Patent ID: 9599282
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B08B,B23Q,B24B,E04G,F16M

Claim:
1. A support system for supporting a maintenance system on an external floating roof tank having a sidewall and a wind girder mounted on the sidewall, the support system comprising: a carriage, wherein the carriage comprises a first carriage side, a second carriage side, a first carriage end and a second carriage end; a plurality of wheels positionable on the wind girder, wherein the carriage is movably mounted on the plurality of wheels and alignable on an external side of the sidewall; a first internal leg and a second internal leg mounted on the carriage, wherein the first internal leg and the second internal leg are proximal to the first carriage side and distal to the second carriage side; a first internal wall contact stabilizer mounted on the first internal leg; a second internal wall contact stabilizer mounted on the second internal leg, wherein the first internal wall contact stabilizer and the second internal wall contact stabilizer are aligned inferior and lateral to the plurality of wheels, wherein the first internal wall contact stabilizer and the second internal wall contact stabilizer are engageable with an internal surface of the sidewall, and wherein the first internal wall contact stabilizer and the second internal wall contact stabilizer are aligned proximal to the first carriage side and distal to the second carriage side; and, a maintenance system support mounted on the carriage, wherein at least a portion of the maintenance system support is aligned superior and intermediate to the first internal wall contact stabilizer and the second internal wall contact stabilizer, and wherein the maintenance system support is alignable superior to a wall top of the sidewall.