Layered support
AssigneeCdm Stravitec NV
InventorPatrick CARELS
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AssigneeCdm Stravitec NV
InventorPatrick CARELS
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Layered support alternately comprising elastomeric layers and reinforcing layers, wherein an elastomeric layer comprises an elastically compressible elastomeric block (1) with a top surface (2), a bottom surface (3) and a bulging surface (4), wherein the bulging surface (4) bulges out elastically when the elastomeric block (1) is compressed between its top surface (2) and its bottom surface (3) such that the height (A) of the elastomeric block (1) amounts to a compressed height (B), wherein a first reinforcing layer comprises a rigid top plate (6) which abuts against the top surface (2) of the elastomeric block (1) and a second reinforcing layer comprises a rigid bottom plate (7) which abuts against the bottom surface (3) of the elastomeric block (1), wherein the top plate (6) and/or the bottom plate (7) are/is provided with a raised edge (5) extending at least partly opposite the bulging surface (4), wherein the bulging surface (4) bulges out elastically and abuts against this raised edge (5) when the elastomeric block (1) is compressed between the top surface (2) and the bottom surface (3) and the height (A) is decreased to a minimum height (D).
A layered support alternately comprising one or several elastomeric layers and one or several reinforcing layers,
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A method to restrict the compression of a layered elastomeric support comprising at least one elastomeric block, wherein elastic compression of the elastomeric block is restricted by making a bulging surface of the elastomeric block rest at least partly against a raised edge when a specific elastic compression of the elastomeric block is exceeded.
A method for manufacturing a layered support which alternately comprises one or several elastomeric layers and one or several reinforcing layers, wherein at least one elastomeric layer comprises an elastically compressible elastomeric block with a top surface and a bottom surface situated opposite each other and with at least one bulging surface in between them, wherein the elastomeric block has a height amounting to the distance between the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the bulging surface of the elastomeric block bulges out elastically when the elastomeric block is compressed between its top surface and its bottom surface by a load, such that the height of the elastomeric block amounts to a compressed height, wherein at least a first reinforcing layer comprises a rigid top plate which abuts against the top surface of the elastomeric block and at least a second reinforcing layer comprises a rigid bottom plate which abuts against the bottom surface of the elastomeric block, wherein at least the top plate and/or the bottom plate are/is provided with a raised edge, wherein the raised edge has a surface extending at least partly opposite the bulging surface and wherein the bulging surface bulges out elastically and abuts at least partly against said surface of the raised edge when the elastomeric block is compressed between the top surface and the bottom surface and the height is decreased to a minimum height, and providing the raised edges with a curved surface opposite the bulging surface, and forming a curvature of the curved surface of the raised edges so as to correspond with curvature of the surface of the bulging surface when the elastomeric block is compressed to a certain height.
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