyen de patins d'appui sur la face horizontale d'un logement ménagé dans la façade du véhicule de transport en regard, dont le plancher est prolongé par un peigne de recouvrement, afin de combler toute lacune dans la surface du plancher.The invention consists of a deformable floor, allowing rolling continuity between two successive vehicles of a rail or road transport train, or between two gangway access elements to a ship or an aircraft, for the load axles high in trucks, trucks or coaches transported. The invention is characterized in that double I beams, juxtaposed and dimensioned for these loads, are articulated, in vertical clearance around a horizontal axis as in transverse offset, at one end, on elastic joints of the honeycomb type with constriction of their outer ring and, at the other end, by simple support by means of support pads on the horizontal face a housing in the front of the opposite transport vehicle, the floor of which is extended by a covering comb, in order to fill any gap in the floor surface.

Dans la description, l'invention sera décrite, dans son application, au cas de la liaison entre deux véhicules de transport, étant entendu qu'elle s'adapterait, d'une manière similaire à la liaison entre une passerelle de chargement de navires ou d'avions.In the description, the invention will be described, in its application, in the case of the connection between two transport vehicles, it being understood that it would adapt, in a similar manner to the connection between a loading bridge for ships or of planes.

L'invention ainsi que ses variantes seront mieux comprises à la lecture de la description accompagnant les dessins dans lesquels L

  • - la figure 1 est une vue schématique en plan et en élévation situant le passage destiné aux véhicules transportés ;
  • - la figure 2 est une vue de dessus de l'ensemble constituant un passage entre deux véhicules de transport ;
  • - la figure 3 illustre les débattements maximaux à assurer entre les véhicules de transport ;
  • - la figure 4 décrit, en vue latérale et coupes, un élément constituant le plancher déformable selon l'invention,
  • - la figure 5 montre, par trois coupes, l'articulation élastique spécifique à l'invention.
  • - La figure 6 est une autre coupe transversale d'une barre élémentaire et de ses moyens élastiques d'appui latéral.
The invention and its variants will be better understood on reading the description accompanying the drawings in which L
  • - Figure 1 is a schematic plan view and in elevation locating the passage for transported vehicles;
  • - Figure 2 is a top view of the assembly constituting a passage between two transport vehicles;
  • - Figure 3 illustrates the maximum travel to be ensured between transport vehicles;
  • FIG. 4 describes, in side view and sections, an element constituting the deformable floor according to the invention,
  • - Figure 5 shows, by three sections, the elastic joint specific to the invention.
  • - Figure 6 is another cross section of an elementary bar and its elastic lateral support means.

La figure 1 schématise, par une vue 1a en élévation et une vue 1b en plan coupe, la position et le dimensionnement des éléments constituant le plancher destiné au passage des véhicules transportés, tels qu'ils restent associés lorsqu'un véhicule de transport est désaccouplé de ses voisins. Le véhicule (1), affecté au transport navette de camions et poids lourds, est essentiellement formé, d'une part, de parois latérales (2) enfermant la cargaison en un couloir quasi-­continu et, d'autre part, d'un plancher (3) plan, de constitution suffisamment robuste pour porter les essieux les plus chargés prévus par les différents Codes de la Route ou Règlementations Internationales. L'ensemble de ces éléments, parois latérales (2) et plancher (3) forment, avec le plafond correspondant, la "caisse du véhicule de transport". Des rebords-guides (4), en forme de trottoirs, limitent le positionnement transversal des véhicules transportés et permettent, par le surcroit de hauteur disponible, le logement de poutres renforçant le plancher (3). Aux extrêmités, une entrée évasée (5) donne accès à toute la largeur du plancher déformable (6) fixé à une extrêmité ou de son peigne de recouvrement (7) solidaire de l'autre extrêmité.Figure 1 shows schematically, in a view 1a in elevation and a view 1b in sectional plane, the position and the dimensioning of the elements constituting the floor intended for the passage of transported vehicles, as they remain associated when a transport vehicle is uncoupled of its neighbors. The vehicle (1), used for shuttle transport of trucks and heavy goods vehicles, is essentially formed, on the one hand, of side walls (2) enclosing the cargo in a quasi-continuous corridor and, on the other hand, of a flat floor (3), of sufficiently robust constitution to carry the axles more loaded provided for by the different Highway Codes or International Regulations. All of these elements, side walls (2) and floor (3) form, with the corresponding ceiling, the "body of the transport vehicle". Guide edges (4), in the form of sidewalks, limit the transverse positioning of the transported vehicles and allow, by the additional height available, the accommodation of beams reinforcing the floor (3). At the ends, a flared entry (5) gives access to the entire width of the deformable floor (6) fixed at one end or its covering comb (7) secured to the other end.

Le plancher déformable (6), malgré une articulation permettant les débattements verticaux entre véhicules de transport successifs, doit rencontrer une butée limitant sa course vers le bas, afin qu'à l'accostage, il s'engage dans le logement (8) disposé sous le peigne de recouvrement (7).The deformable floor (6), despite an articulation allowing vertical deflections between successive transport vehicles, must meet a stop limiting its downward stroke, so that when docking, it engages in the housing (8) arranged under the cover comb (7).

La figure 2 détaille, par une vue de dessus, la constitution d'un passage pour véhicules transportés entre deux véhicules de transport successifs, attelés.Figure 2 details, by a top view, the constitution of a passage for vehicles transported between two successive transport vehicles, coupled.

Le plancher déformable (6) est constitué, latéralement, de deux rangées de barres indépendantes, d'un côté articulées autour d'un axe horizontal (9) solidaire du véhicule de transport représenté à gauche, et, d'autre part, en appui simple, par leur bout libre, sur le rebord du logement (8).The deformable floor (6) consists, laterally, of two rows of independent bars, on one side articulated around a horizontal axis (9) integral with the transport vehicle shown on the left, and, secondly, in support simple, by their free end, on the edge of the housing (8).

Ledit logement (8) est ménagé dans la façade du véhicule de transport représenté à droite ; Il est caché par le peigne de recouvrement (7), fixé au-dessus du logement (8), afin de rester le plus possible dans le prolongement du plancher (3) du véhicule de transport (3).Said housing (8) is formed in the front of the transport vehicle shown on the right; It is hidden by the covering comb (7), fixed above the housing (8), in order to remain as far as possible in the extension of the floor (3) of the transport vehicle (3).

Entre les rangées de barres indépendantes constituant le plancher déformable (6), une plaque peu déformable (10) comble le vide central de la lacune entre véhicules de transport, pour éviter tout risque aux piétons qui emprunteraient le passage. Le logement (8) a une forme enveloppant tous les déplacements maximaux subis par les barres du plancher déformable (6), tandis que la partie centrale accepte ces déplacements par la déformation de la plaque (10), supportée sur chacun de ses bords par les planchers des véhicules de transport et les deux barres qui l'encadrent.Between the rows of independent bars constituting the deformable floor (6), a slightly deformable plate (10) fills the central void of the gap between transport vehicles, to avoid any risk to pedestrians who use the passage. The housing (8) has a shape enveloping all the maximum displacements undergone by the bars of the deformable floor (6), while the central part accepts these displacements by the deformation of the plate (10), supported on each of its edges by the floors of transport vehicles and the two bars that surround it.

La figure 3 montre les diverses déformations que doivent permettre le plancher déformable (6) et ses accessoires.Figure 3 shows the various deformations that the deformable floor (6) and its accessories must allow.

La vue 3a est une vue de dessus du passage entre deux véhicules de transport qui illustre la situation en courbe, dans laquelle deux caisses contigues du véhicule de transport présentent un angle (A), mais où la longueur de l'attelage, qui définit l'écartement (k) entre les extrémités des caisses, est peu modifiée. Ledit écartement, qui reste (k) dans l'axe des caisses, passe aux bords par un maximum (m) et un minimum (n) ; le maximum (m) justifie la longueur surabondante des barres constituant le plancher déformable (6) et le minimum (n) impose la profondeur nécessaire du logement (8) dans la façade du véhicule de transport antagoniste. Ces limites sont augmentées de toutes les variations élastiques admises de l'attelage, qui modifient la longueur (k). La vue 3b est une demi-vue des mêmes éléments, lors d'un débattement latéral (d) en désaxement des caisses, ce qui se produit en particulier lors du passage des courbes -contre courbes que comporte un aiguillage.View 3a is a top view of the passage between two transport vehicles which illustrates the curve situation, in which two adjoining bodies of the transport vehicle have an angle (A), but where the length of the coupling, which defines l 'spacing (k) between the ends of the boxes, is little changed. Said spacing, which remains (k) in the axis of the boxes, passes at the edges by a maximum (m) and a minimum (n); the maximum (m) justifies the overabundant length of the bars constituting the deformable floor (6) and the minimum (n) imposes the necessary depth of the housing (8) in the front of the opposing transport vehicle. These limits are increased by all the allowed elastic variations of the coupling, which modify the length (k). View 3b is a half view of the same elements, during a lateral movement (d) in offset of the boxes, which occurs in particular during the passage of the curves - against curves that a switch comprises.

La déviation (d) imposée à chaque barre du plancher déformable (6) est augmentée de tous les déplacements élastiques permis par les suspensions latérales et justifie la forme anguleuse qui doit être ménagée au logement (8).The deviation (d) imposed on each bar of the deformable floor (6) is increased by all the elastic displacements allowed by the lateral suspensions and justifies the angular shape which must be provided in the housing (8).

Est visible sur la vue 3a la plaque peu déformable (10) dont la conformation peut s'adapter, par appui simple sur ses quatre bords. Par contre, ladite plaque peu déformable (10) est enlevée, pour plus de clarté, sur la vue 3b.Is visible in view 3a the slightly deformable plate (10) whose conformation can be adapted by simple pressing on its four edges. On the other hand, said slightly deformable plate (10) is removed, for clarity, in view 3b.

Les vues 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f regroupent schématiquement, en coupe longitudinale, les quatre positions extrêmes que doivent prendre les barres formant le plancher déformable (6) et le peigne de recouvrement (7). Tous ces mêmes éléments sont dimensionnés pour supporter le passage d'un pneu lourdement chargé, seulement dans la position moyenne comme illustré sur la vue 3g, coupe selon l'entraxe entre deux poutres élémentaires.The views 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f schematically regroup, in longitudinal section, the four extreme positions which the bars forming the deformable floor (6) and the covering comb (7) must take. All these same elements are dimensioned to support the passage of a heavily loaded tire, only in the middle position as illustrated in view 3g, cut along the distance between two elementary beams.

Les barres formant le plancher déformable (6) s'articulent autour d'un axe horizontal (9) et reposent, en appui simple par leur bout libre, sur la face horizontale du logement (8). Le peigne de recouvrement (7) est fixé au-dessus dudit logement (8), dans le prolongement du plancher (3) du véhicule de transport représenté à droite.The bars forming the deformable floor (6) are articulated around a horizontal axis (9) and rest, by simple support by their free end, on the horizontal face of the housing (8). The covering comb (7) is fixed above said housing (8), in line with the floor (3) of the transport vehicle shown on the right.

Est montrée, ici, une version déformable du peigne de recouvrement (7) dont la réalisation matérielle peut se faire au moyen d'une plaque de caoutchouc armée de textile, ayant sa face supérieure rendue anti-dérapante par des reliefs appropriés au contact des pneumatiques, et sa face inférieure, au contraire, garnie de produit anti-friction tel que du polyéthylène ou du polytetrafluorure de vinyle. L'extrêmité du peigne de recouvrement (7), fixée à la façade du véhicule de transport, est pincée par système plaque et contreplaque (11) dans le prolongement du plancher (3) du véhicule de transport et son extrêmité libre glisse sur le plancher déformable (6).Shown here is a deformable version of the covering comb (7), the material production of which can be carried out by means of a rubber plate reinforced with textile, having its upper face made non-slip by suitable reliefs in contact with the tires. , and its underside, on the contrary, lined with anti-friction product such as polyethylene or polyvinyltetrafluoride. The end of the covering comb (7), fixed to the front of the transport vehicle, is clamped by plate and plywood system (11) in the extension of the floor (3) of the transport vehicle and its free end slides on the floor deformable (6).

Sur les vues 3c et 3e, l'effort résultant de ce glissement est infime, en dénivellation basse, où les barres formant le plancher déformable (6) se trouvent pratiquement horizontales et le peigne de recouvrement (7) presque en porte à faux, porté dans le vide comme lorsque les véhicules sont désaccouplés. Sur les vues 3d et 3f, en dénivellation haute, au contraire, la déformabilité du peigne de recouvrement (7) doit accepter un soulèvement par les barres qui reposent par le bout d'un patin d'appui (12) sur la face horizontale du logement (8).In views 3c and 3e, the effort resulting from this sliding is tiny, in low elevation, where the bars forming the deformable floor (6) are practically horizontal and the covering comb (7) almost cantilevered, worn in a vacuum as when the vehicles are uncoupled. On the 3d and 3f views, in high elevation, on the contrary, the deformability of the covering comb (7) must accept a lifting by the bars which rest by the end of a support pad (12) on the horizontal face of the housing (8).

Les vues 3c et 3d schématisent la situation en écartement minimum (n) des caisses qui se produit du côté intérieur des courbes ; les vues 3e et 3f, la situation en écartement maximum (m) des caisses qui se produit du côté extérieur des courbes.The views 3c and 3d schematize the situation in minimum spacing (n) of the boxes which occurs on the inside of the curves; views 3e and 3f, the situation in maximum spacing (m) of the boxes which occurs on the outside of the curves.

Une équerre (13), représentée sur la vue 3g, est destinée à limiter la descente des barres formées de poutres en double I (14), retenues autour de l'axe horizontal (9) au moyen d'articulations élastiques (15). En position désaccouplée, très proche de celles illustrées sur les vues 3d et 3f, le porte à faux desdites barres retenues par la rigidité verticale des articulations élastiques (15) vient en appui sur l'équerre (13). Dans une variante non représentée du peigne de recouvrement qui serait réalisé en plaques renforcées de métal, articulées au bord du plancher (3) des véhicules de transport, une limitation analogue serait à prévoir pour la position désaccouplée. Une entrée en pente appropriée (8′) est aménagée au bord de la face horizontale du logement (8), au-delà de la limite nécessaire pour ne pas dégager l'appui du patin (12), dans les cas extrêmes décrits par les vues 3e et 3f.A bracket (13), shown in view 3g, is intended to limit the descent of the bars formed of double I beams (14), retained around the horizontal axis (9) by means of elastic joints (15). In the uncoupled position, very close to those illustrated in views 3d and 3f, the overhang of said bars retained by the vertical rigidity of the elastic joints (15) comes to bear on the bracket (13). In a variant not shown of the covering comb which would be made of reinforced metal plates, articulated at the edge of the floor (3) of transport vehicles, a similar limitation would have to be provided for the uncoupled position. An appropriate sloping entry (8 ′) is provided at the edge of the horizontal face of the housing (8), beyond the limit necessary so as not to release the support of the shoe (12), in the extreme cases described by views 3rd and 3f.

L'ensemble des vues 3 définit le cahier des charges géométrique, imposé par l'application, aux diverses articulations et patins d'appui, nécessitant leur dimensionnement spécifique.The set of views 3 defines the geometric specifications, imposed by the application, on the various articulations and support pads, requiring their specific dimensioning.

Dans un exemple d' application pratique, les barres formant le plancher déformable (6) ont une longueur de 1300 mm, ce qui correspond à environ 1200 mm utiles entre les axes des appuis. Le débattement vertical dû aux dénivellations maximales et au roulis peut atteindre 7 degrés au-dessus et en-dessous de la position moyenne autour de l'articulation sur l'axe horizontal (9). Ceci se produisant en l'absence des charges, celles-ci ne pouvant s'exercer dans des dispositions dépassant 2°30′ de part et d'autre de la position de repos.In an example of practical application, the bars forming the deformable floor (6) have a length of 1300 mm, which corresponds to approximately 1200 mm useful between the axes of the supports. The vertical travel due to maximum unevenness and rolling can reach 7 degrees above and below the average position around the joint on the horizontal axis (9). This occurs in the absence of the loads, which cannot be exercised in arrangements exceeding 2 ° 30 ′ on either side of the rest position.

Par ailleurs, la vue 3b définit le cahier des charges pour le débattement transversal (d) imposé à l'articulation des barres formant le plancher déformable (6), qui peut imposer, dans les cas extrêmes, jusqu'à 30 degrés de débattement angulaire. Il en résulte d'ailleurs un rapprochement de l'entraxe desdites barres suivant le cosinus de cet angle, obligeant à un jeu entre elles qui dans ce cas doit être de 12,4% de leur entraxe. Une liaison élastique cachant l'intervalle créé par ledit jeu est nécessaire entre lesdites barres, tout en restant compatible par friction ou déformation avec les divers mouvements.Furthermore, view 3b defines the specifications for the transverse travel (d) imposed on the articulation of the bars forming the deformable floor (6), which can impose, in extreme cases, up to 30 degrees of angular travel . This also results in a bringing together of the center distance of said bars according to the cosine of this angle, requiring a clearance between them which in this case must be 12.4% of their center distance. An elastic connection hiding the gap created by said clearance is necessary between said bars, while remaining compatible by friction or deformation with the various movements.

La figure 4 décrit, en vue latérale et coupes transversales ou horizontales, un élément de barre constituant le plancher déformable (6) et répondant à un tel cahier des charges géométrique. Il est dimensionné pour les charges les plus élevées imposées par le passage d'un essieu de véhicule transporté. Le plancher déformable (6), selon l'invention, est, par exemple, constitué de dix barres juxtaposées telles que décrites dans la figure 4. Avec les largeurs de pneumatiques connus, au minimum trois barres sont sollicitées par le passage d'un pneu simple et cinq barres sont concernées par la roue à pneus jumelés d'un essieu que le Code de la Route français limite à 13 tonnes.FIG. 4 describes, in lateral view and transverse or horizontal sections, a bar element constituting the deformable floor (6) and responding to such a geometric specification. It is designed for the highest loads imposed by the passage of a transported vehicle axle. The deformable floor (6) according to the invention, for example, consists of ten juxtaposed bars as described in FIG. 4. With known tire widths, at least three bars are stressed by the passage of a tire single and five bars are concerned by the wheel with twin tires of an axle which the French Highway Code limits to 13 tonnes.

Ce cas représente la charge la plus pénalisante pour le passage sur le plancher déformable (6), d'un maximum de 1300 Kg par barre.This case represents the most penalizing load for the passage on the deformable floor (6), of a maximum of 1300 Kg per bar.

La vue 4a représente la vue latérale d'une barre selon l'invention, la vue 4b est une vue de dessus de ladite barre, les vues 4c, 4d, 4e et 4f montrent un agrandissement des deux extrêmités de la vue 4a par diverses coupes.View 4a represents the side view of a bar according to the invention, view 4b is a top view of said bar, views 4c, 4d, 4e and 4f show an enlargement of the two ends of view 4a by various sections .

Une des barres unitaires formant le plancher déformable (6) est constituée en caisson par soudure, côte à côte, de deux poutres en double I, les fers IPN 80 x 42 en laminé du commerce constituant une dimension opportune. Ladite barre présente une face supérieure de passage de largeur 84 millimètres, écartée de sa voisine d'un pas de 100 mm, la lacune résultante étant nécessaire pour permettre le débattement transversal. Cette poutre en double I (14) est supportée, d'un côté, sur l'axe horizontal (9) par une articulation élastique (15) emmanchée par sa bague extérieure (16) dans un alésage ménagé dans l'âme des poutres en double I (14).One of the unitary bars forming the deformable floor (6) is made up of a box by welding, side by side, of two double I beams, the IPN 80 x 42 irons in commercial laminate constituting a suitable dimension. Said bar has an upper passage face with a width of 84 millimeters, spaced from its neighbor by a pitch of 100 mm, the resulting gap being necessary to allow transverse movement. This double I beam (14) is supported, on one side, on the horizontal axis (9) by an elastic joint (15) fitted by its outer ring (16) in a bore formed in the core of the beams in double I (14).

Lesdites poutres en double I(14) sont, elles-mêmes, solidarisées par une entretoise (17), soudée à l'âme desdits fers IPN, par la seule face apparente ou non soudée. L'axe horizontal (9), matérialisé par un tronçon d'axe (18) en acier, est porté, entre chaque douille intérieure (19) des articulations élastiques (15) adjacentes, par un palier (20) de fixation sur la face du véhicule de transport portant cet axe. L'autre extrêmité de chaque barre unitaire est portée, sur la face horizontale du logement (8) dans la façade du véhicule de transport antagoniste, par le patin d'appui (12), fixé par vis dans l'axe de soudure des poutres en double I (14).Said double I beams (14) are themselves joined by a spacer (17), welded to the core of said IPN irons, by the only visible or unwelded face. The horizontal axis (9), materialized by a section of axis (18) made of steel, is carried, between each inner sleeve (19) of the elastic joints (15) adjacent, by a bearing (20) for fixing on the face of the transport vehicle carrying this axis. The other end of each unitary bar is carried, on the horizontal face of the housing (8) in the front of the opposing transport vehicle, by the support pad (12), fixed by screws in the weld axis of the beams in double I (14).

Ledit patin d'appui (12) peut être soit un "grain d'usure" en acier au manganèse, soit un patin antifriction obtenu par moulage caoutchouc-métal adhérisé, dont la face inférieure est revêtue d'un film antifriction souple, tel qu'une couche mince de polytétrafluorure de vinyle ou de polyéthylène de haute masse moléculaire adhérant au caoutchouc selon un procédé connu.Said support pad (12) can be either a "wear grain" in manganese steel, or an antifriction pad obtained by bonded rubber-metal molding, the underside of which is coated with a flexible antifriction film, such as 'A thin layer of polyvinyl tetrafluoride or high molecular weight polyethylene adhering to the rubber according to a known process.

Lorsqu'une charge, pouvant atteindre un maximum de 1300 Kg, roule sur la face supérieure des poutres en double I (14) ou sur le peigne de recouvrement (7), la pression instantanée sur le patin d'appui (12) dépasse, temporairement, 650 daN, mais de peu. Alors proche de l'horizontale, toute la surface du patin (12) repose sur la face horizontale du logement (8), avec une pression ne dépassant pas 32 bars, compatible avec sa composition élastomérique revêtue du matériau antifriction.When a load, which can reach a maximum of 1300 Kg, rolls on the upper face of the double I beams (14) or on the covering comb (7), the instantaneous pressure on the support pad (12) exceeds, temporarily, 650 daN, but by little. While close to the horizontal, the entire surface of the pad (12) rests on the horizontal face of the housing (8), with a pressure not exceeding 32 bars, compatible with its elastomeric composition coated with the anti-friction material.

Egalement de façon élastique, le passage de la charge roulante peut exercer jusqu'à 1300 daN, en contrainte verticale, sur l'articulation élastique (15), ce qui, avec les rigidités appropriées, provoque un excentrage entre sa bague extérieure (16) et sa douille intérieure (19) reposant sur les tronçons d'axe (18) de l'ordre de 3 millimètres. Suivant qu'il existe ou non un blocage des suspensions des véhicules de transport, le plancher déformable (6), formé par les poutres en double I (14) s'approche plus ou moins de l'équerre (13) ménagée pour le supporter lors du désaccouplement. Cet appui supplémentaire est capable de soulager l'équilibre hyperstatique sur les appuis élastique de chaque barre. Même si l'effort élastique sur le patin d'appui (12) et la charge par excentrage de l'articulation élastique (15) se voient peu soulagés dans cette manoeuvre de chargement, l'appui de chaque barre par la base des poutres en double I (14) sur ladite équerre (13) a pour effet d'empêcher tout basculement des barres autour d'un axe longitudinal. En effet, si un pneumatique agit de façon dissymétrique par un bord supérieur d'une poutre en double I (14), le basculement est évité, dès que l'aile inférieure de ladite poutre en double I vient au contact de l'équerre (13).Also in an elastic manner, the passage of the rolling load can exert up to 1300 daN, under vertical stress, on the elastic articulation (15), which, with the appropriate rigidities, causes an eccentricity between its outer ring (16) and its inner sleeve (19) resting on the axis sections (18) of the order of 3 millimeters. Depending on whether or not there is a blockage of the suspensions of the transport vehicles, the deformable floor (6), formed by the double I beams (14) more or less approaches the bracket (13) formed to support it. during uncoupling. This additional support is capable of relieving the hyperstatic balance on the elastic supports of each bar. Even if the elastic force on the support pad (12) and the load by eccentricity of the elastic articulation (15) are not very relieved in this loading maneuver, the support of each bar by the base of the beams double I (14) on said bracket (13) has the effect of preventing any tilting of the bars around a longitudinal axis. Indeed, if a tire acts asymmetrically by an upper edge of a double I beam (14), the tilting is avoided, as soon as the lower wing of said double I beam comes into contact with the square ( 13).

L'appui élastique du patin (12), pouvant se trouver instable en raison de sa position axiale dans le plan de soudure entre deux poutres en double I (14) se trouve bloqué, comme l'éventuelle instabilité, dans le sens de la déformation dite conique, de l'articulation élastique (15).The elastic support of the shoe (12), which may be unstable due to its axial position in the weld plane between two double I beams (14) is blocked, like possible instability, in the direction of the deformation so-called conical, of the elastic joint (15).

La figure 5 décrit plus précisément ladite articulation élastique (15), dont la conception s'avère spécifique à l'application.FIG. 5 describes more precisely said elastic articulation (15), the design of which proves to be specific to the application.

La vue 5a est un rappel de la vue 4c montrant en silhouette extérieure que la bague extérieure (16) est emmanchée sous presse à la fois à travers un alésage pratiqué dans les deux âmes de la poutre en double I(14) et l'entretoise (17) qui peut facultativement leur être soudée. L'articulation élastique (15), réalisée par adhérisation caoutchouc-métal est du type alvéolé, dans lequel l'absence d'élastomère dans le plan horizontal, grâce à deux grandes alvéoles (21), symétriques, ménagées sur chaque face lors du moulage, procure une grande flexibilité aux mouvements longitudinaux de la barre, mais, surtout, le dégagement géométrique nécessaire pour les déports latéraux (d) que subit celle-ci.View 5a is a reminder of view 4c showing in external silhouette that the external ring (16) is press fitted both through a bore made in the two webs of the double I beam (14) and the spacer (17) which can optionally be welded to them. The elastic joint (15), produced by rubber-metal adhesion, is of the honeycomb type, in which the absence of elastomer in the horizontal plane, thanks to two large, symmetrical cells (21) formed on each face during molding , provides great flexibility to the longitudinal movements of the bar, but, above all, the geometric clearance necessary for the lateral offsets (d) which it undergoes.

Lesdites grandes alvéoles (21) sont localisées dans le plan horizontal, de façon à ne pas compromettre la rigidité d'excentrage vertical de l'articulation élastique (15), qui est de l'ordre de 400 daN par millimètre , nécessaire au soutien des charges sur la barre. Cette rigidité, ainsi que la possibilité de déformation en torsion autour de l'axe (9), - de 7 degrés comme déjà indiqué - , sont obtenues par le procédé connu de rétreint de la bague extérieure (16), cylindrique, formant l'armature extérieure , qui améliore, par une précontrainte circonférentielle, la tenue à la fatigue de l'élastomère constituant la partie élastique de l'articulation élastique (15).Said large cells (21) are located in the horizontal plane, so as not to compromise the rigidity of the vertical offset of the elastic joint (15), which is of the order of 400 daN per millimeter, necessary to support the loads on the bar. This rigidity, as well as the possibility of deformation in torsion around the axis (9), - by 7 degrees as already indicated -, are obtained by the known process of shrinking the outer ring (16), cylindrical, forming the external reinforcement, which improves, by a circumferential prestress, the resistance to fatigue of the elastomer constituting the elastic part of the elastic joint (15).

La vue 5b est une coupe horizontale, rappelant la vue 4e qui explicite la nécessité de pratiquer une encoche dans la douille intérieure (19), sur une partie de sa longueur, pour faire passer, dans la forme du moule, les grandes alvéoles (21). En effet, lesdites grandes alvéoles (21) doivent être localement plus grandes que l'espace annulaire entre le diamètre extérieur de ladite douille intérieure (19) et la bague extérieure (16). Ladite bague extérieure (16) doit être maintenue dans son intégralité cylindrique pour pouvoir subir la déformation de rétreint. Des plans verticaux (22), limitant les grandes alvéoles (21), sont réalisés par fraisage plan de la douille intérieure (19), métallique, presque jusqu'à tangenter son diamètre interne.View 5b is a horizontal section, recalling view 4e which explains the need to make a notch in the inner sleeve (19), over part of its length, to pass, in the shape of the mold, the large cells (21 ). Indeed, said large cells (21) must be locally larger than the annular space between the outer diameter of said inner sleeve (19) and the outer ring (16). Said outer ring (16) must be kept in its cylindrical entirety in order to be able to undergo the shrinking deformation. Vertical planes (22), limiting the large cells (21), are produced by plan milling of the inner sleeve (19), metallic, almost to tangent its internal diameter.

L'extérieur de ladite douille est conservé cylindrique, dans la partie centrale, pour maintenir constante l'épaisseur annulaire de l'élastomère. Des biseaux de raccordement (23) entre la surface cylindrique et les plans verticaux (22), et un chanfrein intérieur (25) sur la bague extérieure (16), s'avèrent nécessaires pour permettre la rotation entre les éléments. Ladite rotation nécessitée par le déport latéral (d) est schématisée en traits mixtes par la rotation relative du tronçon d'axe (18) et du palier de fixation (20).The outside of said sleeve is kept cylindrical in the central part to keep the annular thickness of the elastomer constant. Connection bevels (23) between the cylindrical surface and the vertical planes (22), and an internal chamfer (25) on the outer ring (16), prove necessary to allow rotation between the elements. Said rotation required by the lateral offset (d) is shown in dashed lines by the relative rotation of the axis section (18) and of the fixing bearing (20).

Un dégagement supplémentaire s'avère également nécessaire dans l'élastomère pour faciliter cette rotation.Additional clearance is also necessary in the elastomer to facilitate this rotation.

Il est réalisé par la création d'alvéoles plus petites (24) non traversantes, par exemple cylindriques, situées dans le prolongement des grandes alvéoles (21), tangentiellement à la douille intérieure (19), dans la partie centrale.It is achieved by creating smaller non-traversing cells (24), for example cylindrical, located in the extension of the large cells (21), tangentially to the inner sleeve (19), in the central part.

Lesdites alvéoles plus petites (24), sont réalisées par le logement dans le moule de pions dans le prolongement des empreintes. La forme limitée desdites alvéoles plus petites (24) , permet de maintenir la rigidité verticale de l'articulation élastique (15), puisqu'est conservée la pleine section de l'élastomère dans un plan vertical, comme représenté en vue 5c.Said smaller cells (24) are produced by housing in the pawn mold in the extension of the imprints. The limited shape of said smaller cells (24) makes it possible to maintain the vertical rigidity of the elastic joint (15), since the full section of the elastomer is kept in a vertical plane, as shown in view 5c.

La vue 5c montre, en outre, la position de l'articulation élastique (15) par rapport aux poutres en double I (14) et l'entretoise (17) chanfreinée pour tangenter le rayon des semelles desdites poutres.View 5c further shows the position of the elastic joint (15) relative to the double I beams (14) and the spacer (17) chamfered to tangent the radius of the flanges of said beams.

La figure 6 est une coupe de la barre élémentaire, composant du plancher déformable (6), mettant en évidence la proximité avec la barre voisine.Figure 6 is a section of the elementary bar, component of the deformable floor (6), highlighting the proximity to the neighboring bar.

La position alignée des poutres en double I(14) ménage, sur la face de passage supérieure du plancher déformable (6), une lacune de l'ordre de 12,4% de leur entraxe, dû au cosinus de leur angle de déport latéral, circonstance dans laquelle les semelles des fers IPN viennent en contact. Un moyen élastique (26) doit combler, de façon déformable, cet intervalle, pour limiter les chutes d'objets ou le risque de coincement des talons des passagères d'autocars, et aussi pour maintenir approximativement parallèles les barres formant le plancher déformable (6). Après un déport latéral (d), il n'est pas sûr que le rappel élastique par les articulations élastiques (15), amoindri dans le sens des alvéoles et contrarié par le frottement des patins d'appui (12) se fasse dans l'axe. Sans une force de retour tendant à écarter les barres les unes des autres, un manque de parallélisme pourrait alors se produire. Quoiqu'une feuille de caoutchouc enroulée ou une forme tubulaire soit possible pour le moyen élastique (26), une solution préférentielle est apportée par un profilé de caoutchouc en forme de delta existant dans le commerce. Cette section légèrement contrainte en position alignée présente une rigidité suffisamment abaissée dans la partie utile pour maintenir une force d'écartement sensiblement constante malgré un rapprochement des barres entre elles. Par ailleurs, la fixation dudit profilé le long de l'âme de la poutre en double I(14) se trouve facilitée par l'emploi d'un fer plat (27) muni de quelques tétons soudés (28) dont la tête s'engage en aveugle dans des boutonnières (29). (Cette disposition est silhouettée sur la figure 4). Une vis à l'extrémité accessible du fer plat (27) verrouille tous les têtons (28) dans leurs boutonnières. Le mode de fabrication des composants, barre élémentaire, articulation élastique (15) emmanchée, patin d'appui (12) fixé par écrous et moyen élastique (26) d'écartement a été précédemment décrit. Le plancher déformable (6) selon l'invention est réalisé par assemblage de deux ensembles d'une dizaine de telles barres. Un palier de fixation (20) servant au montage sur la face du véhicule de transport est interposé entre chaque barre au moyen d'un tronçon d'axe (18), à cheval dans chaque douille intérieure (19). Un faible serrage de l'emmanchement à cheval permet de présenter chaque ensemble de N barres élémentaires ( dix ou un nombre voisin) comme un seul solide fixé par N+1 paliers (18) sur le véhicule de transport, les barres reposant en appui simple sur l'équerre (13) prévue à cet effet.The aligned position of the double I beams (14) provides, on the upper passage face of the deformable floor (6), a gap of the order of 12.4% of their center distance, due to the cosine of their lateral offset angle , circumstance in which the soles of the IPN irons come into contact. An elastic means (26) must deformably fill this gap, in order to limit falling objects or the risk of trapping the heels of coach passengers, and also to maintain approximately parallel to the bars forming the deformable floor (6). After a lateral offset (d), it is not certain that the elastic return by the elastic joints (15), lessened in the direction of the alveoli and thwarted by the friction of the support pads (12) takes place in the axis. Without a return force tending to separate the bars from each other, a lack of parallelism could then occur. Although a rolled up rubber sheet or a tubular shape is possible for the elastic means (26), a preferred solution is provided by a delta-shaped rubber profile commercially available. This slightly constrained section in the aligned position has a sufficiently lowered rigidity in the useful part to maintain a substantially constant spacing force despite the bars coming together. Furthermore, the fixing of said profile along the core of the double I beam (14) is facilitated by the use of a flat iron (27) provided with a few welded studs (28) whose head s' blindly engages in buttonholes (29). (This arrangement is shown in Figure 4). A screw at the accessible end of the flat iron (27) locks all the pins (28) in their buttonholes. The method of manufacturing the components, elementary bar, elastic joint (15) fitted, support pad (12) fixed by nuts and elastic means (26) for spacing has been previously described. The deformable floor (6) according to the invention is produced by assembling two sets of ten such bars. A fixing bearing (20) for mounting on the face of the transport vehicle is interposed between each bar by means of a section of axis (18), straddling each interior bushing (19). A slight tightening of the shank fitting makes it possible to present each set of N elementary bars (ten or a neighboring number) as a single solid fixed by N + 1 bearings (18) on the transport vehicle, the bars resting in simple support on the bracket (13) provided for this purpose.

La plaque peu déformable (10) est insérée entre les ensembles des N barres, par encastrement de sa périphérie et le peigne de recouvrement (7) est fixé par le système plaques, contreplaques (11), à l'autre extrémité du véhicule de transport, pour former le plancher déformable (6), par simple glissement relatif des composants, lors de l'attelage.The slightly deformable plate (10) is inserted between the sets of N bars, by embedding its periphery and the covering comb (7) is fixed by the plates, plywood system (11), at the other end of the transport vehicle , to form the deformable floor (6), by simple relative sliding of the components, during coupling.

En résumé, l'invention apporte au concepteur de trains-navettes de transport de véhicules ou de dispositifs similaires, la possibilité de transporter les camions et autobus les plus lourds autorisés par les Codes de la Route. Elle assure, aux passagers comme aux véhicules transportés, une continuité permanente de l'ensemble des planchers sur le train porteur, sans nécessiter les manoeuvres de mise en place et de repliement des dispositifs antérieurement connus.In summary, the invention provides the designer of shuttle trains for transporting vehicles or similar devices with the possibility of transporting the heaviest trucks and buses authorized by the Highway Codes. It provides passengers and transported vehicles with permanent continuity of all the floors on the undercarriage, without requiring the maneuvers of positioning and folding of previously known devices.

La conception d'articulations élastiques spécifiques autorise des déports latéraux importants entre les caisses des véhicules de transport, sans fatigue des matériaux.The design of specific elastic joints allows significant lateral offsets between the bodies of transport vehicles, without fatigue of the materials.

Les composants du dispositif sont faciles à réaliser ou approvisionner dans le commerce, l'échange de pièces détériorées ne posant aucune difficulté particulière, sinon la dépose simultanée d'un ensemble d'une dizaine de barres. L'homme de l'art peut, bien entendu, apporter au plancher déformable, objet de l'invention et à ses variantes décrites à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, différentes modifications sans sortir du cadre de l'invention.The components of the device are easy to make or supply commercially, the exchange of deteriorated parts not posing any particular difficulty, except the simultaneous removal of a set of ten bars. Those skilled in the art can, of course, make various modifications to the deformable floor which is the subject of the invention and to its variants described by way of non-limiting examples, without going beyond the ambit of the invention.

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1.- Plancher déformable (6) permettant une continuité de roulement entre deux véhicules successifs d'un train de transport ferroviaire ou routier, ou entre deux éléments de passerelle d'accès à un navire ou un avion, pour les essieux de charge élevée que comportent les camions, poids lourds ou autocars transportés, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend :
- des ensembles de poutres en double I (14), juxtaposées,
- des articulations élastiques (15) placées sur un axe horizontal (9), emmanchées à l'une des extrémités desdites poutres en double I(14) et présentant un grand débattement angulaire transversal,
- des patins d'appui (12), fixés à l'autre extrêmité desdites poutres en double I (14) et reposant sur la face horizontale d'un logement (8) ménagé dans la façade du véhicule de transport en regard,
- et en ce que le plancher (3) dudit véhicule de transport (1) est prolongé par un peigne de recouvrement (7) comblant toute lacune dans la surface dudit plancher déformable (6).
1.- Deformable floor (6) allowing rolling continuity between two successive vehicles of a rail or road transport train, or between two gangway access elements to a ship or an aircraft, for axles with a high load that include trucks, trucks or coaches transported, characterized in that it comprises:
- sets of double I beams (14), juxtaposed,
- elastic joints (15) placed on a horizontal axis (9), fitted at one end of said double I beams (14) and having a large transverse angular movement,
- support pads (12), fixed at the other end of said double I beams (14) and resting on the horizontal face of a housing (8) formed in the front of the transport vehicle opposite,
- And in that the floor (3) of said transport vehicle (1) is extended by a covering comb (7) filling any gap in the surface of said deformable floor (6).
2.- Plancher déformable (6) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les articulations élastiques (15) comportent, sur chaque face, deux grandes alvéoles (21), localement plus grandes que l'espace annulaire entre une bague extérieure (16), rétreinte, et une douille intérieure (19) présentant, sur une partie de sa longueur, des plans verticaux, obtenus par fraisage et raccordés par des biseaux (23) à la partie cylindrique centrale et en ce que des alvéoles plus petites (24), non traversantes, prolongent, dans ladite partie centrale, lesdites alvéoles (21).2.- deformable floor (6) according to claim 1, characterized in that the elastic joints (15) comprise, on each face, two large cells (21), locally larger than the annular space between an outer ring (16 ), constriction, and an inner sleeve (19) having, over part of its length, vertical planes, obtained by milling and connected by bevels (23) to the central cylindrical part and in that smaller cells (24 ), not through, extend, in said central part, said cells (21). 3. - Plancher déformable (6) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chacun des ensembles est formé de N poutres en double I (14) - N étant un nombre égal à dix ou voisin -, solidarisées par un axe horizontal (9) commun à N + 1 paliers de fixation (20), lesdites poutres en double I(14) étant maintenues écartées par un moyen élastique (26) et lesdits ensembles enserrant une plaque peu déformable (10) coopérant avec le peigne de recouvrement (7).3. - deformable floor (6) according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the assemblies is formed of N double I beams (14) - N being a number equal to ten or close -, secured by a horizontal axis (9 ) common to N + 1 fixing bearings (20), said double I beams (14) being kept apart by an elastic means (26) and said assemblies enclosing a slightly deformable plate (10) cooperating with the covering comb (7 ). 4.- Plancher déformable (6) selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que le peigne de recouvrement (7) est réalisé dans une composition élastomérique comportant des renforcements textiles et en ce que sa face supérieure est munie de reliefs antidérapants alors que sa face inférieure est revêtue d'une couche de matériau antifriction.4.- deformable floor (6) according to one of claims 1 or 3, characterized in that the covering comb (7) is produced in an elastomeric composition comprising textile reinforcements and in that its upper face is provided with reliefs non-slip while its underside is coated with a layer of anti-friction material. 5.- Plancher déformable (6) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le matériau antifriction de la face inférieure du peigne de recouvrement (7) est du polytétrafluorure de vinyle.5.- deformable floor (6) according to claim 4, characterized in that the anti-friction material of the underside of the covering comb (7) is polyvinyl tetrafluoride. 6.- Plancher déformable (6) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le matériau antifriction de la face inférieure du peigne de recouvrement (7) est du polyéthylène de haute masse moléculaire.6.- deformable floor (6) according to claim 4, characterized in that the anti-friction material on the underside of the covering comb (7) is high molecular weight polyethylene.
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