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US 10,731,305 B2Granted
Fast installing self-propelled pontoon bridge
AssigneeDinh Chinh Nguyen
InventorDinh Chinh Nguyen
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Abstract
A fast installing self-propelled pontoon bridge consisting of the entrance vehicle (A-1), a vehicle-float which is connected with the entrance vehicle and an exit vehicle, an exit vehicle, and an anchoring vehicle to keep the bridge in one place, being equipped with an anchor to keep the pontoon bridge to resist the water flow.
Claims1
A fast installing self-propelled pontoon bridge comprising:
- an entrance vehicle comprising:
- first wheels;
- a first body configured to be watertight;
- a first V-shaped heading part which connects with a vehicle-float, wherein the lower part of the heading part is chamfered to reduce the resisting force of the water and to guide the vehicle when connecting to the vehicle-float, and the heading part comprises two cabs for the driver and co-driver, the two cabs have side doors, and top doors;
- a bridge part of the entrance vehicle comprising three supporting beams, divided into three askew parts, wherein two parts are connected using axle-pins and an auxiliary joint, hydraulic cylinders provided between the joints, the tailing part of the beam having wheels to move the bridge, a rail next to the floor, a bridge supporting roller on the floor, the tailing part of the entrance vehicle coming into contact with the river bank, bridge supporting cylinders connected with the tailing part of the vehicle, an anti-sink cylinder supporting the mass of the whole vehicle, a winch which pull the bridge forwards and backwards, propellers integrated into the vehicle chassis and foldable within 180°;
- a first connecting cable located at the bottom of the heading part, the connecting cable is coiled and uncoiled by a winch;
- a vehicle-float which is connected with the entrance vehicle and an exit vehicle, comprising:
- second wheels;
- a second body configured to be watertight;
- a second V-shaped heading part which is one part of the joint between two vehicles;
- wherein the lower part of the heading part is chamfered to reduce the resisting force of the water and to guide the vehicle when connecting to the entrance vehicle, and the heading part comprises two cabs for the driver and co-driver, the two cabs have side doors, and top doors;
- propellers integrated into the vehicle chassis and foldable within;
- a second connecting cable located at the bottom of the heading part, the connecting cable is coiled and uncoiled by a winch;
- an exit vehicle comprising:
- third wheels;
- a third body configured to be watertight;
- a third V-shaped heading part, wherein the lower part of the heading part is chamfered to reduce the resisting force of the water and to guide the vehicle when connecting to the vehicle-float, the heading part comprising two cabs for the driver and co-driver, the two cabs have side doors, and top doors;
- a bridge part of the exit vehicle comprising three supporting beams, divided into three askew parts, wherein two parts are connected using axle-pins, and an auxiliary joint, hydraulic cylinders provided between the joints, the tailing part of the beam having wheels to move the bridge, a rail next to the floor, the bridge supporting roller on the floor, the heading part of the exit vehicle coming into contact with the river bank, bridge supporting cylinders connected with the heading part of the vehicle at the bottom of the V-shape heading part, an anti-sink cylinder supporting the mass of the whole vehicle, a winch which pulls the bridge forwards and backwards, propellers integrated into the vehicle chassis and foldable within 180°;
- an anchoring vehicle to keep the bridge in one place, being equipped with an anchor to keep the pontoon bridge to resist the water flow, a drill attached to the side wall of the vehicle, the drill operates using hydraulic motors, drilling angle positioning system, the anchoring vehicle having a connecting cable winch.
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