Road elements, and method of and device for transferring same
OwnerAlfred W. Oweninventor
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Abstract
A method of transferring a plurality of road elements includes the steps of arranging a plurality of roller units on each of the road elements substantially centrally of each road element, pivotally connecting end portions of the adjacent road elements with one another, engaging the roller units of the road elements by a guiding element having a channel shape and two ends spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, so that the roller units guidingly move inside the guiding element along the guiding element from one of the ends to the other of the ends and at the same time slightly pivot relative to one another, so that the road elements are transferred from a location at one end of the guiding element to the location at the other end of the guiding element.
Claims8
A device for transferring a plurality of road elements, comprising a plurality of roller units with a single roller unit arranged on a respective one of the road elements substantially spaced from ends thereof;
- means for pivotally connecting end portions of adjacent ones of the road elements with one another;
- and a substantially channel-shaped guiding element having two opposite ends spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, said guiding element being feedable over the roller units of the road elements and displaceable in the longitudinal direction so that the roller units are guidingly moved from one of the ends to the other of the ends of the guiding element and the road elements slightly pivot and are displaced from a location at one end of the guiding element to the location at another end of the guiding element, said connecting means including two connecting plates each having two opposite ends pivotally connected with an end portion of a respective one of the two adjacent road elements, one of said plates being an upper plate, while the other of said plates being a lower plate and said plates are spaced from one another in a vertical direction.
A transferable road structure, comprising a plurality of road elements;
- a single roller unit spaced from ends arranged on each of said road elements spaced from ends of the road element;
- and a connecting means for connecting said road elements with one another so that end portions of two adjacent ones of said road elements are connected with one another pivotally, each of said connecting means including two connecting plates each having two spaced ends pivotally connected with the end portions of two adjacent road elements, one of said plates being an upper plate while the other of said plates being a lower plate and said plates are spaced from one another in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.