DOCKING BUFFER TO BE ATTACHED TO RAMPS ESPECIALLY LOADING RAMPS AND LOADING BRIDGES

摘要

Docking buffer to be attached to ramps, especially loading ramps and loading bridges, with elastic damping element 3 between two U-shaped parts 1;2 made of hard, shock-resistant material the limbs of which 4;5 and 6;7 are located next to one another and can be displaced in relation to one another, the limbs 4;5 of the U-shaped part 2 are convergent around an angle α deviating from 90° to a base plate 9 and the limb 6;7 of the U-shaped part 1 are convergent around an angel α deviating from 90° to a base plate 8, whereby the opening widths between the ends of the limbs 4;5 and 6;7 and the sizes of the angles α;ß are selected so that the limbs 4;5 enclose limbs 6;7. The invention has the advantage that it is a simple design and therefore an inexpensively produced docking buffer which also assures protection from an indirect impact. By means of greater width of the moveable part compared to the immoveable part there is a larger impact surface for the docking vehicle.