公开(公告)号：US5675941A

公开(公告)日：1997-10-14

申请号：US279635

申请日：1994-07-22

申请人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

发明人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

IPC分类号： B65D88/34 ,  E04B1/16 ,  E04B1/32 ,  E04B7/08 ,  E04B7/10 ,  E04C5/08 ,  E04G11/04 ,  E04G11/06 ,  E04G11/36 ,  E04G21/12 ,  E04H7/20 ,  E04H7/28

CPC分类号： E04B7/102 ,  B65D88/34 ,  E04B1/168 ,  E04B7/08 ,  E04C5/08 ,  E04G11/04 ,  E04G11/065 ,  E04G11/36 ,  E04G21/12 ,  E04H7/20 ,  E04H7/28 ,  E04B2001/3217 ,  E04B2001/3264

摘要： The present invention is directed to improved tank or containment vessels and processes and apparatus for their construction. The tanks or containment vessels usually consist of circular walls resting on a base and a dome supported by the walls. The dome of the subject prestressed tank is formed by deploying or creating a membrane on the base, applying one or more layers of rigidifying material (and prestressing or reinforcing material if needed) on the membrane and then forming said membrane into a dome before the rigidifying material sets by the selective introduction of compressed air at appropriate locations between the base and the membrane. The hardening of the rigidifying material results in a composite preformed rigid roof or dome having a membrane liner and an overlay of composite construction. Once the walls are created, air pressure can be further utilized to raise this preformed composite dome upward to a predetermined height after which it is fastened to the walls. An appropriate air seal may be used to prevent excessive leakage of air between the walls and the dome and to assist in the raising of the dome. Utilizing this air cushion procedure to raise the dome to its proper location, eliminates the need of scaffolding and other costly support structures. Integral seismic anchors may be also used to complete the construction process to protect the structure against earthquakes and other tremors by anchoring the dome to the tank walls and the tank walls to the base in a manner whereby the seismic forces are translated parallel to the wall instead of radially to the wall.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及改进的罐或容纳容器及其构造的方法和装置。 坦克或安全壳通常由围在基座上的圆形墙壁和由墙壁支撑的圆顶组成。 主体预应力罐的圆顶通过在基座上展开或制造膜而形成，在膜上施加一层或多层刚性材料（和预应力或增强材料（如果需要）），然后在刚性化之前将所述膜形成圆顶 通过在基部和膜之间的适当位置选择性地引入压缩空气的材料组。 硬化材料的硬化导致具有膜衬套和复合结构的覆盖层的复合预成型刚性屋顶或圆顶。 一旦创建了壁，就可以进一步利用空气压力将该预制复合圆顶向上提升到预定的高度，之后将其紧固到壁上。 可以使用适当的空气密封来防止壁和穹顶之间的空气过度泄漏，并且有助于提升穹顶。 利用这种气垫程序将穹顶升高到正确的位置，消除了脚手架和其他昂贵的支撑结构的需要。 整体式地震锚也可用于完成施工过程，以通过将地震力平行于墙体平移的方式将穹顶锚固在罐壁和罐壁到基座上，从而保护结构免受地震和其他震击 径向到墙壁。

公开(公告)号：US4302978A

公开(公告)日：1981-12-01

申请号：US850687

申请日：1977-11-11

申请人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

发明人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

IPC分类号： E04G21/12 ,  G01N3/06 ,  G01N3/36 ,  B28B21/60

CPC分类号： G01N3/06 ,  E04G21/121

摘要： A permanent recording is made of the force applied to a prestressing element such as a steel cable as well as its resulting elongation in the process of taking up its slack and in subsequently tensioning and locking off the cable in its final stressed condition, such recording being particularly useful in establishing actual values of stress and strain along a cable length inside of a tube which is in frictional engagement with the cable.

摘要翻译： 永久记录由施加到预应力元件（例如钢缆）上的力以及其在卷起其松弛的过程中产生的延伸并且随后在其最终受力条件下拉紧和锁定缆索，这样的记录是 特别适用于沿着与电缆摩擦接合的管内的电缆长度建立应力和应变的实际值。

公开(公告)号：US5881530A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-16

申请号：US874494

申请日：1997-06-13

申请人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

发明人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

IPC分类号： B65D88/34 ,  E04B1/16 ,  E04B1/32 ,  E04B7/08 ,  E04B7/10 ,  E04C5/08 ,  E04G11/04 ,  E04G11/06 ,  E04G11/36 ,  E04G21/12 ,  E04H7/20 ,  E04H7/28

CPC分类号： E04B7/102 ,  B65D88/34 ,  E04B1/168 ,  E04B7/08 ,  E04C5/08 ,  E04G11/04 ,  E04G11/065 ,  E04G11/36 ,  E04G21/12 ,  E04H7/20 ,  E04H7/28 ,  E04B2001/3217 ,  E04B2001/3264

摘要： The present invention is directed to improved tank or containment vessels and processes and apparatus for their construction. The tanks or containment vessels usually consist of circular walls resting on a base and a dome supported by the walls. The dome of the subject prestressed tank is formed by deploying or creating a membrane on the base, applying one or more layers of rigidifying material (and prestressing or reinforcing material if needed) on the membrane and then forming said membrane into a dome before the rigidifying material sets by the selective introduction of compressed air at appropriate locations between the base and the membrane. The hardening of the rigidifying material results in a composite preformed rigid roof or dome having a membrane liner and an overlay of composite construction. Once the walls are created, air pressure can be further utilized to raise this preformed composite dome upward to a predetermined height after which it is fastened to the walls. An appropriate air seal may be used to prevent excessive leakage of air between the walls and the dome and to assist in the raising of the dome. Utilizing this air cushion procedure to raise the dome to its proper location, eliminates the need of scaffolding and other costly support structures. Integral seismic anchors may be also used to complete the construction process to protect the structure against earthquakes and other tremors by anchoring the dome to the tank walls and the tank walls to the base in a manner whereby the seismic forces are translated parallel to the wall instead of radially to the wall.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及改进的罐或容纳容器及其构造的方法和装置。 坦克或安全壳通常由围在基座上的圆形墙壁和由墙壁支撑的圆顶组成。 主体预应力罐的圆顶通过在基座上展开或制造膜而形成，在膜上施加一层或多层刚性材料（和预应力或增强材料（如果需要）），然后在刚性化之前将所述膜形成圆顶 通过在基部和膜之间的适当位置选择性地引入压缩空气的材料组。 硬化材料的硬化导致具有膜衬套和复合结构的覆盖层的复合预成型刚性屋顶或圆顶。 一旦创建了壁，就可以进一步利用空气压力将该预制复合圆顶向上提升到预定的高度，之后将其紧固到壁上。 可以使用适当的空气密封来防止壁和穹顶之间的空气过度泄漏，并且有助于提升穹顶。 利用这种气垫程序将穹顶升高到正确的位置，消除了脚手架和其他昂贵的支撑结构的需要。 整体式地震锚也可用于完成施工过程，以通过将地震力平行于墙体平移的方式将穹顶锚固在罐壁和罐壁到基座上，从而保护结构免受地震和其他震击 径向到墙壁。

公开(公告)号：US4302979A

公开(公告)日：1981-12-01

申请号：US883936

申请日：1978-03-06

申请人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

发明人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

IPC分类号： E04G21/12 ,  G01N3/06 ,  G01N3/36 ,  B28B21/60

CPC分类号： E04G21/121 ,  G01N3/06

摘要： A permanent recording is made of the force applied to a prestressing element such as a steel cable as well as its resulting elongation in the process of taking up its slack and in subsequently tensioning and locking off the cable in its final stressed condition, such recording being particularly useful in establishing actual values of stress and strain along a cable length inside of a tube which is in frictional engagement with the cable.

公开(公告)号：US4081219A

公开(公告)日：1978-03-28

申请号：US731514

申请日：1976-10-12

申请人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

发明人： Maximiliaan J. Dykmans

IPC分类号： F16B7/06

CPC分类号： F16B7/06 ,  Y10T403/29 ,  Y10T403/5706

摘要： An adjustable coupler is on opposite ends of a cable for securing a pre-established tension in the cable. Such pre-adjusted tension is effected by conventional tensioning mechanism applied between a pair of nuts threaded on opposite ends of the cable. The coupler itself involves an elongated turnable coupling body which spans ends of the cable and in which a first nut is threaded in one of its ends and a second nut is threaded in its other end. The first nut is engageable with abutment means on one of the cable ends inside of the coupling unit. The second nut is threaded on both the cable and in the coupling body and is secured to the coupling body such that turning of the coupling body results in its movement about the axis of the cable to cause the first nut to engage the abutment means at which time the coupler is then adjusted to maintain the pre-adjusted tension. Thereafter the tensioning mechanism may be removed.

摘要翻译： 一根可调节的联接器位于电缆的两端，用于固定电缆中的预先设定的张力。 这种预先调节的张力由施加在螺纹在电缆的相对端上的一对螺母之间的常规张紧机构来实现。 联接器本身涉及一个细长的可转动的联接体，其跨越电缆的端部，并且其中第一螺母在其一个端部中螺纹连接，而第二螺母在另一端螺纹连接。 第一螺母可以在联接单元内部的电缆端之一上与抵靠装置接合。 第二螺母螺纹连接在电缆和联接体中，并且固定到联接体上，使得联接体的转动导致其绕电缆的轴线运动，以使第一螺母与邻接装置接合 然后调整耦合器以保持预调节的张力。 此后可以去除张紧机构。