Retractable service unit
OwnerPhilippe Lecreux, Bruno Hiboninventors
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Abstract
A retractable service unit for the supply of energy or fluids. The service unit includes a protective box (20) preferably adapted to be sunk in the ground, a casing (14), slides (34) fixed to the casing, lifting means (30) comprising two vertical slideways (32) secured to two parallel walls of the box with the slides (34) being movably located in the slideways (32), jacks (39) extending within the slideways. The jacks (39) may be arranged end to end or may be located in separate slides (34A, 34B) in each slideway in a side by side, staggered manner. In one embodiment, a service connector (170) may be separately extended from the casing (114) using a jack (180) or may be raised together with the casing by jacks (139).
Claims15
Service unit for intermittent usage, of the type comprising a protective box (20) having an opening at its upper portion, sheltering at least one casing (14) enclosing apparatus connected with the technical service in question and lifting means (30) for said casing to ensure the raising of said casing outside the box as needed, wherein said lifting means comprises,
- two vertical hollow fixed slideways (32) secured to two parallel walls of the box,
- two tubular slides (34) movable respectively in the slideways, said casing being secured to these slides,
- two spaced arrangements of jack devices (38) respectively installed between a fixed point and a structural element (26) connected to said casing, these arrangements of jack devices (38) being installed in the tubular slides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.