Tank support joint
CA 1087927 A · Owner: General Dynamics Corporation · Inventors: Babcock, Robert A.; Holt, Luther E.; Glasfeld, Rolf D.
Overview
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A two-piece skirt is disclosed for supporting a tank in the hull of a ship. One skirt portion carries a trough, and the edge of the other skirt portion extends into the trough but is spaced from contact therewith. The trough is filled with a hardenable material, preferably of low thermoconductivity which, upon hardening structurally joins the two skirt portions. If the tank carries liquefied gas the joint effectively, thermally insulates it from the hull.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted October 21, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 21, 1997.
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