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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Gaztransport ET Technigaz, Saint Remy les Chevreuse, FR;
GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ, Saint Remy les Chevreuse, FR;
Abstract
An internal bottom wall of the double hull bears a sump structure comprising a rigid container arranged through the thickness of the bottom wall of the tank and intended to accommodate a suction member of a pump. The rigid container comprises a bottom wall situated at a level further toward the outside than the secondary sealing membrane of the bottom wall of the tank. The sump structure comprises a primary connecting plate surrounding the container, the primary connecting plate having a connecting surface extending parallel to the primary sealing membrane of the bottom wall of the tank, the primary sealing membrane of the bottom wall of the tank being attached in a sealed manner to the connecting surface all around the sump structure.