Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment
Patent
1986-06-16
1988-08-09
Smith, Gary L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
141 86, 141 98, 141392, 137363, 137312, 137381, 404 25, 52 20, B65B 104
Patent
active
047624400
ABSTRACT:
A spill containment device for the fill tube of a liquid storage tank, particularly an underground, liquid storage tank. The containment device has a spill container with a bottom opening for receiving the tank fill tube in liquid sealing relation to the container wall and a top opening through which the fill tube is accessible for filling the tank, whereby the container contains any liquid spill during filling of the tank. The container top opening is closed by a removable cover which cooperates with a water drain arrangement to vent liquid vapor from the container while preventing rain and other ground surface water from entering the container. A drain valve operable from a position adjacent the container top opening is provided for draining liquid spill from the container to the tank. One embodiment is designed to receive multiple tank fill tubes and has a surrounding casing with a relatively massive top end closure having openings closed by separate relatively small covers which are individually removable to access the different tank fill tubes.
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Brown Boniard I.
Nicholson Eric K.
Smith Gary L.
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