Patents by Inventor Don Horacek

Don Horacek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9556626
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for raising a self-jacking scaffold system including extending a jacking screw and jacking screw bracket axially upward, connecting a jacking screw bracket to an overhead tank bracket for a plurality of scaffold sections coupled to a jacking assembly, detaching a plurality of scaffold mounting brackets from a plurality of tank mounting brackets, raising the continuously coupled plurality of scaffold sections, and reattaching the plurality of scaffold mounting brackets to a plurality of tank mounting brackets. Noting the plurality of scaffold sections is continuously coupled proximate a circumference of a shell tank, the continuously coupled scaffold sections and tank mounting brackets provide stiffness to the tank shell to enable it to resist external loads and can be quickly moved and restored as required during tank construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, QM Engineering
    Inventors: Oliver Mork, Marty Tellalian, Don Horacek, Glenn Riley, Andy Edenburn, Al Garza, Joseph Kucic
  • Publication number: 20160069095
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for raising a self-jacking scaffold system including extending a jacking screw and jacking screw bracket axially upward, connecting a jacking screw bracket to an overhead tank bracket for a plurality of scaffold sections coupled to a jacking assembly, detaching a plurality of scaffold mounting brackets from a plurality of tank mounting brackets, raising the continuously coupled plurality of scaffold sections, and reattaching the plurality of scaffold mounting brackets to a plurality of tank mounting brackets. Noting the plurality of scaffold sections is continuously coupled proximate a circumference of a shell tank, the continuously coupled scaffold sections and tank mounting brackets provide stiffness to the tank shell to enable it to resist external loads and can be quickly moved and restored as required during tank construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicants: CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY, OM ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Oliver Mork, Marty Tellalian, Don Horacek, Glenn Riley, Andy Edenburn, Al Garza, Joseph Kucic
  • Patent number: 9217255
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for raising a self-jacking scaffold system including extending a jacking screw and jacking screw bracket axially upward, connecting a jacking screw bracket to an overhead tank bracket for a plurality of scaffold sections coupled to a jacking assembly, detaching a plurality of scaffold mounting brackets from a plurality of tank mounting brackets, raising the continuously coupled plurality of scaffold sections, and reattaching the plurality of scaffold mounting brackets to a plurality of tank mounting brackets. Noting the plurality of scaffold sections is continuously coupled proximate a circumference of a shell tank, the continuously coupled scaffold sections and tank mounting brackets provide stiffness to the tank shell to enable it to resist external loads and can be quickly moved and restored as required during tank construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, OM Engineering
    Inventors: Oliver Mork, Marty Tellalian, Don Horacek, Glenn Riley, Andy Edenburn, Al Garza, Joseph Kucic
  • Publication number: 20140151153
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for raising a self-jacking scaffold system including extending a jacking screw and jacking screw bracket axially upward, connecting a jacking screw bracket to an overhead tank bracket for a plurality of scaffold sections coupled to a jacking assembly, detaching a plurality of scaffold mounting brackets from a plurality of tank mounting brackets, raising the continuously coupled plurality of scaffold sections, and reattaching the plurality of scaffold mounting brackets to a plurality of tank mounting brackets. Noting the plurality of scaffold sections is continuously coupled proximate a circumference of a shell tank, the continuously coupled scaffold sections and tank mounting brackets provide stiffness to the tank shell to enable it to resist external loads and can be quickly moved and restored as required during tank construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY
    Inventors: Oliver Mork, Marty Tellalian, Don Horacek, Glenn Riley, Andy Edenburn, Stuart Hellier, Al Garza, Joseph Kucic