Patent SG-11201901792S-A (SG)
Title: Method for assembling a transport tank in a vessel and a corresponding vessel
Inventor: KOOLE JACOBUS
IPC: B63B25/08
Filed: 2017-08-28
Abstract: 30 15 11 20 13''L 70 0 50 60 7 /7/7/ / /77 , A.Noiliiir# AMP_ 1 kr) N O cc O O (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT IiiimmommionotioloolomomEolloommovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/044157 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B63B 25/08 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/NL2017/050565 (22) International Filing Date: 28 August 2017 (28.08.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2017393 30 August 2016 (30.08.2016) NL (71) Applicants: KOOLE ENGINEERING B.V. [NL/NL]; 3J, Breelaan, 1861 GC Bergen (NL). ORCA ENGINEERING B.V. [NL/NL]; 465, Hengelosestraat, 7521 AG Enschede (NL). (72) Inventors: KOOLE, Jacobus; 3J, Breelaan, 1861 GC Bergen (NL). VAN POPPELEN, Martijn Pieter; 465, Hengelosestraat, 7521 AG Enschede (NL). BERENDS, Martin Jonathan; 19, Spoarbuorren Noard, 9298 WB Kol- lumerzwaag (NL). (74) Agent: RIEMENS, R.H.; EP&C, P.O. Box 3241, 2280 GE Rijswijk (NL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (54) Title: METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A TRANSPORT TANK IN A VESSEL AND A CORRESPONDING VESSEL Fig. 1A 4 Fig. 1B 40 51 (57) : The invention relates to a method, comprising the following steps: a. providing a hull with two decks extending sub- stantially in a horizontal direction and being arranged at a distance from each other; b. arranging a transport tank in the hull with one end wall being arranged near one of the two decks, with another end wall being arranged near the other one of the two decks, and with a tank circumferential wall extending in between the two end walls; c. forming one or more chambers between the end walls and the corresponding deck; and d. applying or getting applied an underpressure to the one or more chambers for exerting a pulling force on the external side of the corresponding tank end wall for at least partly withstanding a pulling force on the internal side of the corresponding tank end wall in case of an underpressure in the transport tank. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/044157 Al O II SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))