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UNITED STATES _ v PATENT OFFICE

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JamescS. Barth, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Chicago
Bridge 8; Iron Company, "a corporation of Illi
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Application February 7, 1946,,.Serial No. 646,172

52 "Claims. (Cl. Ibalk-354i)

This invention relates to a temporary erection framing to be used for supporting objects pre paratory to assembling said objects. Erection framing'is often necessary in construction work to'suppor't the component parts of objects while

The invention will be described as related to

the embodiment set out in the accompanying

drawings. of the drawings Fig. 1is a fragmen tary plan View of the shell of the ?oating roof tank with the temporary erection framing in place for assembling a floating roof; Fig. 2 is a they are being assembled. One of the places in vertical section taken alongvline 2-2 of Fig. 1; which such erection framing may be used is in Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken along line '3-3 of the assembling of floating roofs to be used in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along line ?oating roof tanks. It has formerlybeen the practice to erectthe shell of the tank and then 10 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of one of the pedestals and pipe members; Fig. 6 is a assemble the roof within the shell on framing side elevation of said pedestal and pipe member; resting on the ?oor of the tank. This Iramingwas Fig. *7 is a plan view of said pedestal and pipe formerly composed of ordinary wooden beams. member; Fig. 8 is a vertical section showingca Such aprocedurahowever, has the disadvantage of being expensive, asit took a lot of time to 1:5 portion ofthe shell of a floating roof tank with a stirrup attachedthereito; and Fig. 9 is a vertical place the beams properly and then to remove section taken along line 9--9 of Fig. '8. them aiterxtherooi had been assembled. Eaohunit of the temporary erection framing In order to enable workment to build ?oating comprises a pedestal Ill, an upwardly extending roofs and other structures more quickly and with less trouble, it was necessary that some other type 20 pipe member H, and an upwardly extending U-shaped member l2 mounted on the top por of temporary erection framing be used. The tion of the pipe member I I. prsent framinghas the advantage of being'easy Each-pedestal III "has the shape of an equi to assemble, taking up very little space, and being lateral triangle with pipe sections I3 at each apex readily disassembled. The new temporary erec tion framing is made up of several pieces of equip 25 of the triangle and with pieces of angle iron I4 connecting the pipe sections I3 to form the equi ment that are light in weight and not bulky. By lateral triangle. All pipe sections are substan the use of the new erection framing much time tially aligned with the center of the triangle and and labor can be saved, and a better job can be bisect the angles formed by the sides of the tri done. The framing can be used over and over again, and can be easily transported from one 30 angle. The pipe member II has an outer diameter job to another. Since using this temporary erec smaller than the inner diameter of the pipe sec tion framing the jobs have been completed faster tions I3. The pipe member may be held within and with less difficulty and less expense. any pipe section I3 with the opposite side Ma of The new erection framing comprises individual the triangle serving as the base of the pedestal. pieces of equipment, with each piece comprising
a pedestal; an adjustable, substantially vertical post member to be held by said pedestal; a sup port for a removable base member, such as a wooden beam; and means for locking said post member on the pedestal to maintain the support 40 at a desired elevation. In a preferred embodi

The pipe member II may be held at any desired elevation and a nut I5 may then be welded to the

pipe member II just above the topmost pipe sec tion I3. This nut prevents the pipe member from sliding further within the pipe section.
The U-shaped member I2 which serves as a

fork has a hole in its bottom plate through which ment the pedestal comprises a substantially equi the pipe member II extends with the member lateral triangle having sections of pipe at each welded to the U-shaped member. Wooden beams apex thereof with all the pipes substantially aligned with the center of the triangle. The pipe 45 I5 may be held in place on either or both sides of the top of the pipe member II, and may be -member may be held within any pipe section to fastened by nails II driven through holes I8 pro extend upwardly, and the opposite side of the triangle will then serve as the base of the pedestal. The pipe member may be locked at a desired

vided in the sides of the U-shaped member. It is preferred that the nails be not driven all the way height by any means desired. The top end of 50 in so that they can be easily withdrawn (Fig. 5). The bottom portion of the U-shaped member I2 is the pipe member will hold an upwardly extend

ing forked member with the pipe member extend

ing through the base of the fork so that base members may be held within the fork on either

preferably provided with upwardly extending

sharp points I9 which may be formed by punch

ing a hole through the base with a square punch. 55 These points help anchor the wooden beams I6.

side of the pipe member.

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one embodiment of the same, it is my intention that the invention be not limited by the details

When using such temporary erection framing

for erecting ?oating roofs the shell 20 and bottom
2| of the tank are assembled. Stirrups 22 are Welded to the shell 20 at a desired elevation to hold the outer ends of substantially radial beams I6. These stirrups have ?at bottoms 23 and up

of description unless otherwise speci?ed, but rather be construed broadly within its spirit and
scope as set out in the accompanying claims.

I claim: wardly extending side portions 24 and 25. One of 1. Temporary erection framing comprising: a the side portions 24 is higher than the other side pedestal, an adjustable substantially vertical pipe portion, 25. The high portion has an edge slop member to be held by said pedestal, a support for ing toward the shell, While the other side portion 10 a removable beam member mounted on said pipe 25 has an edge sloping away from the shell. The member, said support including an upwardly-ex shorter side portion 25 is provided with a hole 26, tending forked member attached to the pipe through which a nail may be driven to hold its member with said pipe member extending
' through and beyond the base of the forked mem The pedestals l0 and the pipe members II are 15 ber whereby beam members may be held within then placed at their proper locations, and the the fork on either side of and spaced by the pipe pipe members adjusted to the desired height. As member, and means for locking said pipe mem pointed out the pipe members are held at their ber on the pedestal to maintain said support at desired elevation by welding nuts IS on each pipe a desired elevation. member. The wooden beams l6 are then placed 20 2. Temporary erection framing comprising: a in the U-shaped members l2 and nailed in place. pedestal having the shape of a substantially equi A typical assembly showing one arrangement of lateral triangle, a pipe at each apex of the tri the temporary erection framing is shown in Fig. angle, said pipes being in the plane of the tri 1. Any other arrangement may of course be angle and being substantially aligned with the used, depending upon the particular structure to 25 center of the triangle, an adjustable substantial wooden beam I6.

be assembled.

As the pedestals H] are substan

tially planar and stand on edge, adjacent ped

estals for any beam I6 may be turned at right angles to each other in order to give the struc
ture stability. _

ly vertical pipe member insertable through any of said pipes, the side of the triangle opposite the
apex at which the pipe member is inserted serv ing as a base for the pedestal, a support for a re

simple. The framing may then be transported to another job and used over and over again.

movable beam member mounted on the pipe After the ?oating roof or other structure has 30 member and means for locking said pipe member been assembled the pedestals l0, pipe members on the pedestal to maintain saidsupport at a ll, wooden beams t8, and stirrups '22 are re desired elevation. , moved. As each portion of the framing is rela JAMES S. BARTH. _ tively small the disassembling of the framing is 35

REFERENCES CITED
The following references are of record in the ?le of this patent:

Any apex of each pedestal it may be used to hold a pipe member I I so that if one pipe section 13 is damaged the pedestal is not ruined, but can be used with either of the other two pipe sections to
hold the pipe member. '

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Bash ____________ __ Sept. 25, 1928