Apparatus for coupling a pontoon to a floating roof in a storage

Details Apparatus for coupling a pontoon to a floating roof in a storage Apparatus for coupling a pontoon to a floating roof in a storage

1994-12-22

1996-04-23

Shoap, Allan N.

Receptacles

Closures

Floating closure

220216, B65D 8834

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055095631

ABSTRACT:
A floating roof for use in a storage tank for oil or other liquid petrochemical products includes pontoons, each of which is coupled to the girders by mounting arrangements including a one-piece saddle having an intermediate arc shaped cradle portion for receiving the pontoon and an elongated strap extending around the pontoon and having opposite ends bolted to the girder through the opposite ends of the saddle either directly to the girder or to a mounting bracket attached to the girder. The pontoons are of hollow cylindrical configuration and include opposite end caps recessed inwardly from the ends of the pontoon and having continuous flanges at the outer peripheries thereof in contact with the inner surface of the pontoon at the outer ends thereof.

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Patent Cooperation Treaty International Search for International Application No. PCT/US94/03064, Jun. 14, 1994.

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