Patent ID: 6611982
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: E01D

Abstract:
A military quick launching bridge system, transportable by means of aircraft, rail vehicles, water craft, and land craft, and layable cantilevered; the bridge system comprising:a bridge comprised of two track supports, configured to be connected with one another by a coupling in a longitudinal direction of the track supports, and a laying mechanism, comprising an advancing support extending in the longitudinal direction of the track supports and comprising two support sections; a laying device cooperating with the laying mechanism and comprising a hydraulic device, a cable pull, and an electronic control; wherein each one of the track supports is comprised of two parallel ramps and wherein the two parallel ramps are connected by one of the two support sections, respectively; wherein the ramps have transverse pipes mounted near opposed ends of the ramps in the longitudinal direction, respectively, and wherein the support sections have transverse beams mounted near opposed ends of the support sections in the longitudinal direction, respectively, and engaging the transverse pipes of the ramps; wherein the laying mechanism has a pin wheel gear provided on the advancing support; wherein the support sections have running surfaces for supporting rollers of the laying device; wherein the laying device comprises a transverse transporter, the transverse transporter comprising a telescoping pipe on gliding plates, supporting rollers for the ramps on the telescope pipe, and drivers adjacent to the supporting rollers; and wherein the laying device further comprises expanding cylinders for extending and retracting the telescoping pipe and the ramps.