Tower support structure
AssigneeAmbor Structures, Inc.
InventorsHonglang SHI, Xibo SUN, Wei JIANG
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Abstract
A foundation for a tower, the foundation including a main pedestal support structured to engage to a base of the tower. A floor structure surrounds and is secured to the main pedestal support. A wall structure surrounds the floor structure proximate a perimeter thereof, secured to the perimeter of the floor structure and extending upwardly from the floor structure. The main pedestal support is located generally centrally in the floor structure.
Claims19
(canceled)
A tower support structure, comprising:
- a central vertically oriented main pedestal support structured to engage to a base of the tower;
- a plurality of surrounding horizontally oriented base members, each of the horizontally oriented base members further comprising a base sheet and a central reinforcement beam, the central reinforcement beam extending across and over a top of a base sheet of the bottom tray and being structured to couple to one of a plurality of longitudinal gussets extending along the sides of the main pedestal support at an inner end of the central reinforcement beam and being structured at an outer end of the central reinforcement beam to couple to one of a plurality of side support panels proximate a horizontal center of a bottom edge of the side support panel;
- a plurality of primary support beams, each of the primary support beams including an inner end structured to be coupled to one of the plurality of longitudinal gussets proximate an upper end of the one of the longitudinal gussets and an outer side support panels proximate a horizontal center of the bottom edge of the side support panel.
A method of preparing a foundation for a tower structure, the method comprising:
- placing a main pedestal support on a generally level surface, the main pedestal support comprising a tower coupling member that is coupleable to the tower structure;
- locating a plurality of bottom trays surrounding a base of the main pedestal support, each of the plurality of bottom trays including a central reinforcement beam extending across and over a top of a base sheet of the bottom tray, and securing each of the central reinforcement beams of the plurality of bottom trays to one of a plurality of longitudinal gussets extending along sides of the main pedestal support;
- locating a plurality side support panels at a perimeter of the bottom support trays, and coupling each of the central reinforcement beams of the plurality of side support panels to one of the side support panels;
- coupling an inner end of each of a plurality of primary support beams proximate an upper end of one of the longitudinal gussets;
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- coupling an outer end of each of the plurality of primary support beams proximate an outer end of the central reinforcement beam and to one of the side support panels proximate a horizontal center of the bottom edge of the side support panel.
A method of making a tower support structure, the method comprising:
- fabricating a main pedestal support;
- fabricating a plurality of bottom trays structured to surround the main pedestal support;
- fabricating a plurality of side support panels structured to surround the plurality of bottom trays;
- fabricating a plurality of primary support beams structured to couple the main pedestal support to each of the plurality of bottom trays and each of the plurality of side support panels;
- and
- fabricating a plurality of secondary support beams structured to couple each of the plurality of primary support beams to a respective one of the plurality of side support panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.