Claims
- 1. A water tank made of stainless steel and having a substantially cylindrical shape, comprising:a plurality of curved stainless steel panels, the curved stainless steel panels being coupled together to form a substantially cylindrical body of the water tank, each of the curved stainless steel panels including a number of holes and a first connecting portion extruded to the outside of the water tank; a plurality of fan-shaped stainless steel panels being disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion to form a cone-shaped top part and a cone-shaped bottom part of the water tank, respectively, each of the fan-shaped stainless steel panels including a number of holes and a first connecting portion extruding to the outside of the water tank; a plurality of packing members being inserted between the first and the second connecting portions; a plurality of reinforcing members, each having an L-shaped cross-section and a number of holes on one side portion and being arranged on both sides of the first and the second connecting portion; a number of bolts and nuts for coupling the curved stainless steel panels, fan-shaped stainless steel panels and the reinforcing members together by being inserted into the holes formed on the first connecting portions, the second connecting portions and the reinforcing members; a plurality of reinforcing bars, both end portions of each of the reinforcing bars being fixed to the fan-shaped stainless steel panels forming the top part and the fan-shaped stainless steel panels forming the bottom part, respectively; an air vent disposed on the center portion of the top part; and a drain pipe disposed on the center portion of the bottom part.
- 2. The water tank of claim 1, further comprising protecting members made of stainless steel plate, the protecting members being arranged on the surfaces of the packing members facing the inside of the water tank in order to prevent the packing member from contacting with water.
- 3. The water tank of claim 1, wherein the bolts, the nuts, the reinforcing members and the reinforcing bars are made of stainless steel.
- 4. The water tank of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing members are made of steel and surfaces of the reinforcing members which contact with the connecting portions of the stainless panels are coated with anti-corrosive paint.
Priority Claims (2)
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1999/25308 U |
Nov 1999 |
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2000/17915 U |
Apr 2000 |
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Parent Case Info
This is the U.S. national stage of PCT International application No. PCT/KR00/01321, filed on Nov. 17, 2000, designating the United States of America, the contents of which are incorporated by reference into the present application.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
Country |
Kind |
PCT/KR00/01321 |
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WO |
00 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
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Kind |
WO01/36314 |
5/25/2001 |
WO |
A |
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