GB1440689A - Floating roof for liquid storage tanks - Google Patents

Floating roof for liquid storage tanks

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Publication number
GB1440689A
GB1440689A GB434374A GB434374A GB1440689A GB 1440689 A GB1440689 A GB 1440689A GB 434374 A GB434374 A GB 434374A GB 434374 A GB434374 A GB 434374A GB 1440689 A GB1440689 A GB 1440689A
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Prior art keywords
liquid storage
storage tanks
buoys
buoy
conical
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GB434374A
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AERO GENERAL CORP
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AERO GENERAL CORP
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00Large containers
    • B65D88/34Large containers having floating covers, e.g. floating roofs or blankets

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
  • Bridges Or Land Bridges (AREA)

Abstract

1440689 Floating roofs for storage tanks AEROJET-GENERAL CORP 30 Jan 1974 [19 March 1973] 04343/74 Heading EIT A floating roof for a liquid storage tank comprises a single-deck lid made up from a plurality of rectangular, fluid-tight, interconnected steel plates having on its uppermost surface a plurality of buoys 39 each of which has as its base one of the plates 38 and longitudinal sides inclined toward each other such that the buoy is of increasingly smaller horizontal cross-section. The buoys may be in the form of a pyramid or truncated pyramid or be conical, frusto-conical, part spherical or part ellipsoid &c. For minor details concerning other shapes of buoy, tubes 47 for acting as structural supports and seal having a foam casing [62] with a steel bond [63] the Specification and remaining drawings (not shown), should be referred to.
GB434374A 1973-03-19 1974-01-30 Floating roof for liquid storage tanks Expired GB1440689A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US34245473A 1973-03-19 1973-03-19

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GB1440689A true GB1440689A (en) 1976-06-23

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JP (1) JPS5324643B2 (en)
AR (1) AR207560A1 (en)
AU (1) AU473445B2 (en)
BE (1) BE810856A (en)
BR (1) BR7402086D0 (en)
CA (1) CA989755A (en)
DE (1) DE2409002C3 (en)
ES (1) ES423488A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2222518A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1440689A (en)
IN (1) IN140589B (en)
IT (1) IT1008359B (en)
ZA (1) ZA735086B (en)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE10257242B4 (en) * 2002-12-04 2007-02-08 Cta Tank- Und Anlagenbau Gmbh Large container or flat bottom tank with floating roof

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CA989755A (en) 1976-05-25
BE810856A (en) 1974-05-29
JPS49121216A (en) 1974-11-20
IN140589B (en) 1976-12-04
DE2409002B2 (en) 1977-07-21
AR207560A1 (en) 1976-10-15
ES423488A1 (en) 1977-01-01
DE2409002A1 (en) 1974-10-03
AU473445B2 (en) 1976-06-24
JPS5324643B2 (en) 1978-07-21
BR7402086D0 (en) 1975-01-28
FR2222518A1 (en) 1974-10-18
AU6677674A (en) 1975-09-18
IT1008359B (en) 1976-11-10
ZA735086B (en) 1975-01-29
DE2409002C3 (en) 1978-03-09

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee