Condensate-collecting ceiling for elevated water tower facility
OwnerJohn O. Cliffinventor
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Abstract
A condensate-collecting ceiling for water tower facilities and the like is made up of a plurality of supporting members such as rods, tubes, pipes or the like which extend from a central locus or axis such as a tension ring or riser pipe to a periphal wall and have a waterproof flexible membrane draped thereover to form valleys or channels therebetween for draining condensate therefrom into central or peripheral drain pipes.
Claims16
In a water storage tank facility having an upper tank positioned above a lower working area, the improvement comprising as a condensate-collecting ceiling a plurality of rod-like supporting members extending from a central axis to an interior peripheral wall of said storage tank facility, said supporting members having a single and continuous flexible membrane draped cross said supporting members to form membranous segments with valleys formed therein between each of said plurality of supporting members for collecting and draining condensate into at least one drain pipe means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.