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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Wind Tower Technologies, Llc, Boulder, CO (US);
James D. Lockwood, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew J. Chase, Windsor, CO (US);
Luis E. Carbonell, Deltona, FL (US);
WIND TOWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Boulder, CO (US);
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An equipment tower having a ladder formed of a plurality of ladder segments each joined to a respective tower segment by a pivotal connection prior to the tower segments being stacked during erection of the tower. The pivotal connection provides a degree of freedom of movement which facilitates the interconnection of adjoining ends of the ladder segments after stacking of the tower segments. Additional accommodation of as-built spacing of the adjacent ends of the ladder segments may be provided by a connecting segment. The pivotal connection may be a rod inserted through a rung of the ladder and supported by a support assembly attached to the tower segment.