REINFORCEMENT-FREE TANK FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC APPARATUS.

摘要

A reinforcement-free tank (10) for an electromagnetic apparatus, as may be immersed in a fluid is provided. The tank may include a pair of mutually-opposite side walls (12). Each side wall may have at least one curved segment defining a vertically-curving profile 14 between a top edge 16 and a bottom edge 18 of a side wall. A pair of mutually-opposite end walls (20). Each end wall may have a substantially vertically- extending semi-cylindrical shape (22) defining a vertically-straight profile(24) between a top edge (26) and a bottom edge (28) of an end wall. A plurality of vertically-extending joining members (30). Each joining member may be configured to provide a transition between the vertically-curving profile of a side wall and the vertically-straight profile of a corresponding end wall. The walls can withstand vacuum and overpressure conditions which can develop in the tank without a reinforcing member connected to the walls.