Inventors:
Milton W. Heisterberg - Flossmoor IL
Assignee:
General American Transportation Corporation - Chicago IL
International Classification:
B65D 8718
Abstract:
A floating roof for floating upon and covering liquids stored in storage tanks, the roof including a deck generally conforming to the shape of the associated storage tank and having transverse dimensions and a thickness such that the deck is flexible, a pontoon around the outer periphery of the deck to impart buoyancy thereto, and a hermetically sealed hollow floatation ring mounted on the deck intermediate the center and the outer edge thereof, the weight of the floatation ring being asymmetrically disposed so as to place an area of the deck at a lower level than all other areas to provide a sump, and a drain communicating with the sump to drain liquid from the upper surface of the deck.