LYNN WALTER COOK
Engineers in Eugene, OR
License number
Pennsylvania PE078953
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
2
Eugene, OR 97405
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Systems And Methods For Ballasting Covers For Gas-Holding Sludge Digestors
US Patent:
2009010, Apr 23, 2009
Filed:
Sep 24, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/237348
Inventors:
Lynn W. Cook - Eugene OR, US
Steven R. Hough - Junction City OR, US
Jeffrey L. Wight - Eugene OR, US
Steven R. Hough - Junction City OR, US
Jeffrey L. Wight - Eugene OR, US
International Classification:
E04H 7/00
US Classification:
5274506
Abstract:
A method of ballasting a cover of a sludge digester that is comprised of a storage tank and the cover. The method includes placing a ballast into the storage tank in a first predetermined position, placing the cover onto the storage tank, lowering a lifting member of a lifting device through an access port in the cover and into the storage tank, securing the lifting member to the ballast, using the lifting device to lift the lifting member and the ballast until the ballast is in a second predetermined position that is substantially above the first predetermined position, engaging a support bracket attached to the cover with a support member; and securing the ballast to the cover with the support member while the ballast is in a third predetermined position that is substantially below the second predetermined position.
Systems And Methods For Ballasting Covers For Gas-Holding Sludge Digestors
US Patent:
8281543, Oct 9, 2012
Filed:
Jul 19, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/186254
Inventors:
Lynn W. Cook - Eugene OR, US
Steven R. Hough - Junction City OR, US
Jeffrey L. Wight - Eugene OR, US
Steven R. Hough - Junction City OR, US
Jeffrey L. Wight - Eugene OR, US
Assignee:
Olympus Technologies, Inc. - Eugene OR
International Classification:
E04B 1/00
US Classification:
5274506, 220216, 220217
Abstract:
A method of ballasting a cover of a sludge digester that is comprised of a storage tank and the cover. The method includes placing a ballast into the storage tank in a first predetermined position, placing the cover onto the storage tank, lowering a lifting member of a lifting device through an access port in the cover and into the storage tank, securing the lifting member to the ballast, using the lifting device to lift the lifting member and the ballast until the ballast is in a second predetermined position that is substantially above the first predetermined position, engaging a support bracket attached to the cover with a support member; and securing the ballast to the cover with the support member while the ballast is in a third predetermined position that is substantially below the second predetermined position.