Joint bridging construction for bridges or like structures
OwnerAlfred Hartkorninventor
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Abstract
A sealing body member for attaching into an edge beam having upwardly extending arms, wherein at least one of the upwardly extending arms and the adjacent sealing body have respective mirror image longitudinal recesses, and a dowel part for inserting into the recesses, where the sealing body has a longitudinal cut above the recesses and approximately adjacent the upper edge of the upwardly extending wall to permit the sealing body upper part to be folded for inserting the dowel part from above into the recesses.
Claims6
In a joint bridging construction for bridges or like structures where sealing bodies which are flush with the upper side of the roadway and are attached into recesses between upwardly extending walls in edge beams, the improvement comprising a longitudinal recess along at least one of said upwardly extending walls;
- a mirror image and facing longitudinal recess extending along said sealing body;
- a dowel part sized to snugly fit into both of said longitudinal recesses;
- and a longitudinal cut in said sealing body above said sealing body longitudinal recess, and adjacent the top edge of said upwardly extending wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.