Extendable passenger loading bridge having improved placement of roller assemblies
OwnerBrian Smith, Andrew Plummerinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed are passenger loading bridge tunnels having improved placement of roller assemblies. Two or more separate tunnels form an extendable passenger loading bridge, which has flaps as to allow for easy access to the roller assemblies. The roller assemblies are placed in close vicinity to an edge of a passenger loading bridge tunnel, and are disengageable from the tunnel without disassembly of the passenger loading bridge.
Claims45
A passenger loading bridge comprising:
- an inner passenger loading bridge tunnel section having an opening at each of two ends for passenger communication therewith;
- an outer roller assembly fixedly attached to the inner passenger loading bridge tunnel section in proximity to one of the openings of said inner passenger loading bridge tunnel section and disposed outside said inner passenger loading bridge tunnel section, so that when said inner passenger loading bridge tunnel section serves as an inner tunnel section of a telescoping passenger loading bridge, said outer roller assembly is rollingly engaged to a surface of an outer tunnel section of the telescoping passenger loading bridge.
A passenger loading bridge having inner and outer tunnels, each tunnel having sidewalls, a floor section and a top section;
- said inner tunnel and said outer tunnel telescoping with respect to each other and defining an overlapping area on each of said tunnels;
- said overlapping area defining an inward edge for an inner tunnel, and an outward edge for an outer tunnel, the direction of telescoping defining its longitudinal axis, the passenger loading bridge comprising:
- a plurality of roller assemblies, each comprising a at least one wheel structure, and each positioned in the proximity of an edge of a tunnel in such a manner so as to allow access thereto without disengaging said inner and outer tunnels.
A passenger loading bridge tunnel having sidewalls, a floor section, and a top section, a first and a second opening defined by the floor section, the top section and the sidewalls, as well as an inside and an outside defined by the floor section, the top section and the sidewalls, the passenger loading bridge comprising:
- at least one roller assembly comprising a at least one wheel structure, positioned in proximity of the first opening and disengageably mounted on the floor section of the passenger loading bridge tunnel;
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- at least one roller assembly comprising a at least one wheel structure positioned in proximity of the first opening and disengageably mounted on the top section of the passenger loading bridge tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.