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

Claim 13:
14. The fluid-tight and thermally insulating tank wall according to claim 13, wherein the corrugated fluid-tight membrane includes a second corrugated rectangular sheet metal part-juxtaposed to the first corrugated rectangular sheet metal part in the lengthwise direction and welded to the latter in fluid-tight manner,
the second corrugated rectangular sheet metal part being provided with a second framework formed of first and second wave reinforcements arranged in the corrugations of the second corrugated rectangular sheet metal part and assembled by a plurality of connecting members nested in said wave reinforcements at the level of the nodes of the second corrugated rectangular sheet metal part, and
wherein a first end reinforcement forming the end of a row of first wave reinforcements of the first framework is associated with a second end reinforcement forming the end of a row of first wave reinforcements of the second framework by a connecting sleeve, the first and second end reinforcements each including a longitudinal housing opening onto a lower surface of the end reinforcement, the connecting sleeve being nested in the longitudinal housing of the first and second end reinforcements in such a manner as to align the row of wave reinforcements of the first framework and the row of wave reinforcements of the second framework.