Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment
Patent
1993-02-12
1994-12-13
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
137371, 141 86, 405128, 588249, B65G 500, B65B 306
Patent
active
053724534
ABSTRACT:
A fuel spill containment system for use with an underground fuel tank has two upstanding fill tubes extending upwardly from the tank through the bottom wall of a spill container. Each tube has an adjustable sealed connection with the container bottom wall to adapt to the container for different fill tube spacings. The spill container is floatably positioned within a protective casing having an overhead cover with an access opening above the fill tubes. A flexible annular sleeve extends from the spill container side wall to the overhead cover to form a flexible liquid-tight closure about the container upper edge. Dislocations of the casing or spill container, caused by earth movements, as from freezing or earthquake, are safely absorbed by the flexible sleeve, thereby preventing earth stresses from breaking connections between the casing and the container.
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Brown Boniard I.
Taylor Dennis L.
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