Floating roof secondary seal
OwnerDave Vallee, Elias Lopezinventors
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Abstract
A secondary seal system for a storage tank having a floating roof includes a seal compression plate attached to and extending upwards at an oblique angle from the floating roof, extending around the circumference of the floating roof; a seal element attached to the compression plate for sealing between the compression plate and an inner surface of the storage tank; a plurality of anti-rollover plates attached to and extending upwards from the seal compression plate; and a plurality of anti-rollover braces attached to a major surface of the seal compression plate.
Claims5
A secondary seal system for a storage tank having a floating roof, the system comprising:
- a seal compression plate attached to and extending upwards at an oblique angle from the floating roof, extending circumferentially around the floating roof;
- a seal element attached to the compression plate for sealing between the compression plate and an inner surface of the storage tank;
- a plurality of anti-rollover plates attached to and extending upwards from the seal compression plate;
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- a plurality of anti-rollover braces attached to a major surface of the seal compression plate.
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