Auxiliary propane fuel tank system for vehicles

Details Auxiliary propane fuel tank system for vehicles Auxiliary propane fuel tank system for vehicles

1998-06-24

1999-11-02

Mai, Lanna

Land vehicles

Tank or boiler

Service tank

B60P 322

Patent

active

059755741

ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary fuel tank system includes a permanent pressure tank for natural gas or propane is mounted on a vehicle such as a fork lift truck. The auxiliary tank is connected through fuel lines to a replaceable portable tank which supplies fuel to the auxiliary tank through check valves and a valve mechanism which may be turned on and off. The auxiliary tank is filled upon initial attachment of the portable tank to the fuel line for the truck. After filling the auxiliary tank, the valve mechanism is closed only to be reopened upon exhaustion of fuel from the portable tank. Fuel lines connect the respective tanks to the engine thereby permitting operation of the engine, even upon exhaustion of fuel from the portable, replaceable tank.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3893678 (1975-07-01), Engdahl
patent: 5330031 (1994-07-01), Hill et al.
patent: 5718260 (1998-02-01), Leonardi

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