Divided wooden tank
AssigneeRosenwach Tank Co., LLC
InventorsAndrew Rosenwach, Robert Redlien
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Abstract
A wooden water tank for a building has a wooden tank wall, a tank bottom and a wooden dividing wall across the tank defining at least two water compartments. There are attachments between the foregoing parts, and leak preventing connections between parts. Each wall is a sequential series of staves or boards secured together for leak prevention. The staves of the circumferential tank wall extend vertically. The staves of the dividing wall extend horizontally. The staves are all pressed together so that neighboring staves are sealed to each other preventing leakage through the walls. There are hoops and hoop segments around the circumferential wall, and connections to the hoops press the staves of the circumferential wall toward each other for sealing.
Claims11
A divided wooden tank, comprising:
- a circumferential wall comprised of wood and defining an enclosed chamber;
- a dividing wall extending across the chamber, the dividing wall being sealed to the circumferential wall to define two separate compartments, the dividing wall being impervious to liquid;
- a bottom for the tank below the circumferential wall;
- the dividing wall being sealingly connected to the bottom of the tank and to the circumferential wall of the tank so as to seal the compartments against leakage of water through the circumferential wall of the tank and past the dividing wall;
- wherein the circumferential tank wall is comprised of a plurality of staves extending vertically and positioned next to each other, and devices at the tank for holding the staves in their enclosed circumferential wall orientation;
- wherein the dividing wall is comprised of a plurality of blocks or staves of wood all extending along a chord or the diameter of the tank dividing the tank into the compartments, wherein the staves or blocks of wood are supported against each other in a vertical array so as to prevent leakage past the staves or blocks of the dividing wall;
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- first devices for urging the staves or blocks of the dividing wall to be pressed together to prevent leakage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.