SUPPORT UNIT AND SYSTEM FOR SEMI-INSULATED RESERVOIRS Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F17C13/08 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: support unit for connection of wall or top of semi-insulated reservoir with surrounding support structure comprises the first element, which is fixed to surrounding support structure, and the second element, which is fixed to wall or top of reservoir. The first and second elements include mutually blocked complementary slope ramp surfaces, which are engaged with the possibility of sliding that provides for displacement of the second element relative to the first element in direction parallel to axis of slope surfaces and that prevents displacement of the second element in direction perpendicular to slope surfaces. Support system for flat walls of semi-insulated reservoir provides for at least one point of thermal stability for every wall and comprises vertically passing support structure that surrounds the reservoir, and group that includes multiple 2D support units distanced on external surface of every wall, which connect the wall to surrounding support structure and are horizontally distanced from point of thermal stability and oriented horizontally. The second elements are diverged from specified point, thus, vertical support is provided for every wall, and it becomes possible for the second elements to move perpendicularly to wall plane horizontally in direction of slope surface, parallel to wall plane.

EFFECT: increased efficiency of manufacturing and installation of reservoirs.

24 cl, 9 dwg