Tank lifting apparatus
AssigneeTherma Corporation, Inc.
InventorThomas A. Lorincz
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A tank lifting attachment (10) is disclosed for allowing a tank, such as a wine press tank (12) to be lifted by a conventional lifting device (100) such as a crane or block and tackle. A center section (16) has a pair of inside grip plates (26) to abut the inner walls of the wine press tank (12). A first outside grip plate (28) and a second outside grip plate (42) are slidably affixed to the center section (16) such that the weight of the wine press tank (12) will cause a pair of under lip projections (38) affixed thereto to be secured under a portion of a lip (14) on the wine press tank (12). In an embodiment of the invention the tank lifting attachment (10) is secured to the lifting device (100) by a plurality of lifting straps (94).
Claims20
A tank lifting apparatus, comprising:
- a center section including at least one tubular member and at least one outwardly facing surface fixed to the center section and disposed to abut an interior surface of a tank;
- a first end section slidably disposed within a first end of the tubular member;
- and
- a second end section slidably disposed within a second end of the tubular member;
- wherein
- said first end section and said second end section secure the tank therebetween.
A tank lifting apparatus comprising:
- a center section for positioning generally inside the horizontal limits of a tank, the center section including a first support plate adapted to abut a first portion of an inner wall of the tank, a second support plate adapted to abut a second portion of the inner wall of the tank, and a frame including at least one tubular member, the frame fixed to the first support plate and the second support plate to maintain the first support plate and the second support plate a spaced distance from one another;
- a first end section including a support member slidably disposed in a first end of the tubular member of the center section for engaging an upper edge of the tank between the first end section and the center section when the first end section is moved toward the center section;
- and
- a second end section including a support member slidably disposed in a second end of the tubular member of the center section for engaging the upper edge of the tank between the second end section and the center section when the second end section is moved toward the center section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.