Patent ID: 8025018

Claim:
Method of adhesively bonding second insulating blocks ( 4 ) to a ship's inner hull ( 1 ) with beads ( 3 ) of mastic for the production of a sealed, thermally insulating tank for the transportation of liquefied gases, the tank having two successive sealing barriers, a primary sealing barrier ( 7 ) in contact with the gases contained in the tank and a secondary sealing barrier ( 6 ) situated between the primary sealing barrier and the inner hull ( 1 ) of the ship, these two sealing barriers being alternated with two insulating barriers of, respectively, first and second insulating blocks ( 5 , 4 ) produced from plywood panels and containing or carrying thermally insulating materials, the two insulating barriers including a primary insulating barrier, carried by the secondary sealing barrier ( 6 ) and supporting the primary sealing barrier ( 7 ), and a secondary insulating barrier, supporting the secondary sealing barrier ( 6 ) and of which the second insulating blocks ( 4 ) are fastened against the inner hull ( 1 ), the method comprising; a) applying beads ( 3 ) of mastic to a lower face of the panels of the second insulating blocks ( 4 ) along mutually parallel lines, wherein at least two of the beads of mastic on the lower face of at least one of the panels of the second insulating blocks are arranged along wavy parallel lines, b) positioning the second insulating blocks ( 4 ) against the inner hull ( 1 ) of the ship so that the at least two beads of mastic on the at least one panel are between the at least one panel and the inner hull, and c) pressing the at least one panel against the inner hull until polymerization of the at least two beads of mastic so that the at least one panel is fastened against the inner hull by the at least two beads of mastic, wherein the at least two beads of mastic between the at least one panel and the inner hull have a cross section suitable to compensate for irregularities of the inner hull, and wherein the lower face of the at least one panel comprises a non-supported spacing between the at least two beads of mastic.