Controlled Roof Drainage via the Bellows
AssigneeBombardier Transportation GmbH
InventorsStefan Hartmann, Christian Scheibenreif, Maximilian Krapp
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Abstract
A gangway bellow includes an outer bellow presenting corrugations forming a plurality of valleys presenting each a valley top portion facing upwardly and connected at each end to a valley top corner forming a junction between the valley top portion and a respective bellow side. The gangway bellow further includes at least one drainage channel so that liquid accumulating into at least one of the valley top portions flows through the at least one drainage channel along the respective bellow side.
Claims15
A drainage channel for a gangway bellow comprising corrugations forming at least one valley presenting a valley top portion facing upwardly and at least one valley top corner, wherein the drainage channel is suitable for being located within said at least one valley top corner of said at least one valley and is operative to guide at least partially downwardly liquid accumulating within said valley top portion as it flows through said drainage channel.
A gangway bellow comprising an outer bellow presenting corrugations forming a plurality of valleys presenting each a valley top portion facing upwardly and connected at each end to a valley top corner connecting one end of said valley top portion and a bellow side, wherein said gangway bellow comprises at least one drainage channel so that liquid accumulating into at least one of the valley top portions flows through said at least one drainage channel and is directed at least partially downwardly along said respective bellow side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.