Apparatus and Method of a Defect Perimeter Sealing System
AssigneeForge Tech, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lee Miller, Daniel J. Rybicki, Mathew A. Rybicki, Lawrence J. Povse, Kenneth R. Vejr, Andre S. Todd, John M. Griffin
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Abstract
A defect perimeter sealing system for a storage tank that provides a seal, including a perimeter gasket, a cover plate, a plurality of studs that penetrates through the perimeter gasket and the cover plate and applies compression to the perimeter gasket, and wherein the defect perimeter sealing system is placed over a defect in the storage tank, wherein the plurality of studs are friction forge welded to the storage tank.
Claims20
A defect perimeter sealing system for a storage tank that provides a seal, comprising:
- a perimeter gasket;
- a cover plate, wherein the cover plate has a size that is approximately same as the size of an outer perimeter of the perimeter gasket and is placed symmetrically over the perimeter gasket so that the outer perimeter of the perimeter gasket aligns with the outer perimeter of the cover plate;
- a plurality of studs that penetrates through the perimeter gasket and the cover plate and applies compression to the perimeter gasket;
- and
- wherein the defect perimeter sealing system is placed over a defect in the storage tank, wherein the plurality of studs are friction forge welded to a surface of the storage tank.
A defect perimeter sealing system for a storage tank that provides a seal, comprising:
- a perimeter gasket;
- a cover plate;
- a plurality of studs that penetrates through the perimeter gasket and the cover plate and applies compression to the perimeter gasket;
- and
- wherein the defect perimeter sealing system is placed over a defect in the storage tank, wherein the plurality of studs are friction forge welded to the storage tank.
A method of manufacturing a defect perimeter sealing system for a storage tank that provides a seal, comprising:
- placing the defect perimeter sealing system over a defect in the storage tank by;
- friction forge welding a plurality of studs to the storage tank around the defect;
- assembling a cover plate over a perimeter gasket
- and onto the plurality of studs which pass through the perimeter gasket and the cover plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.