Method of tensioning a floating cover for a liquid reservoir
CA 1069269 A · Owner: Gulf Seal Corporation · Inventors: Dial, Howard S.
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This invention relates to a method on tensioning a flexible floating cover for a liquid storage reservoir wherein the surface level of the stored liquid varies. A peripheral envelope formed at least adjacent a portion of the peripheral edges of the floatable cover is adapted to be inflated with a compressible fluid, such as air, for proper tensioning of the cover as the level of the stored liquid varies in the reservoir and for preventing wrinkling of the cover.
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- Granted January 8, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 8, 1997.
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