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Maintainable expansion joint for highways, bridges, and the like

CA 1305345 C · Owner: Brown, Howard R. · Inventors: Brown, Howard R.; Lanham, Roy J.; Arps, David H.

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An expansion joint for use between spaced apart ends of adjacent sections of a highway, bridge or the like the, expansion joint having a pair of aligned boxes embedded in the pavement material of the ends of the sections one or, more support rails each of which is slidingly supported at its opposed ends in the aligned boxes, and one or more intermediate rails between the spaced apart ends and extending transversely of the support rails each of the, intermediate rails being affixed to and supported thereby. Each of the boxes has a removable top plate whose top surface is coplanar with the driving surface of the highway bridge or the like, the top surface having a steel plate with upper and …

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  • Granted July 21, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 21, 2009.
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FiledAugust 30, 1989
GrantedJuly 21, 1992
Term endedJuly 21, 2009
Patent numberCA 1305345 C
Classification (IPC)E01C11/04 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedAug 30, 1989Patent grantedJuly 21, 1992Term endedJuly 21, 2009

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