Claims
- 1. An elevated liquid storage tank comprising: an upright, hollow cylindrical shaft adapted to be anchored to a supporting base foundation, the shaft having an upright wall and a closed upper end portion with a top surface forming a partial tank support floor; the upper end portion having an upper, outer ledge formed around the periphery of the shaft spaced below said top surface; a tank mounted at the top of the shaft, the tank including a wall having a lower annular ring beam attached thereto and forming a lower tank opening; the ring beam having radially inwardly projecting support means, the ring beam and tower upper end portion forming an annular recess; and means filling said recess to connect the tank to the shaft and complete the tank support floor.
- 2. A storage tank as claimed in claim 1 wherein said support means include vertically disposed knife plates, the ledge having radially disposed outwardly opening recesses formed therein for passing the knife plates vertically through the ledge, and further comprising shim me.mbers spanning said ledge recesses for supporting the knife plates thereon.
- 3. A storage tank as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tank wall is formed with an upwardly and outwardly disposed conical floor portion attached to the ring beam, and wherein the partial tank support floor is convex, the angle of inclination of the floor portion and the convexity of the partial tank support floor being such that the thrust from the floor portion and the thrust from the partial tank support floor meet generally at the centre line of the shaft wall when the tank is filled with liquid.
- 4. A storage tank as claimed in claim 3 wherein the shaft end portion is formed with an integral, enlarged peripheral thrust ring joining the shaft wall and the being balanced about the centre line of the partial tank support floor to minimize bending stresses in the support floor and the shaft wall.
- 5. A storage tank as claimed in claim 2 wherein the shaft is formed of reinforced concrete and the tank is formed of steel.
- 6. A storage tank as claimed in claim 4 where the shaft is formed of reinforced concrete and the tank is formed of steel.
- 7. A storage tank as claimed in claim 6 wherein the means filling said annular recess is reinforced concrete.
- 8. A storage tank as claimed in claim 5 wherein the means filling said annular recess is reinforced concrete.
- 9. A storage tank as claimed in claim 7 and further comprising a continuous floor liner overlying the tank support floor and being sealingly joined to the tank wall.
- 10. A storage tank as claimed in claim 8 and further comprising a continuous floor liner overlying the complete tank support floor and being sealingly joined to the tank wall.
- 11. A storage tank as claimed in claim 8 wherein the tank wall includes an upwardly and outwardly disposed conical floor portion attached to the ring beam, a vertical side wall portion attached to the floor portion and an upwardly and inwardly disposed conical top wall portion attached to the side wall portion.
- 12. A storage tank as claimed in claim 11 and further comptising a central vertical access tube mounted in the partial tank support floor for access therethrough, and an annular roof concentrically mounted at the top of the access tube and extending radially, outwardly to join the tank top wall portion.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 698,519 filed Feb. 5, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,578,921.
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Divisions (1)
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