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Insulated tank jacketing system

  • US 4,044,517 A
  • Filed: 07/12/1976
  • Issued: 08/30/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An insulated jacketing system for an upstanding cylindrical tank wall and the like comprising at least one pretensioned circular track means made up of a plurality of individual track segments each having multi-perforated ends disposed immediately adjacent the tank wall and each of which is provided with an outwardly facing recess, means for splicing certain opposing and adjacent multi-perforated ends of selected track segments together, said means comprising a splice plate provided at each of its ends with a plurality of struck out lug portions engageable with a corresponding plurality of similarly shaped and matching perforations on the said ends of the selected track segments, track take-up means including rod elements and plates having multi-struck out lug elements engaging and holding other opposing and adjacent multi-perforated ends of selected track segments together, the splice plate and the take-up plate each are channel shaped in cross section, insulated panels secured crosswise to said track segments, said panels comprising channel-shaped sections having opposing upstanding flanges one of which comprises a terminal bead and the other of which comprises a deformable sleeve that can be folded tightly about the bead on a similarly configured channel-shaped section disposed adjacent thereto, insulating material affixed to the underside of each panel and clip means provided with a head portion insertable within and engageable with the bead of one panel and a foot element insertable within the outwardly facing recess of a track segment.

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