CA1038643A
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CA
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System for construction of monolithic concrete tanks and silos
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-06-25
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Granted: 1978-09-19
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Expires: 1994-06-25
Abstract
Abstract ABSTRACT A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building, such as a concrete silo, with a horizontal platform supported on a plurality of fixed arms having telescopically extensible ends with the platform vertically supported on triangular-ly positioned peripheral vertical ground supported masts having pins placed in openings for locking the platform at vertical increments and having hydraulic lifters on each of the masts for raising the platform for each pouring of new concrete courses. A ground supported main central mast extends up through the platform and supports, at its upper end, cranes which are pivotally supported on the main mast for lifting the forms to reset positions, elevating concrete to a bucket cart which rolls peripherally around on the platform, or suspending and rotating hoses used for the placement of concrete when pumping is used in lieu of elevating concrete to a bucket cart. A hydraulic motor driven pump is carried on the platform for operating the elevating mechanism, the cart and the cranes.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas E. Miller
- 👤 Robert E. Miller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
CA
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:07
CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66C; B66C23/00; B66C23/18; B66C23/16; B66C23/163; B66C23/20; B66C23/202; E; E04; E04G; E04G1/00; E04G1/36; E04G1/362; E04G11/00; E04G11/06; E04G11/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo comprising in combination: a horizontal generally circular platform means for distributing construction ingredients to the cir-cular wall of a silo being of a size with the edges extend-ing close to the inner silo wall; a plurality of peripherally located ground supported vertical mast means for positioning immediately adjacent the inside of the circular wall for supporting the weight of said platform means within said wall; lateral stabilizing means at the edge of the platform for engagement with the silo wall; said mast means laterally supported with lateral support afforded by engagement of said lateral stabilizing means; a separate fluid pressure operated power elevation means for incrementally raising said plat-form means mounted on each of said mast means connected to the platform and releasably lockable to the mast means; said power elevation means having a releasable lock preventing downward motion of the elevation means for raising the platform but permitting free upward movement of the eleva-tion means for stepwise resetting the height of the eleva-tion means on the mast so that said elevation means can be moved upwardly on the mast means by its own power; and locking means independent of said power means for support-ingly locking said platform means to said mast means between operation of said power means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
222 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo comprising in combination: a horizontal generally circular platform means for distributing construction ingredients to the cir-cular wall of a silo being of a size with the edges extend-ing close to the inner silo wall; a plurality of peripherally located ground supported vertical mast means for positioning immediately adjacent the inside of the circular wall for supporting the weight of said platform means within said wall; lateral stabilizing means at the edge of the platform for engagement with the silo wall; said mast means laterally supported with lateral support afforded by engagement of said lateral stabilizing means; a separate fluid pressure operated power elevation means for incrementally raising said plat-form means mounted on each of said mast means connected to the platform and releasably lockable to the mast means; said power elevation means having a releasable lock preventing downward motion of the elevation means for raising the platform but permitting free upward movement of the eleva-tion means for stepwise resetting the height of the eleva-tion means on the mast so that said elevation means can be moved upwardly on the mast means by its own power; and locking means independent of said power means for support-ingly locking said platform means to said mast means between operation of said power means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said locking means in-cludes cross pins extending through said mast means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said platform means in-cludes a plurality of radially extending platform arms with horizontal supporting surfaces therebetween.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said platform means is radially expandable for constructing buildings of selectable predetermined diameters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said platform means in-cludes a plurality of radially extending arms with tele-scopically extensible arms for the radial arms to accommo-date the construction of cylindrical buildings of varying diameters.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said platform means in-cludes a plurality of radially extending arms and circum-ferential reinforcing means extend between the arms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: including a hydraulic pump car-ried on said platform means connected to said power eleva-tion means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said mast means includes a main center mast; said platform means includes a plurality of radially extending arms with certain of said arms in alignment with said peripheral masts; and locking means for supporting intermediate arms on forms on the cylindrical wall of the building.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 8: and including forms having hori-zontally extending circumferential support rings thereon for lockingly engaging the distal ends of the arms of the platform means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 9: wherein said second locking means includes pivotal links which pass over the rings as the platform means moves upwardly and lockingly engage the rings for vertically supporting the platform arms on the rings.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said mast means comprises at least three circumferentially spaced vertical masts.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 1: wherein said mast means includes a center mast.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 12: and including a sleeve on said center mast with a plurality of rings on said sleeve with at least one of said rings supporting a crane means for rota-tion about said center mast.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
63 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 12: including a plurality of sleeves on said center mast; each of said sleeves having a plurality of rings rotatably mounted thereon; means locking said sleeves in a predetermined vertical position on said center mast; and means on said sleeves for supporting said crane means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
A scaffold mechanism for constructing a cylindrical building such as a concrete silo constructed in accordance with claim 14: wherein said means on the sleeves for supporting the crane means includes a plurality of radi-ally extending eyelets on the rings for connection of the crane means.
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