Patents in subclass Bridges/Locking Devices

Parent class: Bridges

Number Patent title Issue Date
06701562 Span lock with centering guide

A span lock system for a double-leaf drawbridge. A guide housing mounted at the tip of one leaf includes an opening with vertically opposed cushioned shoes slidably supporting an elongate lock bar reciprocative lengthwise in a direction...
03/09/2004
06701562 Span lock with centering guide

A span lock system for a double-leaf drawbridge. A guide housing mounted at the tip of one leaf includes an opening with vertically opposed cushioned shoes slidably supporting an elongate lock bar reciprocative lengthwise in a direction...
03/09/2004
06588041 Pre-load adjustment for span lock system

A drawbridge span lock system in which a locking bar longitudinally slides between wear shoes in each of guide and socket assemblies. The wear shoes are pre-loaded to a selected level by springs within the assemblies to maintain...
07/08/2003
06588041 Pre-load adjustment for span lock system

A drawbridge span lock system in which a locking bar longitudinally slides between wear shoes in each of guide and socket assemblies. The wear shoes are pre-loaded to a selected level by springs within the assemblies to maintain...
07/08/2003
06453494 Movable bridge center lock

The center locks of a bascule or other type of double leaf movable bridge are fitted on bearings mounted upon the main bridge girders, so that the center lock bars may be moved, when the bridge is in the lowered position, along a...
09/24/2002