Floating roof adjustable deck positioners
OwnerDave Vallee, Elias Lopezinventors
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Abstract
An adjustable deck positioner includes a vertical member having means for attaching to a deck rim and having a pivot arm bracket; a pivot arm assembly having a pivot arm attached to the pivot arm bracket, wherein the pivot arm may pivot between a substantially vertical position within the pivot arm bracket and an extended position angled away from the vertical member; and a lock pin installed across the pivot arm bracket, for constraining movement of the pivot arm towards the vertical member, thereby setting the angle at which the pivot arm extends from the vertical member.
Claims6
An adjustable deck positioner for a floating roof tank comprising:
- (a) a vertical member having means for attaching to a deck rim and having a pivot arm bracket;
- (b) a pivot arm assembly having a pivot arm attached to the pivot arm bracket, wherein the pivot arm pivots between a substantially vertical position within the pivot arm bracket and an extended position angled away from the vertical member;
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- (c) a lock pin installed across the pivot arm bracket, for constraining movement of the pivot arm towards the vertical member, thereby setting the angle at which the pivot arm extends from the vertical member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.