US3604322A - Bridging of expansion joints in roadways of bridges, streets, runways and the like - Google Patents
Bridging of expansion joints in roadways of bridges, streets, runways and the like Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US3604322A US3604322A US754806A US3604322DA US3604322A US 3604322 A US3604322 A US 3604322A US 754806 A US754806 A US 754806A US 3604322D A US3604322D A US 3604322DA US 3604322 A US3604322 A US 3604322A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- members
- retaining
- traverse
- bridging
- roadway
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
- E01D19/00—Structural or constructional details of bridges
- E01D19/06—Arrangement, construction or bridging of expansion joints
- E01D19/062—Joints having intermediate beams
Definitions
- One or more longitudinal retaining members pass parallel to said edge profiles and are connected to the latter and to each other by means of flexible sealing members.
- Each retaining member is fixedly connected with two parallel supporting traverses disposed in the direction of the roadway in a recess below the edge profiles.
- Each of said traverses slidably rests on two sliders supported on fixed mounting plates.
- a system of elastic spring members is provided. The latter members act between the traverses and the edges of the expansion joint.
- PATENTED SEP 41% 3, 04 322 sum 1 OF 2 INVENIOR WALDEMAR KOST ER BY 77% r 77% ATTORNEYS BRIDGING OF EXPANSION JOINTS IN ROADWAYS F BRIDGES, STREETS, RUNWAYS AND THE LIKE
- the present invention relates in general to roadway construction.
- the present invention relates to a bridging of expansion joints between two separate sections of roadways of bridges, streets, runways and the like.
- the retaining members have support traverses, disposed to slidably rest on mounting plates and be held thereon by residual stres
- two opposed systems of elastic members are provided.
- One of these systems may be provided by the known sealing members between edge profiles and retaining members.
- the resilient elements may be formed as rubber pushing blocks which are linked to the traverses and the edge profiles of the expansion joints under vertical residual stress. If the bridging has a plurality of retaining members the traverses rigidly connected to the retaining members can rest on supporting beams and be slidable longitudinally of the roadway (FIG. 3).
- resilient blocks may be arranged which cause the aforementioned centering adjustment of the retaining members toward each other, and are preferably provided as rubber pushing blocks.
- the resilient elements may also be constructed as rubber compression blocks which are mounted between correspondingly arranged bearing surfaces. It is also possible (although not shown herein) to provide the conventional metal or metalrubber spring arrangement as resilient elements.
- a projection may be provided on one of the traverses which is movable between two compression springs mounted to the other traverse. The arrangement may be simplified (FIGS.
- the resilient elements may have projections (not shown) I for limiting their elastic displacement pitch in a manner known per se. Such projections are disposed in order to prevent damage of the resilient elements because of overstram.
- FIG. 1 shows a sectional view of a bridging for expansion joints with one retaining member passing between two edge profile members
- FIG. 2 shows a plan view partially broken, of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of a further embodiment with five retaining members
- FIG. 4 shows a plan view on line IV-IV of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 shows the arrangement of resilient elements between a number of traverses.
- FIG. I shows a bridging for expansion joints between the spaced sections 1 and 2 of a roadway, variable in distance to one another.
- the bridging is formed of two elongated edge profile members 3 and 4 as well as an elongated retaining member 5 passing therebetween in a parallel direction to the profiles 3, 4.
- flexible sealing profile members 6 and 7 are disposed and held by member 5.
- the retaining member 5 is rigidly connected to at least two traverses 8 disposed in the direction of the roadway in a recess below the expansion joint, one of which is shown in the drawing.
- Each traverse 8 slidably rests on two sliders 9 and 10 supported on mounting plates 11 and 12. Between the outwardly directed flanges of respective edge profiles 3 and 4 and the traverse 8,
- the elastic elements 13 and 14 are disposed which when the width of the expansion joint changes, exert oppositely directed pushing forces on the traverse 8 and thus keep the latter in its centering position between the two parts of the roadway variable in distance.
- the elastic or resilient elements 13 and 14 may be formed as rubber pushing blocks which exert at the same time a force directed on the fixed mounting plates 11 and 12 so that the traverse rests at any time on the sliders 9 and 10 under residual stress.
- FIG. 2 showing a plan view to FIG. 1 contains the same reference numerals. The respective sections of the roadway are drawn in a broken view.
- FIG. 3 shows the bridging of an expansion joint between two spaced sections 15 and 16 of a roadway variable in distance to one another, with two edge profile members 17 and I8 between which five retaining members 19 and six flexible sealing profiles 20 are disposed.
- Each retaining member 19 is rigidly connected to at least two traverses 21 of which only one is shown in the drawings.
- the traverses 21 slidably rest on two supporting beams 22 and 23 for sliding support, generally similar to that shown at 9 and 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- resilient elements 30' are disposed between the various traverses 21 respectively.
- Resilient elements are also provided between the outermost ones of these traverses and the road edge structures l5, 16 as shown at 30.
- These elastic elements 30 and 30 are disposed to act as shear and lateral compression springs, in lieu of the corresponding elements shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 which act as shear and vertical compression springs.
- FIG. 5 shows parts of three traverses 21 with spring elements interposed therebetween.
- the spring elements are formed as rubber compression springs 32 mounted to projections 33, A projection 34 of the adjacent traverse 21' extends between the two rubber compression springs 32 directed toward each other so that the thus formed spring element causes centering pushing forces between the adjacent traverses.
- FIG. 5 illustrates impressively the basic idea of the present invention, which consists in applying the elastic forces of two opposing systems of spring elements or the like to the traverses and/or the retaining members, rigidly connected therewith.
- one system of elastic forces is represented by the flexible sealing profile members 6, 7, or 20, respectively, between the retaining members or the edge profiles, respectively; these sealing members causing decreasing forces when the expansion joint expands; and the second system is represented by the elastic resilient elements 13, 14, or 30, respectively, the elastic forces of which will increase when the joint expands.
- FIG. 1 to 4 one system of elastic forces is represented by the flexible sealing profile members 6, 7, or 20, respectively, between the retaining members or the edge profiles, respectively; these sealing members causing decreasing forces when the expansion joint expands; and the second system is represented by the elastic resilient elements 13, 14, or 30, respectively, the elastic forces of which will increase when the joint expands.
- a bridging of expansion joints in roadways of bridges, streets, runways and the like comprising edge profile members adjoining the edges of spaced roadway sections in a direction transverse to the direction of the roadway; at least one retaining member extending through the expansion joint in a direction substantially parallel to that of said edge profile members; elastic sealing members between said edge profile members and said retaining members; support traverse members arranged substantially parallel to each other in the direction of the roadway, each retaining member being rigidly connected with at least two different ones of said support traverse members so that each retaining member has independent, stable support, the traverse members being slidably received in a recess below the edge profile members; and elastic spring members acting on each traverse separately, with forces which increase when the forces exerted upon the retaining members by the elastic sealing means decrease, and vice versa, to center each retaining member between two adjacent ones of said edge profile and retaining members.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Architecture (AREA)
- Civil Engineering (AREA)
- Structural Engineering (AREA)
- Road Paving Structures (AREA)
- Bridges Or Land Bridges (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Claims (5)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US75480668A | 1968-08-23 | 1968-08-23 |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US3604322A true US3604322A (en) | 1971-09-14 |
Family
ID=25036421
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US754806A Expired - Lifetime US3604322A (en) | 1968-08-23 | 1968-08-23 | Bridging of expansion joints in roadways of bridges, streets, runways and the like |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US3604322A (en) |
Cited By (21)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3732021A (en) * | 1971-03-08 | 1973-05-08 | Brown Co D S | Modular expansion joint |
US4075728A (en) * | 1976-12-27 | 1978-02-28 | Acme Highway Products Corporation | Adjustable embossment connector for a composite expansion joint assembly |
US4076440A (en) * | 1975-07-29 | 1978-02-28 | Silvio Bertschmann | Expansion joint bridging device |
US4339214A (en) * | 1980-05-02 | 1982-07-13 | Acme Highway Products Corporation | Composite expansion joint |
US4486118A (en) * | 1982-07-19 | 1984-12-04 | Reinhold Huber | Arrangement for bridging expansion joints in carriage ways, especially bridges |
US4516284A (en) * | 1982-04-05 | 1985-05-14 | Kober Ag | Bridging arrangement for expansion joints in the carriageways of bridges or the like |
US4876759A (en) * | 1988-06-14 | 1989-10-31 | Yang Jesse S | Bridge expansion joint |
US5365712A (en) * | 1990-04-26 | 1994-11-22 | Societe Centrale D'etudes Et De Realisations Routieres Scetauroute | Structure for interconnecting two part, separated by an expansion joint, of an assembly forming a very long beam, for example a bridge deck |
US6609265B1 (en) * | 2002-10-03 | 2003-08-26 | Thomas C. Jee | Seismic proof articulating bridge deck expansion joint |
US20110217119A1 (en) * | 2009-12-10 | 2011-09-08 | Construction Research & Technology Gmbh | Zone Equidistance Control Expansion Joint System |
US9528262B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2016-12-27 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US9631362B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-04-25 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Precompressed water and/or fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems, and transitions |
US9637915B1 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-05-02 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Factory fabricated precompressed water and/or fire resistant expansion joint system transition |
US9670666B1 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-06-06 | Emseal Joint Sytstems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US9689157B1 (en) | 2009-03-24 | 2017-06-27 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion and seismic joint system |
US9689158B1 (en) | 2009-03-24 | 2017-06-27 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion and seismic joint system |
US9739050B1 (en) | 2011-10-14 | 2017-08-22 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Flexible expansion joint seal system |
US9963872B2 (en) | 2012-11-16 | 2018-05-08 | Emseal Joint Systems LTD | Expansion joint system |
US10316661B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2019-06-11 | Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd. | Water and/or fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems |
US10851542B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2020-12-01 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant, integrated wall and roof expansion joint seal system |
US11180995B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2021-11-23 | Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd. | Water and/or fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems |
Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3113493A (en) * | 1960-10-03 | 1963-12-10 | Goodrich Co B F | Expansion joint |
CH408089A (en) * | 1964-03-06 | 1966-02-28 | Mageba Sa | Joint transition in the roadway of bridges, with pre-tensioned, elastic rubber profiles in the expansion joints, as well as a method for laying the joint transition and a device for performing the method |
US3245328A (en) * | 1961-07-06 | 1966-04-12 | Rheinstahl Union Brueckenbau | Expansion joint for road covering structures |
US3430544A (en) * | 1965-12-06 | 1969-03-04 | Expandite Ltd | Devices for sealing expansion joints in bridge decking |
US3479933A (en) * | 1968-01-11 | 1969-11-25 | Brown Co D S | Elongated,hollow,elastomer sealing strip with elongated,laterally deformable spring |
US3482492A (en) * | 1967-04-05 | 1969-12-09 | Acme Highway Prod | Joint seal |
-
1968
- 1968-08-23 US US754806A patent/US3604322A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3113493A (en) * | 1960-10-03 | 1963-12-10 | Goodrich Co B F | Expansion joint |
US3245328A (en) * | 1961-07-06 | 1966-04-12 | Rheinstahl Union Brueckenbau | Expansion joint for road covering structures |
CH408089A (en) * | 1964-03-06 | 1966-02-28 | Mageba Sa | Joint transition in the roadway of bridges, with pre-tensioned, elastic rubber profiles in the expansion joints, as well as a method for laying the joint transition and a device for performing the method |
US3430544A (en) * | 1965-12-06 | 1969-03-04 | Expandite Ltd | Devices for sealing expansion joints in bridge decking |
US3482492A (en) * | 1967-04-05 | 1969-12-09 | Acme Highway Prod | Joint seal |
US3479933A (en) * | 1968-01-11 | 1969-11-25 | Brown Co D S | Elongated,hollow,elastomer sealing strip with elongated,laterally deformable spring |
Cited By (33)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3732021A (en) * | 1971-03-08 | 1973-05-08 | Brown Co D S | Modular expansion joint |
US4076440A (en) * | 1975-07-29 | 1978-02-28 | Silvio Bertschmann | Expansion joint bridging device |
US4075728A (en) * | 1976-12-27 | 1978-02-28 | Acme Highway Products Corporation | Adjustable embossment connector for a composite expansion joint assembly |
US4339214A (en) * | 1980-05-02 | 1982-07-13 | Acme Highway Products Corporation | Composite expansion joint |
US4516284A (en) * | 1982-04-05 | 1985-05-14 | Kober Ag | Bridging arrangement for expansion joints in the carriageways of bridges or the like |
US4486118A (en) * | 1982-07-19 | 1984-12-04 | Reinhold Huber | Arrangement for bridging expansion joints in carriage ways, especially bridges |
US4876759A (en) * | 1988-06-14 | 1989-10-31 | Yang Jesse S | Bridge expansion joint |
US5365712A (en) * | 1990-04-26 | 1994-11-22 | Societe Centrale D'etudes Et De Realisations Routieres Scetauroute | Structure for interconnecting two part, separated by an expansion joint, of an assembly forming a very long beam, for example a bridge deck |
US6609265B1 (en) * | 2002-10-03 | 2003-08-26 | Thomas C. Jee | Seismic proof articulating bridge deck expansion joint |
US9631362B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-04-25 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Precompressed water and/or fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems, and transitions |
US11459748B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2022-10-04 | Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd. | Fire resistant expansion joint systems |
US9528262B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2016-12-27 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US10794056B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2020-10-06 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Water and/or fire resistant expansion joint system |
US9637915B1 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-05-02 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Factory fabricated precompressed water and/or fire resistant expansion joint system transition |
US9644368B1 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-05-09 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US9670666B1 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2017-06-06 | Emseal Joint Sytstems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US11180995B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2021-11-23 | Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd. | Water and/or fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems |
US10941562B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2021-03-09 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US10934702B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2021-03-02 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion joint system |
US10934704B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2021-03-02 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and/or water resistant expansion joint system |
US10179993B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2019-01-15 | Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd. | Water and/or fire resistant expansion joint system |
US10316661B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2019-06-11 | Emseal Joint Systems, Ltd. | Water and/or fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems |
US10519651B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2019-12-31 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems |
US10851542B2 (en) | 2008-11-20 | 2020-12-01 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant, integrated wall and roof expansion joint seal system |
US9689157B1 (en) | 2009-03-24 | 2017-06-27 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion and seismic joint system |
US10787806B2 (en) | 2009-03-24 | 2020-09-29 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and/or water resistant expansion and seismic joint system |
US10787805B2 (en) | 2009-03-24 | 2020-09-29 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and/or water resistant expansion and seismic joint system |
US9689158B1 (en) | 2009-03-24 | 2017-06-27 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Fire and water resistant expansion and seismic joint system |
US8376652B2 (en) * | 2009-12-10 | 2013-02-19 | Construction Research & Technology Gmbh | Zone equidistance control expansion joint system |
US20110217119A1 (en) * | 2009-12-10 | 2011-09-08 | Construction Research & Technology Gmbh | Zone Equidistance Control Expansion Joint System |
US9739050B1 (en) | 2011-10-14 | 2017-08-22 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Flexible expansion joint seal system |
US10544582B2 (en) | 2012-11-16 | 2020-01-28 | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Expansion joint system |
US9963872B2 (en) | 2012-11-16 | 2018-05-08 | Emseal Joint Systems LTD | Expansion joint system |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US3604322A (en) | Bridging of expansion joints in roadways of bridges, streets, runways and the like | |
US3245328A (en) | Expansion joint for road covering structures | |
US3539170A (en) | Rubber and like material springs | |
KR101795337B1 (en) | Finger joint with a bridging cover plate | |
US4030156A (en) | Bridge expansion joint | |
US5887308A (en) | Expansion joint system with seismic accommodation | |
US3698292A (en) | Expansion gap sealing device | |
US4339214A (en) | Composite expansion joint | |
US3113493A (en) | Expansion joint | |
US3608442A (en) | Sealing member | |
US3854159A (en) | Composite expansion joint assembly | |
US3460446A (en) | Bridge type highway of reinforced or prestressed concrete | |
JP4019295B2 (en) | Expansion joint device | |
KR101641492B1 (en) | Expansion Joint Having Sliding Structure | |
US3650184A (en) | Curb expansion joint | |
US3259932A (en) | Cable-stayed bridge | |
US1901945A (en) | Cushioning device | |
US3430544A (en) | Devices for sealing expansion joints in bridge decking | |
US3648423A (en) | Expansion joint | |
JPH1082002A (en) | Joint clearance dispersion type track for railway | |
US3593981A (en) | Rubber compression springs | |
PL84581B1 (en) | Rail joint[us3851821a] | |
JP3546932B2 (en) | Track extension device for floating railway | |
EP3910108B1 (en) | Reinforced dilatation joint for road and railroad applications | |
US2183484A (en) | Flexible dowel |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: FRIEDRICH MAURER SOEHNE GMBH & CO KG. Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:FRIEDRICH MAURER SOEHNE KG;REEL/FRAME:004190/0777 Effective date: 19830715 Owner name: FIRMA KOBER A.G.,, SWITZERLAND Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:SOEHNE, FRIEDRICH M.;REEL/FRAME:004190/0778 Effective date: 19830708 |
|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: WATSON BOWMAN & ACME CORP., GETZVILLE, NY, A CORP. Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:FIRMA KOBER AG;REEL/FRAME:004446/0399 Effective date: 19850715 |