Ships – Building – Freighters
Patent
1976-02-26
1977-03-22
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Building
Freighters
220 9LG, B63B 2516
Patent
active
040130304
ABSTRACT:
In combination, a tank and a support system located about a circular horizontal section of the tank, the support system comprising a plurality of essentially identical composite supporting units spaced around the circular horizontal section, with each said supporting unit being joined to the tank and to a base, each supporting unit having a vertical key with radial contact faces located between and in slidable contact with a pair of opposing vertical faces of a keyway, each supporting unit having a vertical coupling comprising a sleeve with a cylindrical element located therein, with either the sleeve or the cylindrical element being stationary and the other being rotatable about a vertical axis during assembly of the support system, the vertical key or the keyway being joined to whichever of the sleeve or the cylindrical element is rotatable during assembly and the other of the vertical key or keyway is joined to the base.
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Blix Trygve M.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Goldstein Stuart M.
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