Patent ID: 11913604
Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 11:
12. The fluid-tight and thermally insulating tank wall according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated fluid-tight membrane includes a corrugated rectangular sheet metal part, said first series of parallel corrugations extending in a lengthwise direction of the sheet metal part, said second series of parallel corrugations extending in a widthwise direction of the sheet metal part,
wherein the wave reinforcements arranged under a corrugation of the first series of parallel corrugations include a row of aligned wave reinforcements, said row of wave reinforcements being developed over substantially all a length of the rectangular sheet metal part, said wave reinforcements each including a hollow sole including a lower wall resting on the support surface of the thermal insulating barrier and a reinforcement portion disposed above the sole, and being assembled two by two by a plurality of connecting members nested in the soles of the successive wave reinforcements at the level of the nodes of said corrugation.