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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jerald Edward Jones, Golden, CO (US);
Valerie Lisa Rhoades, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 12/34 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01); B66C 23/18 (2006.01); E04H 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 12/34 (2013.01); B66C 23/185 (2013.01); E04H 12/18 (2013.01); E04H 12/182 (2013.01); E04H 12/342 (2013.01); E04H 12/344 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tower erecting systems and methods are disclosed. An example method for erecting a tower includes: nesting frusto-conical tower sections within one another and within a frusto-conical tower base; securing the frusto-conical tower base to a tower foundation; lifting each frusto-conical tower section from within the frusto-conical tower base with a lifting apparatus; and securing each frusto-conical tower section to the frusto-conical tower base or to a previously lifted frusto-conical tower section.