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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1986
H John Sidaway, Findlay, OH (US);
Donald A Lytle, Tiffin, OH (US);
Hancor, Inc., Findlay, OH (US);
Abstract
A corrugated plastic side wall (A) extends from a bottom area (14) to an apex area (12). A riser (B) extends from the apex area above the ground level. A ring of steel channel (10) is fastened around the apex area to prevent the apex area from becoming distorted when the soil in which the tank is buried becomes water-laden. A tank bottom wall (122) is domed inward to inhibit exterior hydraulic pressure from flexing the bottom inward and from urging the corrugated side walls adjacent the bottom to compress to a smaller diameter in an accordion-like fashion. Downward projecting can (124) and boxes (126) extend from the domed bottom surface to a flat plane to prevent the dome from flexing outward under the weight of sewage and other fluids in the interior of the tank. At least one annular projection (52) extends around an outlet opening (44) to enable a tank wall portion (54) adjacent the outlet opening and outlet tubing (48) to move relative to the remainder of the tank.