Mounting arrangement and method for gangway bellows for gangways of articulated vehicles
AssigneeHubner Gummi-und Kunststoff GmbH
InventorsRobert Koch, Knud Mosaner
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Abstract
A gangway bellows for fastening to the end of a vehicle, the bellows having a clamping cable along its peripheral edge which cooperates with a channel carried by the end of the vehicle for attaching the end of the bellows to the vehicle. A connecting strip of elastic material, such as rubber, extends along the peripheral edge of the bellows and embraces the clamping cable. The connecting strip is located between the clamping cable and the channel on the vehicle and serves to resiliently clamp the cable to retain the latter within the channel.
Claims18
Apparatus for fastening a gangway bellows to a vehicle, comprising
- cable means circumferentially connected to one end of said bellows,
- retaining profile means mounted on said vehicle in a region whereat said bellows is to be fastened, and
- connecting strip means attached to said cable means, said connecting strip means being made of a resilient compressible material for being compressibly received and captured within said profile means and having opposing lips defining a channel in which said cable means is disposed with said lips engaging said bellows a sufficient distance from said cable means for enclosing said channel about the entire circumference of the cable means.
A method of connecting a gangway bellows to a vehicle comprising clamping a connecting strip means having lips defining a first channel onto the edge of said gangway bellows over a clamping cable, inserting said gangway bellows with said clamping cable and connecting strip means into a second channel in a retaining profile means mounted on said vehicle with said clamping cable at its maximum length thereby compressing said lips to engage said bellows a sufficient distance from said cable for enclosing said first channel about the entire circumference of the cable, and then closing a turnbuckle connected to said clamping cable to shorten said clamping cable and thereby tensioning it about said retaining profile means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.