Patent ID: 8528267
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: B65G,B66B

Abstract:
1. An arched cover comprising: a plurality of longitudinally spaced support arches having an arched configuration, each arch made of metal sheet and having a corrugated profile, each arch having spaced lower ends at opposite distal ends of the arch, a plurality of longitudinally extending transparent polycarbonate sheets, each sheet disposed between two adjacent arches and overlying and overlapping the arches, each sheet having an arched configuration conforming to the arched shape of the support arches, a plurality of support devices for stabilizing the cover on a support surface; each support device having distal ends and extending between the lower ends of at least one of the arches; a plurality of fixing devices, one of the fixing devices supported on one of the ends of one of the support devices, another of the fixing devices supported on the other end of the one support device; the lower ends of each of the two adjacent arches supported on the fixing devices; and a plurality of tightening devices, at least one tightening device provided adjacent each arch, each tightening device overlying and fastening at least one of the transparent sheets to one of the support arches, each of the tightening devices being provided with opposite distal ends, each end of one of the tightening devices is attached to one of the fixing devices, such that when one of the tightening devices is removed from the fixing device one of the sheets can be removed from the adjacent arches.