Ships – Building – Freighters
Patent
1993-06-30
1994-11-15
Sotelo, Jesus D.
Ships
Building
Freighters
220404, B63B 2508
Patent
active
053637879
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a container for liquid product in marine transport situations, the container comprising a resilient or elastomeric membrane positioned within the confines of the marine transport vessel. The containment membrane is composed of a suitable material impermeable and inert to the liquid product, of sufficient strength and thickness to contain the liquid without spillage under stress situations. The membrane is supported within the confines of the marine vessel structure by a system consisting of a liquid jacket, preferably seawater, filled to a hydrostatic level closely approximating that of the contained liquid product and, by a plurality of restraining tie members. The surrounding water jacket immerses the container membrane creating a hydrostatic head of liquid such as to effectively counteract the wall pressure on the interior of the container membrane due to the liquid cargo and, will also cause a slight wall pressure on the membrane exterior so as to cause the restraining tie members to normally act in tensile restraint. The restraining tie members act to resist the dynamic loads on the container body resulting from the floating vessel's motions and accelerations. The restraining tie members are constructed of material(s) so arranged so as to act in tension and; do incorporate a mechanism or material property to cause the tie member to disconnect, separate or yield when reaching a predetermined load so as to; cause the container body to dislocate itself from the floating vessel's interior structure and; that the container membrane will separate from the vessel's structure to the extent necessary without causing failure to the membrane so as to; prevent consequential spillage of the liquid product into the marine environment.
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Konopasek James L.
Marshall, Jr. Cyrus C.
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