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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Hans-Norbert Wiedeck, M{umlaut over (u)}lheim/Ruhr, DE;
MAN Technologies AG, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
A floating bridge includes at least two pontoons adjoining one another in a longitudinal direction of the bridge. Each pontoon includes two outside floats and at least two inside floats hinged together in a transverse direction of the bridge. Each float includes an upper roadway section and at least the inside floats each include a bottom plate having an integrated tension chord. Connecting elements connecting the inside floats of the two adjoining pontoons. The connecting elements are arranged in a region of the tension chords integrated into the bottom plates of the inside floats and respectively connect the tension chords of the two adjoining inside floats. Each connecting element comprises a bolt coupling including a horizontally arranged bolt. The connecting elements are arranged so that a spacing exists in a region of the roadway section between the inside floats of the adjoining pontoons to permit a powerless tilting of the respective adjoining pontoons relative to each other and around the bolts of the connecting elements.