Variable-diameter storage tank system
AssigneeGlobal Fabrication, Inc.
InventorsDennis Raybuck, Luke Sicard, II
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Abstract
A variable-diameter tank construction system is provided. The tank construction system uses sets of wedges (shims) and bevel-faced spacers (washers) in conjunction with the field connections of the vertical edges of adjacent modular tank wall panels, so as to create an angular deviation between the tangent lines of the wall panels immediately adjacent to and on either side of the vertical joint between the connected panels.
Claims12
A wall panel adaptor wedge for a storage tank, said storage tank including a number of curved tank wall panels, each tank wall panel including an angle iron side edge stiffener along each vertical side edge of said wall panel, said adaptor wedge comprising:
- a primary plate element including an orthogonal face and a beveled face;
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- said orthogonal face and said beveled face defining a wedge offset angle.
A variable-diameter tank construction system for a storage tank, said tank including a number of curved tank wall panels, each tank wall panel including an angle iron side edge stiffener along each vertical side edge of said wall panel, said tank construction system comprising:
- an adaptor wedge including a primary plate element;
- said primary plate element including an orthogonal face and a beveled face;
- said orthogonal face and said beveled face defining a wedge offset angle;
- said primary plate element disposed between two adjacent side edge stiffeners;
- a number of spacer bars, each spacer bar including a planar inner surface and a bevelled surface;
- said spacer bevelled surface disposed at a spacer bar offset angle relative to said inner surface;
- wherein said spacer bar offset angle is substantially equal to said wedge offset angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.