Patents by Inventor Reginald Edwin Downton Burrow

Reginald Edwin Downton Burrow 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).

  • Pre-stressing of concrete pressure vessels
    Patent number: 4121780
    Abstract: A temporary platform encircling a concrete pressure vessel carries endless rails on which a mobile unit runs. The unit has a supply drum from which is drawn pre-stressing wire anchored at its free end in one of many channels in the outside wall of the vessel. The wire leaves the unit via a tensioning unit and a payout sheave both carried by the mobile unit. Hoist ropes fixed at intervals around the platform and connected to winches lift and lower the platform to locate the sheave at the level of each channel in turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited
    Inventors: Reginald Sidney Taylor, Reginald Edwin Downton Burrow, John Morton Mason, John Richard Portas, William David Thomas