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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Applicant:
Larry Clifford Hiner, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Larry Clifford Hiner, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Plainfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 88/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage tank with a full-contact floating roof is provided with automatic drains that have drain openings that are elevated above the top surface of the deck of the roof. Tilting mechanisms are used to tilt the deck toward the drains, causing liquid on the deck surface to pool at the drains, rising to the level of the drain openings. Cables connected to elevated portions of the tank can be used to tilt the deck from above, and landing supports can be used to tilt the deck from below.