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Article: German Inventors Develop Tank Container Bottom Side Rail Structure
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 20, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 20 -- Dieter Pfau of Weitefeld, Germany, and Ulrich Bernhardt of Nenndorf, Germany, have developed a tank container with a bottom side rail unit composed of longitudinal beams, connected with one another by a shell element.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the "longitudinal beams make the bottom side rail unit extremely light, flat and at the same time deflection resistant, and prevent unwanted vertical strain from acting on the container."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The bottom side rail unit integrates the tank as a supporting element via a suitable insulation and is, in combination with the shell element, ...