IP Library Granted Patent US 7,818,942
Granted Patent B2
US 7,818,942 · App. 11/831,547 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Method of building a floor for a boiler cage

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Patent No.
US 7,818,942
App. No.
11/831,547
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The floor, which became a block, can easily be attached to the designated floor position, so that the reduction of both the construction cost and the construction period are achieved. It is a method of building the plural floors on the part of the boiler cage part, and one floor 13 A is built on a lifting frame 18 put on the ground, and the floor 13 A and the lifting frame 18 are both jacked up by jacks 14 . Subsequently the lifting frame 18 which separated the floor 13 A is jacking down and returned to the ground. Plural floors are built for lower floor from upper floor one after another by repeating such a series of steps.

Claims (14)

1. A method of building a floor for boiler cage comprising the steps of:

building a single floor onto a lifting frame positioned on the ground, the whole lifting frame being positioned below the single floor;

jacking-up the floor together with the lifting frame then fixing the floor to a designated floor height; and

detaching the floor from the lifting frame then jacking-down the lifting frame to the ground;

wherein multiple levels of floors are built from the higher most floor to the lower most floor by repeating the building, jacking-up and down steps.

2. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lifting frame is formed in a U-shape, and the strength of the lifting frame is reinforced by a beam member of the floor.

3. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 1 , further including multiple quantities of columns posted on the lifting frame, and the floor is built on the lifting frame through the columns.

4. The method of building a floor as mentioned in claim 1 , wherein a jacking mechanism is formed with multiple quantities of jacks installed at the top portion of the boiler cage part.

5. The method of building a floor as in claim 4 , wherein the jack is of a hydrostatic drive-type, and a synchronizing control feeds oil from a common hydraulic pump so as to make the stroke of each jack identical as that of other jacks.

6. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a level sensor on the floor is installed so that the synchronizing control of the jacks is accurately achieved based upon the output signal of the level sensor.

7. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the jack is of a hydrostatic drive-type, and a synchronizing control feeds oil from a common hydraulic pump so as to make the stroke of each jack identical as that of other jacks.

8. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a part of each floor is cut or formed through a notch portion or a through hole so as to secure the passage lines of the hanging cables from the plural jacks respectively when the floors are lifted; and after all floors are attached to designated floor position, and having removed the connection with the jacks, the part of each floor which is cut or formed through a notch portion or through hole is filled in to perform a normal usable condition.

9. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a part of each floor is cut or formed through a notch portion or a through hole so as to secure the passage lines of the hanging cables from the plural jacks respectively when the floors are lifted; and after all floors are attached to designated floor position, and having removed the connection with the jacks, the part of each floor which is cut or formed through a notch portion or through hole is filled in to perform a normal usable condition.

10. The method of building a floor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein construction of the floors is performed after installation of an eco-hopper located in the upper portion of the aforementioned part of the boiler cage.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044621/0764 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 17, 2015
From: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035003/0333 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 4, 2014
From: HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032384/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2007
From: ITAGAKI, HIROMI; SHINOHARA, SHOJI; KOMATSU, KENSHIN
To: BABCOCK-HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISYA
Reel/Frame 019626/0742 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2007
From: NAKAMITSU, KAZUHITO; KAWAGUCHI, SHIGEYOSHI; TAKESHITA, SHINICHIROU; YOSHIDA, YUUSUKE; YOKOI, YUUJI
To: HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019626/0796 →