Deicing device for a sheath of a structural cable and a method for deicing a structural cable
AssigneeSoletanche Freyssinet
InventorsEmmanuel Cros, Miklos Toth
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Abstract
A deicing device for a sheath of a structural cable, the structural cable comprising tendons housed in the sheath, the deicing device includes a base; a bearing element; and a power system configured to press the bearing element against the tendons while the base is in contact with an inner surface of the sheath, and to generate vibrations between the bearing element and the base.
Claims15
A deicing device for a sheath of a structural cable, the sheath having an inner surface, the structural cable comprising tendons housed in the sheath, the deicing device comprising:
- a base;
- a bearing element;
- and
- a power system configured to press the bearing element against the tendons while the base is in contact with the inner surface of the sheath.
Method for deicing a sheath of a structural cable of a construction work, the sheath having an inner surface the structural cable comprising tendons housed in the sheath, the method comprising:
- inserting a deicing device within the sheath of the structural cable, the deicing device comprising a base and a bearing element;
- pressing the bearing element against the tendons while the base is in contact with an inner surface of the sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.