Patent ID: 8555444

Claim:
A joint equipment of a boarding bridge, for joining with a boarding gate of an aircraft, said joint equipment comprising: a floor frame having a concave notch at its front end; a first floor arranged at the opening of the concave notch; a sliding plate arranged under the first floor and slidable with respect to the first floor through a slide device arranged under the sliding plate; a joining plate rotatablely connected in the front end of the sliding plate; a pair of front cover plates rotatablely connected to the left and the right ends of the joining plate respectively; a pair of rear cover plates rotatablely connected to the left and the right ends of the first floor respectively, wherein the pair of front cover plates are partly lapped over the pair of rear cover plates respectively; an activating device for operating sliding movement of the sliding plate with respect to the first floor; and a pair of turning mechanisms arranged under the left and the right sides of the sliding plate respectively, for turning the pairs of the front and the rear cover plates with respect to the joining plate and the first floor.