FLOATING BRIDGE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: crossing means; particularly, pontoon, floating bridges. SUBSTANCE: floating bridge includes river members joined in longitudinal direction and connected by pairs with the help of joining units located on turning cones; motor members located by pairs with nose parts directed to each other between river members. Novelty consists in that motor members are connected with each other in nose parts in region of bottom located on sides with removable rigid tie-rods having ears on end. In this case, one end of each tie-rod with longitudinal slot in ear is installed on one motor member on pin with transverse shank, and on the other motor member, it is installed on pin with vertical hole in which extensible pin is located. EFFECT: increased carrying capacity of floating bridge approximately by a factor of 2 due to increased its transverse strength. 6 dwg