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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Randall N Avery, Franklin Park, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220 71 ; 220-3 ;
Abstract
A reinforced structure for resisting deflection of a tank wall that is subjected to a range of positive and negative pressures within the tank characterized by a plurality of closely spaced braced members disposed in general alignment and mounted on the tank wall so that upon limited deflection of the wall the brace members move into contact and thereby increase wall resistance to additional damaging deflection.