Fluid handling – Plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow – With manifold or grouped outlets
Patent
1980-02-25
1982-01-26
Cline, William R.
Fluid handling
Plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow
With manifold or grouped outlets
137549, 13762519, 13762523, 13762547, 280 5R, 123 4142, 440 3, F16K 1102, F16K 1122
Patent
active
043123724
ABSTRACT:
A fluid handling system and multi-positionable valving arrangement for use therein wherein a plurality of fluid source means such, for example, as a plurality of fuel tanks or the like, are adapted to be interconnected with a plurality of fluid utilization means such, for example, as a plurality of diesel engines or the like, in such a manner that fluid contained in a selected one or ones of the plurality of fluid source means can be directed to all or selected ones of the plurality of fluid utilization means, and wherein excess fluid which is unused by the fluid utilization means can be returned to the particular source means from which it was supplied or, in certain instances, can be returned to fluid source means other than that from which it was supplied. Various embodiments of the invention are illustrated and described, generally in connection with fluid handling systems of the types employed on marine vessels or the like where the invention finds particularly advantageous, but not necessarily exclusive, use. In the various embodiments of the invention illustrated it is possible to incorporate both the fuel delivery and fuel return functions in a single valve having one or two selectively positionable control element(s) or, alternatively, to provide two identical valves which respectively function to deliver fluid to, and return fluid from, the plurality of fluid utilization means.
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Amos Benton H.
Wood William M.
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