Patent ID: 6626319
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B63B,B65D,F17C

Abstract:
An integrated tank erection and support structure for a semi-membrane LNG tank comprising:a semi-membrane tank having a bottom wall, a top wall and a plurality of side walls; a support carriage surrounding the top wall and at least part of the side walls of the tank; a plurality of load bearing insulating support blocks connecting the carriage to the side walls and top wall of the tank; a tank dome rigidly affixed to and projecting upwardly from the top wall of the tank; a pipe tower extending vertically from and affixed to the bottom wall of the tank and having vertical structural members extending into the tank dome; a plurality of support members in the tank dome slidably receiving the vertical structural members of the pipe tower; and stop members for limiting downward motion of the vertical structural members of the pipe tower with respect to the top wall of the tank to provide support for the bottom wall of the tank through the pipe tower.