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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ulrich Finsterwalder, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Dyckerhoff & Widmann Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114 / ; 220 / ; 220 71 ; 220901 ; 114 / ; 114253 ; 114256 ;
Abstract
A hollow reinforced concrete sphere can be used as a container for transporting compressed gas, such as natural gas. Such containers can be interconnected and towed from one place to another by an ocean-going tugboat. Each container is formed with three band-like groups of reinforcing rings. Each group has its reinforcing rings disposed at right angles to the reinforcing rings in the other groups. The inner and outer surfaces of the container walls can be covered with a desired coating. In constructing the containers, they can be built at the water's edge and then rolled into the water.