Patent ID: 6367099
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A method of assembling constituent elements of water retention tanks, according to which parts or elements of the tank or shell are made with an edge oriented outward, over at least a portion of their periphery, and joining elements of these shell parts or elements, with a groove oriented inward, and the adjacent outer edges of two contiguous shell elements are engaged therein, wherein one uses, as joining elements, structural elements of a carrying framework or structure outside the tank, provided with the groove whose width is equal to at least twice the thickness of said edge and at the bottom of which a sealing joint is arranged, so that the adjacent outer edges of the two contiguous shell elements are urged to rest on said joint, under the pressure of water introduced in the tank resulting from the assembly of the sets of shell elements, thus obtaining the junction of said shell parts or elements and sealing this junction.