Patent · US Expired

Method for removing a gear or bearing in circular clarifiers and thickeners

US5481789A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 1994
Grant dateJan 9, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49822
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a simple and inexpensive system for removing a single piece ring gear from a tank of a circular clarifier without the need to completely remove a bridge mounted on a pier in the clarifier. The bridge remains useable while the gear is removed, repaired, or replaced.

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