Ships – Building – Canal and ferry boats
Patent
1976-10-15
1978-08-29
Barefoot, Galen L.
Ships
Building
Canal and ferry boats
114219, 267140, 256 1, E02B 322, B63B 2104
Patent
active
041094743
ABSTRACT:
A shock cell for a bumper fending off vehicles traveling adjacent a fixed structure is provided wherein an outer cylinder extends horizontally from the structure. An inner cylinder coupled to the bumper extends into the open end of the outer cylinder. An annular rubber cylinder is bonded to the inner surface of the outer cylinder and to the outer surface of the inner cylinder for a distance of the order of the diameter of the inner cylinder and with the outer and inner ends having truncated surfaces conical with reference to apexes outside the outer cylinder and inside said inner cylinder respectively. A shearable stop plate is secured inside the outer cylinder spaced inwardly from the end of the inner cylinder a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the annular body.
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Files James H.
Montague John M.
Thomerson Clarence T.
Barefoot Galen L.
Regal Tool & Rubber Co. Inc.
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