Method of forming a welded full contact floating roof for a storage tank

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9868590
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14642270

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A method for forming a sealed floating roof for a storage tank is disclosed. A plurality of roof panels are positioned adjacent to one another such that respective depressions of adjacent roof panels disposed adjacent to one another form a walled trough at interconnections of the plurality of roof panels. A self-propelled automatic welder is positioned and guided within the walled trough to make a weld joint at the walled trough, and thus forming the sealed floating roof.

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  • HMT LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doxey, Michael J Houston, US 3 10
King, Richard P Tomball, US 24 641

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