Insulated cryogenic liquid container

Patent · Tue Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6469751

Swaney, W A

Composite insulating panels each having a generally rectangular casing and insulating material in the casing are mounted by mechanical fastening means in a covering layer over an inner surface of a supporting enclosure. A cross-shaped joint cover member is installed between four adjacent corner portions of each group of four rectangularly arranged composite panels. A straight joint cover member is installed between each pair of adjacent composite panels, a pair of opposite end portions thereof being joined respectively to a pair of the cross-shaped joint cover members. Each of four leg portions of each cross-shaped joint cover member has a generally u-shaped cross section open toward the inner surface of the supporting enclosure. Each straight joint cover member has a generally u-shaped cross-section open toward the inner surface of the supporting enclosure. The casing of each composite panel includes a front panel portion which is flat except for raised, outwardly convex, curved edge portions blending into the sides of the casing.

• Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
• Patent Number(s): US 4335831
• OSTI ID: 6469751
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 16 Jan 1978; Other Information: PAT-APPL-869544
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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