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Liquefied gas container of large capacity

  • US 4,038,832 A
  • Filed: 09/08/1975
  • Issued: 08/02/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A low boiling liquefied gas container of large capacity comprising an inner vessel having a length of considerably greater dimension that its width with the vessel being disposed with the major dimension extending in the horizontal direction, an outer vessel surrounding the inner vessel and spaced therefrom to provide an intervening insulated space, conduit means between the outer vessel and the upper portion of the interior of the inner vessel for the removal of boil-off from within the inner vessel and for the introduction and removal of liquefied gas, means for supporting the inner vessel from the outer vessel in a manner to prevent rotational movement of the inner vessel relative to the outer vessel about a horizontal axis while permitting movement of the inner vessel relative to the outer vessel in the horizontal direction in response to expansions and contractions of the inner vessel relative to the outer vessel due to temperature change in which the means for support comprises cylindrical members interconnecting the adjacent end walls of the inner and outer vessels along the horizontal axis and engaged in telescoping relation with each other, said means for supporting the inner vessel from the outer vessel providing the entire support for the inner vessel and for stabilizing the inner vessel within the outer vessel.

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