US 12,214,848 B2
Telescopic gangway
Michele Grimaldi, Piossasco (IT)
Assigned to OPACMARE S.R.L., Turin (IT)
Filed by OPACMARE S.R.L., Turin (IT)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,665.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000030689 (IT), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185433 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 27/14 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 27/14 (2013.01) [B63B 2027/141 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gangway comprising
a proximal gangway element and a distal gangway element inserted into the proximal gangway element and slidable in a telescopic manner relative thereto, between a retracted terminal position and an extended terminal position,
a distal stanchion hinged at a distal end of the distal gangway element, said distal stanchion being rotatable relative to the distal gangway element between a lowered terminal position and a raised terminal position, and
a distal stanchion control mechanism configured to convert a sliding motion of the distal gangway element into a rotational motion of the distal stanchion, wherein
the distal stanchion control mechanism comprises
elastic means associated to the distal stanchion and configured to bias the distal stanchion from the lowered terminal position towards the raised terminal position,
a return bracket mounted to the distal gangway element for a sliding motion between a proximal terminal position and a distal terminal position relative to the distal gangway element, and
a cam member rotationally integral with the distal stanchion and configured to engage the return bracket by action of said elastic means, in such a way that the return bracket is biased from the distal terminal position towards the proximal terminal position, and wherein
when the distal gangway element is in the retracted terminal position, the return bracket is in abutment against a distal end of the proximal gangway element and in the distal terminal position relative to the distal gangway element, raising of the distal stanchion being caused by a motion of the distal gangway element relative to the return bracket.