Apparatus for preventing leakage of oil and the like from a tank

Details Apparatus for preventing leakage of oil and the like from a tank Apparatus for preventing leakage of oil and the like from a tank

1991-01-31

1992-06-09

Swinehart, Edwin L.

Ships

Building

Freighters

114 74T, B63B 2508

Patent

active

051197499

ABSTRACT:
The invention includes an expandable closed-off container mounted within the tank. A pump system is coupled to the container for pumping the oil from the tank to the interior of the container. In one embodiment, the apparatus is mounted to a support structure located in proximity to the bottom of the tank and is expandable upward and outward therefrom with the pump system mounted in proximity to the bottom of the tank. In a second embodiment of the invention, the apparatus is mounted in proximity to the top of the tank and is expandable downward and outward. An individual pump is attached to the container.

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