Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Automatic control of flow cutoff or diversion – Level or overflow responsive
Patent
1991-04-05
1992-08-11
Cusick, Ernest G.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Automatic control of flow cutoff or diversion
Level or overflow responsive
141 98, 141 86, 141 95, 141206, 220469, 137312, 137429, 417 9, 417 41, B67C 300
Patent
active
051370646
ABSTRACT:
Safety tank apparatus for installation to receive and store a liquid hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons, or the like, and from which liquid may be withdrawn, including: tank structure including an inner metallic tank, and an outer metallic tank protectively receiving the inner tank, the outer tank having a side wall, there being upper interior space above the inner tank and within the tank structure; the tank structure including a cover extending over the interior space; an opening in the sidewall, and a closure closing the opening, the closure movable to expose the upper interior space to access from the exterior; and control structure below the cover, and accessible through the opening for controlling flow of the liquid into the inner tank from the exterior of the safety apparatus; the closure extending above the level of liquid in the inner tank.
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McGarvey David C.
Whitman David C.
Cusick Ernest G.
Haefliger William W.
LRS, Inc.
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