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US 8,336,261 B2Granted
Revolving roof for an indoor/outdoor stadium
AssigneeQatar Football Association
InventorsLee Hosking, Michael Edward Beaven
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Abstract
A moveable roofing system for covering an interior space includes a fixed half-dome roof fixed to and supported by a first support structure, a rotatable half-dome roof rotatable about and supported by a second support structure, the second support structure being concentric to the first support structure, and, wherein the rotatable half-dome roof is configured to rotate about the second support structure.
Claims10
A revolving canopy roof for a spectator event, the roof comprising:
- a semi-circular support ring;
- an outer half-dome supported by the semi-circular support ring, the outer half-dome having a first diameter and a first leading edge, the first leading edge connected to a ground at a first position and at a second position, the first position opposed to the second position, and wherein the outer half-dome extends beyond the semi-circular support ring;
- a circular support ring concentric with the semi-circular support ring;
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- an inner half-dome having a second diameter less than the first diameter slideably connected to the circular support ring, the inner half-dome configured to revolve along the circular support ring.
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A stadium having a revolving roof, the stadium comprising:
- a foundation;
- a first plurality of support columns positioned in a semi-circular arrangement, the first plurality of support columns having a first end connected to the foundation;
- a semi-circular support connected to a second end of the first plurality of support columns;
- a fixed half-dome connected to the semi-circular support;
- a second plurality of support columns positioned in a circular arrangement concentric with the first plurality of support columns, the second plurality of support columns having a first end connected to foundation;
- a circular support connected to a second end of the second plurality of support columns, the circular support having a continuous channel circumferentially positioned within the circular support;
- and
- a retractable half-dome having a plurality of rollers, the plurality of rollers supported within the continuous channel, wherein the plurality of rollers allows the retractable half-dome to revolve along the continuous channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.