Ships – Building – Freighters
Patent
1977-07-14
1978-06-20
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Building
Freighters
114 74A, 220901, B63B 2514
Patent
active
040955460
ABSTRACT:
A rigid thin shell container for transporting liquified gas in marine tankers at near ambient pressure, constructed of completely developable flat plate, the contour of which is octagonal everywhere in horizontal section but curvilinear in side elevation, with eight sides linear in plan but curved vertically to form circularly or elliptically arched shell surfaces, intersecting in a point at the top, and connected at the base to an octagonal flat bottom which permits the container to be seated directly upon the insulated ship's innerbottom.
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Basinger Sherman D.
Blix Trygve M.
Fruitman Martin
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