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4179104 Mechanical attenuator  
A mechanical attenuating system for preventing horizontal forces from being transmitted from a base such as the ground to a structure such as a building or a nuclear reactor resting on that base....
4152799 Slide swing bearing  
A sliding swing bearing having upper and lower supporting members, one of which is movable relatively to the other and a slide member interposed therebetween in sliding contact with at least the...
4152087 Marine platform designed to withstand seismic shocks  
A coupling system provides a controlled decoupling of interconnected component sections of a marine platform structure less rigid under seismic shock while maintaining sufficient overall ridigity...
4133720 Support apparatus for a battery of underjet coke ovens  
Studs projecting downwardly from the decking carrying a battery of underjet coke ovens, all received in recesses in support walls which extend only in a parallel direction to the heating walls for...
4133157 Damper for sound conducted in solids  
A damper for sound conducted or propagating in solids is constructed to ecially damp oscillations or vibrations of the bending type particularly in plates, housings, girders, rails, rods, etc. The...
4126972 Tornado protection building  
A tornado protection building, one of the rooms of which has a tornado protection assembly extending across the top and sides of its interior, the building having a concrete slab under it, into...
4125978 Parapet reinforcement system for buildings  
Building parapets and sidewalls are reinforced independent of the floor thereof by interconnecting opposed parapets or walls with adjustable interconnectors comprising anchor plates, cables and...
4121393 Device for protecting a structure against the effects of high horizontal dynamic stresses  
The device for protecting a structure against the effects of dynamic stresses and especially stresses produced by earthquakes comprises a system of friction supports constituted by seating blocks...
4118258 Vibration damping through adherence to a layer comprising polyisoprene and the damped structure resulting  
Polyisoprenes having a minimum of 60% of 1,2- and 3,4-vinyl structures are useful as vibration-damping materials. The polyisoprenes are used individually or as a mixture with inorganic or organic...
4117637 Cyclic shear energy absorber  
A cyclic shear energy absorber interposed or to be interposed between members of a structure which may be caused by incoming energy to oscillate relative to each other. Such an absorber would have...
4106301 Building system for seismic-active areas  
A building system for seismic-active areas includes a base structure and an upper structure connected to the base structure by a system of connector means which collectively provide a relatively...
4102097 Construction for supporting space units installed in a building especially a multi-storey building  
A construction for supporting space units installed in a building, especially a multi-storey building, in a statically determinate manner, comprising three vertical columns with suspension means...
4100970 Panel formed of hollow plastic balls containing a fire retardant liquid  
Panels and other objects are formed by blowing hollow bubbles of plastic into a mold and stacking the bubbles in the mold in abutment with each other while the bubbles are tacky to form a mass of...
4094111 Structural steel building frame having resilient connectors  
An improved frame for a building formed of structural frame members of steel or other structural metal. The structural frame members are connected together by many resilient connectors, each...
4073107 Curtain wall structure  
There is described a curtain wall structure comprising a metal frame provided with a compensation bar for bearing on or hanging from a projecting element fastened to the building skeleton, each...
4065218 Seismic brace  
Seismic or earthquake bracing includes brace members, in this form, a channel iron which at each end has an articulated connection respectively to a building element and to the item supported; each...
4062426 Beam cell and multiple cell type structural elements with varying spring constants  
This invention consists of a structural element assembled from a three-dimensional cantilever beam with coupled flexural and torsional rigidity, and the combining into a cell of two or more of...
4045968 Offshore platform and method for its installation  
A platform and method are suited for use in connection with offshore drilling in earthquake-vulnerable areas where the sea floor is soft. Caissons project downwardly from the base raft into the sea...
4042651 Supporting framework for heat transfer surfaces for cooling tower  
A supporting framework for heat exchange surfaces for atmospheric cooling towers includes a plurality of primary generally vertically directed support members hingedly interconnected and further...
4040590 Vibration isolator with integral non-amplifying seismic restraint  
The force transmitted to vibration-isolated equipment during a seismic event can be essentially limited to the force generated by the floor input acceleration by a combination of friction...
4033566 Pneumatic linear spring device  
A linear spring system using pneumatic cylinders arranged to give a substantially linear force versus displacement curve across a wide range of displacement and which is capable of providing large...
4031679 Spherical storage tank for gases and liquids and supporting base therefor  
A mounting for a spherical tank holding gases or liquids which is supported on a rigid concrete foundation in a region of the vertical axis of the tank, the mounting consisting essentially of a...
4028854 Fireproof modular building  
A solar heated and cooled modular building includes insulated prefabricated wall and roof panels supported on prefabricated tubular wall columns and roof beams. Fluid circulating means is connected...
4011694 Method and apparatus for guying a load bearing member  
A system for guying a tower on which a force is exerted in a direction transverse to the elongate dimension thereof includes a plurality of guys interconnected between the tower and respective...
4006505 Sliding swing support for bridges or similar supporting structures  
A sliding swing bearing in which a resilient cushion is interposed between a pair of supports, at least one of which is movable. The cushion is provided with a load-absorbing insert, of a harder...
4001990 Prefabricated building structure  
An improved economical, easily assembled, prefabricated building structural system is disclosed in which practically no on site construction is necessary as compared with the substantial site...
4000850 Solar heated and cooled modular building  
A solar heated and cooled modular building includes insulated prefabricated wall and roof panels supported on prefabricated tubular wall columns and roof beams. Fluid circulating means is connected...
3998062 Sea floor supported structures with crushable support  
The improvement in an offshore structure having a rigid base adapted to rest on a sea floor comprising a crushable supporting means mounted beneath the base and projecting downwardly therefrom, and...
3990600 Tank construction  
An improved upstanding cylindrical tank is provided, in one aspect of the invention, with a ring-like stiffening member at its open upper end to resist flexure and deformation of the side wall...
3986222 Shock control device for use in the construction of buildings such as bridges and the like  
There is described a control device particularly suitable for use in the construction of buildings such as continuous girder or truss bridges, elevated highways and the like, for the purpose of...
3986367 Earthquake-resistant anchoring system  
A structural body such as a nuclear power plant, or the like, can be anchored in an earthquake-resistant manner by supporting the structural body onto a support means so that relative horizontal...
3981114 Energy absorbing permanently deformable collapsible column  
A compound column for absorbing the energy of impact at a controlled rate. The compound column is comprised of an outer column, which collapses at a predetermined rate during the initial phase of...
3977140 Earthquake resistant structure for spherical tanks  
A plurality of dampers are arranged and interposed between a spherical tank and its foundation in such a way that when the foundation shakes in case of an earthquake so that the spherical tank...
3975603 Earthquake resistant switchgear  
A metal-enclosed switchgear characterized by a metal enclosure having a rear wall, opposite side walls, a bottom wall, and a front opening with a door therefor. A circuit breaker is removably...
3973078 Seismic motion-damper for upstanding electrical equipment  
A seismic damper device is provided between the supporting plate adjacent the bottom of an upstanding piece of electrical apparatus and the lower main frame support members, supporting said...
3969853 Torque fin anchor  
A torque fin ground anchor useful as a cable anchor or post anchor, has angled or tilted fins presenting large surface areas to the ground and radiating from a central pile which is preferably a...
3968190 Method of molding a spherical structure  
A substantially spherical shaped structure constructed of reinforced concrete poured in a plurality of courses, each course consisting of a horizontal substantially annular band extending...
3952529 Earthquake fault zone pipeline construction method and arrangement  
Where a pipeline is to cross an earthquake fault zone, a trench is dug in the earth substantially wider and deeper than the diameter of the pipeline. The pipeline is installed in the trench in a...
3940895 Earthquake isolating and vibration absorbing equipment for structures  
An earthquake isolating and vibration absorbing equipment for structures is provided with a hanger secured to one of a floor including a ground and a supported member of a structure installed on...
3930374 Dynamic ballast and stabilization system  
The invention concerns dynamic ballast and stabilization systems for deep-sea applications such as the dynamic anchoring and stabilizing of off-shore platform structures supported by an elongated...
3922823 Enclosed concrete water reservoir supporting earthfill for multiple land uses  
In one embodiment, the concrete post-tensioned multiple dome and integral beam roof modules, utilizing cable-tendons as they are assembled into a roof, form the roof of a concrete water reservoir....
3916578 Earthquake-proof building structure  
An earthquake-proof building structure is constituted of a heavyweight, rounded base having its bottom center point resting on the specially constructed base footing, and an upper hollow shell is...
3906689 Apparatus for absorbing or damping vibrations of the ground  
An apparatus for absorbing or damping vibrations of the ground caused by an earthquake or other causes before being transmitted to a building. The apparatus broadly comprises a main vibration...
3856242 MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR A SURGE VOLTAGE ARRESTER  
A mounting apparatus for a surge voltage arrester which immunizes the arrester from destruction resulting from high energy shock such as that from an earthquake. The mounting apparatus, comprised...
3852931 RESILIENT FOUNDATION CONNECTION  
Vibration absorbing means installed between a structure and its support, the structure being of a size such as a house, and the support being means such as a foundation wall. In certain...
3826340 VIBRATION DAMPER FOR SLENDER VERTICAL STRUCTURES  
A damper for detuning a vertical slender structure such as a monopole antenna, subject to wind induced vibrations, the damper having a "mushroom" shaped configuration with a cap mounted on one end...
3797183 BEARING WALLS AND CONNECTING MEMBERS THEREFOR  
Reinforced bearing walls wherein the reinforcing is at least two steel sheets which have been previously bent, but when mounted are symmetrical along a center line in the bearing wall, and...
3796017 HYDRAULIC STRUCTURAL APPARATUS  
An improved building system for structural uses which employs high strength tubular elements to reduce the size, weight and extent of the structure required. The present invention utilizes tubular...
3794277 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT SUPPORT  
An earthquake resistant support structure which comprises two types of supporting members: a frangible, substantially incompressible and rigid primary support structure and a secondary support...
3789174 EARTHQUAKE-PROTECTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS  
A support system for slender-profile electrical apparatus acts to protect the apparatus against severe earthquakes. The support system comprises: (a) a rigid, horizontally-extending platform on...