EP0731218B1 - Vorrichtung zum Festhalten einer Brücke auf einem Transportfahrzeug - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Festhalten einer Brücke auf einem Transportfahrzeug Download PDF

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EP0731218B1
EP0731218B1 EP19960400372 EP96400372A EP0731218B1 EP 0731218 B1 EP0731218 B1 EP 0731218B1 EP 19960400372 EP19960400372 EP 19960400372 EP 96400372 A EP96400372 A EP 96400372A EP 0731218 B1 EP0731218 B1 EP 0731218B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
    • E01D15/00—Movable or portable bridges; Floating bridges
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    • E01D15/127—Portable or sectional bridges combined with ground-supported vehicles for the transport, handling or placing of such bridges or of sections thereof

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  • the subject of the present invention is a device for maintaining the span of a bridge, in a transport position, at the rear of a vehicle, such as a chariot.
  • These bridges rest, at their front part, on a deployment device for tilting the deck in the deployed position.
  • Maintaining the rear part of these bridges is generally carried out, at the rear of the tank, so manually by devices such as chains, which require a long set-up time, and of which removal is hardly compatible with use operational, except using explosive bolts, which obviously have the major drawback of not be reusable.
  • Document EP 0 362 065 A describes means of attachment which are intended to maintain a span during transport.
  • a mobile assembly comprising a device indexing relative to the fixed assembly according to a plurality of transport positions, is not disclosed.
  • the subject of the present invention is a holding device allowing a simplification of the locking operations of the rear part of the bridge in a transport position, and also allowing rapid unlocking compatible with rapid deployment of the bridge in conditions for operational use.
  • the subject of the present invention is therefore a bridge holding device in a position of transport according to the features of claim 1.
  • the locking device comprises advantageously a first and a second elements of connection, for example turnbuckles, which are articulated, to a first end, to the rod of the cylinder lock, and at a second end, respectively first and second locking elements pivoting cooperating with an edge of the span for the locking it.
  • a first and a second elements of connection for example turnbuckles, which are articulated, to a first end, to the rod of the cylinder lock, and at a second end, respectively first and second locking elements pivoting cooperating with an edge of the span for the locking it.
  • the first and second elements of swivel locks are arranged in the vicinity of a internal region of the bridge span and the lock includes first and second rods articulated, at a first end, at the second end of the first and second respectively connecting elements and, at a second end, respectively to a third and a fourth element pivoting locking devices, arranged in the vicinity of a outer edge of the span and cooperating therewith view of its locking.
  • the displacement of the rod from one single locking cylinder ensures locking and unlocking functions span, and more particularly both of the part internal and external part of the span of each side of the bridge, i.e. four locking points.
  • the third and the fourth rods also include a turnbuckle allowing in particular a backlash adjustment likely to exist in the locked position.
  • the cylinder rod is advantageously vertical, and the first and second connecting elements are then inclined so as to form an articulated reference between the cylinder rod and locking elements.
  • the first and second rods can be horizontal.
  • the fixed support can include a region profiled having a recess in the vicinity of the housing so as to allow successive scrolling support elements in the vicinity of said housing.
  • the mobile assembly comprises, according to a variant preferred, two lifting elements likely to be arranged above the internal edge of the span of such so that a pivoting forward of the span of the bridge under the action of the tilting cylinders of a device deployment of the bridge, causes the lifting of the mobile assembly.
  • the holding device is likely to perform his duties without requiring the presence of other control elements than a cylinder.
  • the device described below is more specially designed to keep in view of its transport the bridge n ° 10 which is of the scissor type or bridge n ° 12 which has two simple superimposed bridges, these bridges being marketed by the THOMPSON Company DEFENSE PROJECTS LIMITED, and also to ensure quick unlocking of these bridges for their deployment.
  • the support system used on the device called "CHIEFTAIN" of the VICKERS Company includes a structure composed of different telescopic tubes of square section operated by two linear cylinders controlled by a hand pump located at outside of the vehicle. Immobilization of the span of the bridge that is to say of its load-bearing elements is carried out manually using chains and hooks. Unlocking is performed by an outside operator in peacetime, and using explosive bolts in wartime.
  • the main faults of this system are a fully manual height adjustment, a long position change to be implemented and a unlocking not reusable in wartime.
  • the rear support device according to the invention is capable of allowing adjustment in height, support and / or immobilization of these bridges in rear of the deck carrier tank body.
  • a first embodiment, semi-automatic, of the device according to the invention, using a linear hydraulic cylinder, and not requiring modification of the span, includes a mechanism manual locking and automatic unlocking ordered from the inside.
  • This semi-automatic mechanical assembly, arranged at the rear 4 of the tank 1, comprises two swivel sets relative to each other and which are articulated on the two rear supports 80 of box shackle.
  • the first set or mobile set has three subsets.
  • the first subset generates the position changes. It has a structure pivoting made from mechanically welded sections 82, 83 and 84.
  • the second sub-assembly united in rotation of the first subset regroups the functions for supporting structures no.10 and no.12, indexing of different positions requested by each span and mounting rollers used for the motorization of the assembly.
  • the third sub-assembly also united in rotation of the previous two allows locking and the unlocking of windows 10 and 12.
  • the second set or fixed set is consisting of two supports, welded on the shutters 75 exhaust air from the tank 1 engine, which ensures support and indexing of the device.
  • the first sub-assembly which is more particularly visible in FIGS. 7a and 7b comprises arms 82 and 83 which are welded at one end along a spar 84, and which converge at their other end in the vicinity of the axis d hinge 81 of the movable assembly, on the shackles 80, which means that the arms 82 and 83 and the spar 84 define two triangles.
  • the first sub-assembly which also comprises three connection plates 87 with the second sub-assembly, is fixed to the rear supports 80 for lifting shackle of the tank of the tank 1.
  • the second sub-assembly comprises four cylindrical supports 86 intended to support the cross-sections 8 of the bridges. These supports 86 are aligned along the same transverse axis.
  • the second sub-assembly comprises an assembly of stiffening elements 120, 121, 125, the connecting plates 87 belonging to the first sub-assembly, ensuring the connection between the first and second sub-assemblies.
  • the outermost supports 86 are held by pairs of profiles 130 while the two innermost supports 86 are housed between two vertical arms 122 used for indexing the support device, and at the top of these. As shown more particularly in Figures 4a , 5a and 6a , the indexing arms 122 have indexing holes 11, 12 and 13 corresponding to the three indexing positions provided, respectively in the low I, intermediate II and high III positions .
  • the second set includes supports fixed 110 with two vertical arms, the part of which upper 107 is wider and connects to the rest of the report by an inclined profile 145 while the face upper arm 110 has notches 108 for housing the support elements 116 and 117 corresponding respectively to the high positions III and intermediate II whereas, in the low position I, this are the axis portions located at the two ends of the support roller 86 which are housed in the notches 108.
  • the upper part 107 of the arms 110 has holes 15 for fixing elements indexing 115 using pins 119, so that fix the height indexing position.
  • the holes 11 of the arms 122 are opposite the holes 15 and the ends of the two internal support rollers 86 are housed in the notches 108 (FIGS. 4 a and 4 b ).
  • the holes 12 of the arms 122 are arranged opposite the holes 15 of the upper part 107 of the vertical arms 110 and the support element 117 is housed in the notches 108 of the upper part 107 of the arms 110 (see FIGS. 5 a and 5 b ).
  • profile 145 to the part lower of head 107 of vertical arms 110 is allow, during the passage of the device between the low position I and high position III, scrolling up support elements 117 and 116.
  • the third subset consists of a locking and unlocking system which is composed of four turnbuckles 91 and 92, a jack hydraulic 100 and four articulated pivots 93 and 94.
  • This system is independent of the other functions of the adjustable rear support device but it's integral in rotation with the first and second sub-assemblies.
  • the whole locking system / unlocking ensures fastening and release of the spans on the rear support device adjustable.
  • turnbuckles 91 and 92 The function of turnbuckles 91 and 92 is to to obtain a preset and a tightening of the span of the bridge.
  • the hydraulic cylinder 100 allows a automatic unlocking of doors 8 from inside the vehicle.
  • the articulated pivots 93 and 94 have for function of tightening the span 8, under reserve adjustment of turnbuckles 91 and / or 92.
  • the locking / unlocking device is more particularly represented in FIGS. 2, 4 a , 5 a , 6 a , 7 a and 7 b .
  • the hydraulic cylinder 100 has a vertical cylinder rod 101 perpendicular to which is mounted a pin 102 oriented in a transverse direction relative to the span 8.
  • Two turnbuckles 91 that is to say cylindrical elements allowing a length adjustment , inclined with respect to the horizontal, are articulated at their ends on the one hand at 103 at the ends of the axes 102 and on the other hand at 104 at the bottom of one of the two locking pivots 93 which can rotate around an axis of rotation 95 integral with the second sub-assembly and situated above the articulation 104.
  • These pivots 93 each carry a locking finger 97 allowing a locking of an internal edge 160 of the span 8 of the bridge .
  • a horizontal rod 106 carrying a turnbuckle 92 is articulated at 105 to the lower part of each pivot 93 and opposite to hinge pin 104.
  • the other end of each of the two rods 106 carries a pivot 94 articulated at its part lower around an axis 96 and bearing to its part upper a locking finger 98 turned towards the interior so as to allow locking of external edges (not shown) of the span 8.
  • the end of each of the rods 106 is connected to the pivot 94 by a hinge 109 located between the axis of rotation of the pivot 94, which is fixed relative to the first subset, and finger 98.
  • the span 8 is locked the same way for both types of bridges.
  • the span is unlocked simply by retracting the rod 101 of the jack 100. This action is automatic and takes place from inside the vehicle. The removal of span 8 is thus carried out without no outside intervention.
  • the adjustable rear support device could be simplified by removing the two extensions 106 attached to the end of the pivots 93, the two turnbuckles 92 and the two external pivots 94 located on the system lock.
  • Device position changes adjustable rear support can be performed as follows.
  • Two rollers 99 are set up by rotation on their axis, which are mounted on a pivot integral with the first sub-assembly. These two rollers 99 are represented in FIGS. 7 a and 7 b in an inactive position where they are released from the internal edges 160 of the span 8, and in the other figures in an active position where, by rotation of 180 °, they are located above the internal edges 160 of the span 8.
  • the two height indexing elements 115 are removed by removing the pins 119 and the tilt cylinders 21 of the deployment device are actuated.
  • the span 8 then pivots forward, causing in its rotation the whole of the adjustable rear support device thanks to the rollers 99 previously placed in the active position.
  • the presence of the profiled regions 145 of the arms 110 allows the rotation to take place automatically.
  • the second sub-assembly is then indexed on the welded supports 110 by fitting elements 115 and pins 119 and the span 8 is again locked by actuating the jack 100. Finally, the turnbuckles 91 and 92 are adjusted in order to remove the games generated by the change of position.
  • transition to the position corresponding to a bridge n ° 12 can be done in two ways.
  • a second embodiment of the invention presents an automatic locking / unlocking system. It is shown in Figures 8 a and 8 b . It requires a modification of the span 8 which must indeed have slots 73 at its lower part 74.
  • the locking and unlocking are ensured by two rotary linear jacks 70, carried by the third sub-assembly, and each having a rod 71 equipped with an end head 72.
  • the jacks 70 thus replace the jack 100, the turnbuckles 91 and 92, and the articulated pivots 93 and 94.
  • the rotation of the rod 71 of the jacks 70 makes it possible to orient the heads 72 beforehand introduced into the corresponding slots 73, according to an unlocking position ( Figure 8 a ), or a locking position ( Figure 8 b ).
  • This locking / unlocking system also ensures, as before, the support of the span 8 on the cylindrical supports 86.

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  1. Haltevorrichtung für einen Balken (8) einer Brücke am hinteren Teil eines Fahrzeugs (1) in einer Transportstellung, wobei besagte Vorrichtung eine stationäre Einheit, eine bewegliche, von der stationären Einheit getragene Einheit mit einer Vorrichtung (115, 119) zum Indexieren in bezug auf die stationäre Einheit gemäß mehreren Transportstellungen zur Einstellung des Niveaus des Balkens (8) der Brücke im hinteren Teil (4) des Fahrzeugs (1) erlaubt, und wobei die besagte Vorrichtung eine Verriegelungsvorrichtung (93, 94), die von der beweglichen Einheit getragen wird, und einen Verriegelungszylinder (100) umfasst, der das Steuern zwischen der Verriegelungsstellung und der Entriegelungsstellung des Balkens (8) der Brücke erlaubt.
  2. Vorrichtung gemäß dem Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die mobile Einheit Folgendes umfasst:
    eine erste schwenkende Unterbaugruppe, die das Ausschlagen der beweglichen Einheit zwischen den besagten Einstellpositionen erlaubt,
    eine zweite Unterbaugruppe, die in Drehung fest mit der ersten verbunden ist und besagte Indexiervorrichtung (115, 119) trägt,
    und eine dritte Unterbaugruppe, die in Drehung fest mit den beiden ersten verbunden ist und die besagte Verriegelungsvorrichtung (93, 94) umfasst.
  3. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Verriegelungsvorrichtung ein erstes und ein zweites Element (91) zur gelenkigen Verbindung an einem ersten Ende am Schaft (101) des Verriegelungszylinders (100) und an einem zweiten Ende jeweils an einem ersten und einem zweiten Element zur schwenkenden Verriegelung (93) umfasst, die mit dem Rand des Balkens (8) zu dessen Verriegeln zusammenwirken.
  4. Vorrichtung gemäß dem Anspruch 3, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der Verriegelungszylinder (100) ein linearer Zylinder ist, dessen Schaft (101) senkrecht ist, und dadurch, dass das erste und das zweite Element (91) zur Verbindung in bezug auf die Waagerechte geneigt sind.
  5. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass mindestens ein Verbindungselement (91) ein Spannschloss ist, das sich so einstellen lässt, dass man das Spiel ausgleichen kann, das in der Verriegelungsposition vorkommen kann.
  6. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass das erste und das zweite schwenkende Verriegelungselement (93) in der Nähe des Innenrands (160) des Balkens (8) angeordnet sind, und dass sie einen ersten und einen zweiten Verbindungsschaft (106) aufweisen, die gelenkig an einem ersten Ende jeweils am zweiten Ende des ersten und des zweiten Verbindungselements (91) und an einem zweiten Ende jeweils an einem dritten und einem vierten schwenkenden Verriegelungselement (94), die sich in der Nähe des Aussenrands des Balkens (8) angebracht sind und mit diesem zu dessen Verriegeln zusammenwirken.
  7. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 6, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der erste und der zweite Schaft (106) ein Spannschloss (92) umfassen, das so eingestellt werden kann, dass das Spiel ausgeglichen wird, das in der verriegelten Stellung bestehen kann.
  8. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der vorausgehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die stationäre Einheit mindestens einen stationären Träger (110) mit einer Aussparung (108) für ein Tragelement (86, 116, 117) umfasst und dadurch, dass die Indexiervorrichtung folgendes umfasst:
    mindestens ein bewegliches Element (122), das mehrere Tragelemente (86, 116, 117) trägt, die den jeweiligen Einstellposition entsprechen,
    mindestens ein Befestigungselement (115) für ein ausgewähltes Tragelement in besagter Aussparung (108).
  9. Vorrichtung gemäß dem Anspruch 8, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass der stationäre Träger (110) eine Profilzone (145) mit einem Rücksprung in der Nähe der Aussparung aufweist, so dass ein nacheinander folgendes Ablaufen der Tragelemente (86, 116, 117) in der Nähe der besagten Aussparung (108) möglich ist.
  10. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 8 oder 9, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die bewegliche Einheit zwei Rückhubelemente (99) umfasst, die über der Innenzone (160) des Balkens (8) so angeordnet sind, dass ein Schwenken nach vorn des Balkens (8) der Brücke durch Einwirken der Kippzylinder (21) einer Aufstellvorrichtung der Brücke, die besagtes Fahrzeug trägt, das Rückheben der beweglichen Einheit verursacht.
  11. Vorrichtung gemäß einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass sie Seile (140) umfasst, die den Stempel (60) der besagten Aufstellvorrichtung mit der beweglichen Einheit so verbinden, dass das Rückheben der beweglichen Einheit unter Einwirkung eines Stempelzylinders (23) möglich ist, wenn das Fahrzeug keine Brücke transportiert.
  12. Vorrichtung gemäß dem Anspruch 2, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Verriegelungsvorrichtung auf einer dritten Unterbaugruppe mindestens einen linearen Drehzylinder (70) umfasst, dessen Schaft (71) einen Endkopf (72) aufweist, der in Drehung zwischen einer Verriegelungsposition und einer Entriegelungsposition ausgerichtet werden kann.
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