Apparatus for coupling a pontoon to a floating roof in a storage tank for liquid products

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PATENT NO 5509563
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08362219

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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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HMTSUITE 350 4422 FM 1960 WEST HOUSTON TX 77068

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jolly, Ronald P Magnolia, TX 7 33

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