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US 9,221,520 B2Granted
Module for making ambidromic crossover equipment (FAM)
AssigneeCefa
InventorsRoger Roy, Frederic Schmidt
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Abstract
A module for making a modular ferry and/or a floating bridge including a floatation tank, where the floatation tank is made in the form of two floatation half-tanks hinged together around a hinged line between an opening position in which the two half-tanks are substantially aligned and form the floatation tank, and a closing position in which a half-tank is folded back upon the other half-tank such as a lid thus forming a container box able to enclose all or part of the elements for making the ferry or floating bridge.
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A module for making a floating bridge, comprising:
- a floatation tank comprising two floatation half-tanks hinged together around a hinged line to assume:
- an open position, in which the two floatation half-tanks are substantially aligned in a floating bridge configuration, and
- a closed position, in which the two floatation half-tanks are folded back upon each other in a container box configuration;
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- floating bridge elements enclosable within the floatation tank with the two floatation half-tanks assuming the closed position,
- the floating bridge elements comprising at least one treadway element movably mounted between:
- a stowed position in a lower part of one of the two floatation half-tanks with the at least one treadway element extending along a substantially longitudinal axis of the one of the two floatation half-tanks, and
- a deployed position in which the at least one treadway element is disposed substantially over the one of the two floatation half-tanks and extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis proximate to a median line of the one of the two floatation half-tanks.
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A floating bridge module, comprising:
- half-tanks hinged together to assume an open position, in which the half-tanks are aligned in a floating bridge configuration, and a closed position, in which the half-tanks are folded into a container configuration;
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- floating bridge elements enclosable within the half-tanks with the half-tanks assuming the closed position,
- the floating bridge elements comprising a treadway element movably mounted between:
- a stowed position in a lower part of one of the half-tanks with the treadway element extending along a longitudinal axis of the one of the half-tanks, and
- a deployed position in which the treadway element is disposed over the one of the half-tanks and extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis proximate to a median line of the one of the half-tanks.
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