Tank For Fluids Patents (Class 220/4.12)
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Patent number: 8820903Abstract: A cartridge includes N number of printing material supply ports, N being a natural number of 2 or more, a printing material containing section, and a negative pressure generating member. The N printing material supply ports are arranged along the Y axis in a surface. The printing material containing section is provided between a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a direction along a Y axis, and contains a printing material. The negative pressure generating member is provided between the side surfaces, and generates negative pressure in the printing material containing section. A relationship between a length W1 along the Y axis from one of the side surfaces to the other and a length W2 along the Y axis of the negative pressure generating member between the one side surface and the other side surface satisfies W2<W1/N.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Izumi Nozawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Tadahiro Mizutani
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Fuel container, fuel residual amount measurement device, and fuel residual amount measurement method
Patent number: 8820569Abstract: A fuel container includes a container body having a fuel discharge port and an interior spacing. A body of liquid fuel is filled in the interior spacing of the container body. Follower units are provided in the container body, in contact with at least a part of an end of the body of the liquid fuel. Solid follower auxiliary members are interposed between the follower units and the body of liquid fuel to be optically detectable.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Yoshihisa Suda, Takahiro Osada, Kozi Nishimura, Toshimi Kamitani -
Patent number: 8813983Abstract: A fluidtight tank including a bearing structure, a fluidtight barrier, the fluidtight barrier having a polygonal, cylindrical shape and including a vertical wall and a bottom wall, in which the said vertical wall of the fluidtight barrier has a plurality of vertical panels the bearing structure surrounding the vertical wall, and in which the bottom wall includes a plurality of rectangular components arranged in sectors that are the image of one another but rotated, the edges of the rectangular components of one of the sectors being respectively parallel and perpendicular to one of the vertical panels, wherein the number of the vertical panels is twice the number of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Gaztransport & TechnigazInventor: Adnan Ezzarhouni
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Publication number: 20140224793Abstract: An intermodal container converted to a tank for processing wastewater has a process wall detachable from a hatchway in a wall of the container. The process wall is bolted to an interior facing flange in the container wall and is installed so as to sandwich a gasket and a lip between the process wall and the flange. When the process wall is at a container end wall, first components for interface with water to be treated are sealingly fixed into one part of the process wall designed to be below the level of contained water. Second process components such as those associated with communication cabling, power cabling or piping to be run through the converted container are sealingly fixed into an upper part of the process wall above a design level of contained water to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventors: Jason Downey, Jeffrey Kempson
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Publication number: 20140216424Abstract: An engine includes a fuel tank with a fuel tank body defining an internal fuel tank volume for containing a fuel, a vent conduit integrally formed with the fuel tank body, and an air cleaner system including an air cleaner housing defining an internal air cleaner volume. The vent conduit extends between an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture. The inlet aperture is in fluid communication with the internal fuel tank volume. An opening is formed in the air cleaner housing and the vent conduit extends through the opening. The outlet aperture of the vent conduit is positioned within the internal air cleaner volume and the vent conduit provides fluid communication between the internal fuel tank volume and the internal air cleaner volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Chad J. Gartzke, Jacob Schmalz, Carl T. Tiefenthaler, Paul A. Leech, Kenneth Breitenstein
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Publication number: 20140203014Abstract: A method includes wrapping one or more pieces of fabric around at least one piece of shape memory material. The method also includes attaching outer edges of the one or more pieces of fabric to other portions of the one or more pieces of fabric. The method further includes depositing liquid-impervious material onto the one or more pieces of fabric to form free-standing flexible walls and a floor of a containment structure. The floor is formed seamlessly with the walls. The wrapping could include attaching a bottom of the at least one piece of shape memory material to the one or more pieces of fabric at locations spaced apart from the outer edges of the one or more pieces of fabric. The wrapping could also include attaching sides of the at least one piece of shape memory material to the one or more pieces of fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: TITANLINER, INC.Inventor: Joshua D. Hopkins
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Patent number: 8783501Abstract: An apparatus and method for constructing a cryogenic storage tank (700) having a welded inner tank (702), an outer shell (704) surrounding the welded inner tank (702), a concrete foundation (728) comprising a raised portion (752), a plurality of cellular glass blocks (734) positioned directly on top of the raised portion (752) of the concrete foundation (728), a leveling course of concrete (736) poured on top of the uppermost layer of the plurality of cellular glass blocks (734), and a mounting apparatus (718) affixed to the concrete foundation (728), where the welded inner tank (702) is positioned on top of the leveling course of concrete (736) and the outer shell (704) is affixed to the mounting apparatus (718) at locations around the periphery of the outer shell (704).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventor: Avijit Mookerjee
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Patent number: 8783488Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid reservoir, in particular a fluid reservoir to be integrated into a miniaturized flow cell, comprising a reservoir space, which is enclosed by two bodies (6,7) that lie against each other in a fluid-tight manner. According to the invention, in addition to a stored liquid (9), a solid filling body (12) that fills the remaining reservoir space is arranged in the reservoir space. A part of the reservoir space filled by the stored liquid is preferably bounded predominately by one of the two bodies (6,7) and the solid filling body (12).Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Thinxxs Microtechnology AGInventor: Lutz Weber
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Publication number: 20140197166Abstract: A variable-diameter tank construction system is provided. The tank construction system uses sets of wedges (shims) and bevel-faced spacers (washers) in conjunction with the field connections of the vertical edges of adjacent modular tank wall panels, so as to create an angular deviation between the tangent lines of the watt panels immediately adjacent to and on either side of the vertical joint between the connected panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: GLOBAL FABRICATION INC.Inventors: DENNIS V. RAYBUCK, LUKE C. SICARD, II
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Patent number: 8777036Abstract: Reservoirs for fuel tanks, which can be filled via an opening that can be closed by a closing element, are already known. Such a closing element interacts with a sealing seat and is arranged on a bearing that is located in the region of the opening and is fixed to an edge area of the opening by at least two struts. In prior art, the opening, with the bearing and the struts, is often produced as a single-piece together with the reservoir and the base by injection molding. A disadvantage thereof is that the struts can undergo material shrinkage during production, which leads to a tension of the struts between the edge area of the opening and the bearing. This can lead to an irregular deformation and hence to an uneven sealing seat, so that the closing element does not seal in a tight manner and that the valve has a leak. in the reservoir according to the invention, the sealing of the opening is improved by at least one strut not having a rectilinear form, thus obtaining elastic expansion compensation.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Radek Malec, Vladimir Ptacek, Martin Ptacek, Martin Sykora, Josef Jarosik, Miloslav Gabris
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Publication number: 20140190965Abstract: A pressure vessel which is provided preferably for use in bladder accumulators (27), having a multi-part vessel body (1) composed of a tubular central part (3) which, at at least one of its two ends, has a termination region (5, 7), is characterized in that a cover part (9) which at least partially forms the respective termination region (5, 7) engages at the edge over the central part (3), at least in the region of the respectively assignable end (13, 15) thereof, so as to form a fixed connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventors: Peter Kloft, Herbert Baltes
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Publication number: 20140166649Abstract: A modular tank comprises a plurality of panels positioned on the ground or another surface to form sides of a containment wall. Each panel comprises: i) a side wall section having a trapezoidal shape; and ii) a frame assembly connected to the side wall section and configured to support the side wall section such that a first base of the trapezoid shape is disposed proximate a base of the containment wall and a second base of the trapezoid shape is supported in an elevated position to form part of an upper perimeter of the containment wall. The modular tank also includes a liner configured to be disposed on at least one of the containment wall and the ground surface to thereby form a barrier for containing fluid in the modular tank. Depending on whether the first base of a panel is wider or narrower than the second base, panels may be aligned to form straight walls or curved walls, thereby enabling the modular tank to assume different shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: MAG TANK HUNTER, LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Hoopes, Robert W. Sloan, III, Bradley C. Patterson
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Patent number: 8752725Abstract: The present invention concerns a cruciform construction element for use inside a tank to connect panels, which element is forged or molded in one piece and comprises intersecting webs.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Aker Engineering & Technology ASInventors: Arne Barrett Sele, Trygve Johannes Lund
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Patent number: 8746477Abstract: A tank is formed from panels fastened together edge to edge to form four upstanding side walls and base panels where across the base the panels extend from one side to the other. The panels are composite and formed from a honeycomb core panel with a foam material filling the tubular cells and a fibrous reinforcing cover sheets. The walls are supported by a metal frame including a base member extending along the wall at the bottom of the panels and a plurality of joining members connected to the base member and upstanding therefrom for holding the ends of the panels in end to end relationship. Cables extend along the walls adjacent the base member and connect to end posts of the walls. A series of posts stand along the walls on the outside and are connected across the tank by cables extending over the top edge of the walls.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Rhinokore Composites Manufacturing PartnershipInventor: Paul Dagesse
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Patent number: 8746493Abstract: A container tank body and a processing method thereof are provided. The tank body is arranged in a frame with a square-shaped cross section and comprises a cylindrical main body part, end enclosures arranged at two ends of the cylindrical main body part and fixedly connected with the cylindrical main body part, and a tank body strengthening device. The cylindrical main body part comprises a plurality of parts with an arc-shaped cross section, the parts are formed by bending and welding a same panel, and the cross section of the cylindrical main body part of the tank body is generally arranged between the square-shaped cross section of the frame and an inscribed circle of the square-shaped cross section. A tank container comprising the tank body is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignees: Qiqihar Railway Rolling Stock Co., Ltd., Dalian Qiche Railway Rolling Stock Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guang Li, Yuebin Yu, Zhongbo Li, Zhen Zhu, Qipeng Yang, Enqiang Lei, Jungsong Wang, Zhigang Li, Lianhua Lou, Jian Zhao, Yongfeng Yi
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Patent number: 8720735Abstract: A pressure vessel, including: a body portion; and an inclined nozzle projecting from the body portion along an axis inclined relative to an inner surface of the body portion, wherein: a through hole of a circular section is formed through both the body portion and the inclined nozzle. At an intersecting portion between the inner surface of the body portion and a surface surrounding the through hole, there are formed round portions. The radius of each of the round portions at two positions in a major axis direction is smaller than the radius of each of round portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Terada, Tatsuo Nishihara, Yukihiro Fukada
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Patent number: 8714390Abstract: A container for operating media of motor vehicles which is chemically stable both in respect of the fuel carried and in respect of additives.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Magna Steyr Fuel Systems GmbHInventor: Alexander Kögel
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Patent number: 8685149Abstract: A breather 2 on a top of a tank body 1 is opened through a carbon dioxide permeable membrane 3 to an atmospheric air so as to take an inert gas containing plenty of carbon dioxide permeated through the membrane 3 into the tank body 1 by a negative pressure due to reduction of a fuel F in the tank body 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Hino Motors, Ltd.Inventor: Noboru Uchida
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Patent number: 8616397Abstract: A pharmaceutical waste disposal assembly (10) for disposing of one or more of fluid pharmaceutical waste and solid pharmaceutical waste includes a first waste receiver (614) and a receiver retainer (16). The first waste receiver (614) includes a first receiver body (621) having a first body access (621BA). Additionally, the pharmaceutical waste moves in a first direction (695C) toward the first body access (621BA) through which the pharmaceutical waste is directly received by the first receiver body (621). The receiver retainer (16) substantially encloses the first waste receiver (614). Further, the first waste receiver (614) is removable from the receiver retainer (16). Moreover, one of the first waste receiver (614) and the receiver retainer (16) includes a first waste guide (667A) that guides the pharmaceutical waste in a second direction (695A) away from the first body access (621BA) and in the first direction (695C) toward the first body access (621BA).Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Cactus, LLCInventor: David A. Maness
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Publication number: 20130334222Abstract: A tank is provided, including a tray positioned on a skid; an outer tank wall positioned within the tray; an inner tank wall positioned within the first outer tank wall; wherein the outer tank walls is moveable from a first position wherein the inner tank wall is substantially contained within the outer tank wall; and a second position wherein the moveable outer tank wall is elevated, thereby increasing the height and storage capacity of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Fio-Dynamics Systems Inc.Inventors: David J. Elliot, Gentian Toska
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Patent number: 8608021Abstract: A fill cover assembly for a liquid fuel storage tank of a road tanker, the assembly comprising: a seat member having a frame, the frame defining a fill aperture, the frame being configured to be fixedly coupled to a base plate of a liquid storage tank, the base plate having a plate aperture formed therein, thereby to form a fluid-tight seal between the seat member and the base plate around said plate aperture; and a fill-cover coupled to the tank and arranged to be moveable with respect to the frame between a closed condition in which a fluid-tight seal is formed between the fill-cover and the frame and an open condition in which fluid may be passed through said fill aperture to fill said storage tank, wherein the assembly is further arranged to allow venting of pressurized fluid from the liquid storage tank in the event that a pressure of the fluid exceeds a prescribed value.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Mechtronic LimitedInventor: Trevor Poulter
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Patent number: 8573426Abstract: A pharmaceutical waste disposal assembly (10) includes a receiver body (19), a receiver guide (62), a fluid absorber (70) and a fluid distributor (64). The receiver body (19) receives fluid pharmaceutical waste. The receiver guide (62) guides the fluid pharmaceutical waste into the receiver body (19). The fluid absorber (70) is positioned within the receiver body (19), and is adapted to absorb at least a portion of the fluid pharmaceutical waste that is received by the receiver body (19). The fluid distributor (64) is coupled to the receiver guide (62), and extends at least partially into the fluid absorber (70) so that the fluid distributor (64) distributes the fluid pharmaceutical waste within the fluid absorber (70). The fluid distributor (64) includes a plurality of distributor apertures (278) that allow the fluid pharmaceutical waste to flow from the receiver guide (62) to the fluid absorber (70).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Cactus, LLCInventor: Dave A. Maness
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Patent number: 8567627Abstract: The invention is a small container for storing and discharging liquid and/or pasty materials. The container has a cylindrical tank with a cleaning portal mounted in the top-most portion thereof, and a base further comprising a discharge hopper. The base is configured with a wedge shape and is manufactured from material capable of being deep-drawn. The base is produced in one piece with the discharge hopper. The discharge hopper is shaped jointly with the base by means of a cupping procedure and is sloped at an angle of approximately 12°. An upper area of the base is molded with a first stroke of the cupping procedure and the drainage hopper, as an eccentric drainage cup, is molded with a second stroke. The container can have a stacking support assembly mounted on an upper portion of the container, and a stacking acceptance assembly mounted on a lower portion of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Ucon AG Containersysteme KGInventor: Klaus Schmider
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Patent number: 8550276Abstract: A cylindrical structure includes a vertical wall (3) and a bottom wall (2), the bottom wall having a plurality of sectors (4) which are rotated images of each other, each sector including a plurality of adjacent rectangular elements (8), characterized by the fact that the bottom wall has the shape of a regular polygon whereof each side (6) corresponds to one of the sectors, the edges of the rectangular elements of one sector being respectively perpendicular and parallel to the side of the polygon corresponding to the sector.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Gaztransport et TechnigazInventors: Yves Richard, Adnan Ezzarhouni
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Patent number: 8528763Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure vessel (1) for a high pressure press comprising at least a first sub-cylinder (4) and a second sub-cylinder (6), which are axially connected to form a cylinder body (2) for enclosing a high pressure medium, and a sealing arrangement arranged at the inner wall of the cylinder body for sealing the joint (3) between the first and the second sub-cylinder (4, 6) against leakage of the pressure medium. The sealing arrangement is comprising a ring shaped sealing band (18), a first circumferential protruding flange (30), which is arranged on the inner wall of the first sub-cylinder and which axially extends from the joint (3) and away from the second sub-cylinder (6), and a second circumferential protruding flange (32), which is arranged on the inner wall of the second sub cylinder (6) and which axially extends from the joint (3) and away from the first sub-cylinder (4).Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Avure Technologies ABInventor: Lennart Svensson
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Patent number: 8490821Abstract: An apparatus for separately containing fuel and an exhaust gas treatment fluid on a vehicle, such as an SCR reductant, includes a fuel tank having a perimeter wall and at least one end wall defining an internal space for containing fuel, a portion of the perimeter wall extending beyond the at least one end wall to form a rim defining with the at least one end wall a recess, and, a second vessel for containing the reductant or other treatment fluid having a shape conforming to the recess, the second vessel being supported in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Tam, Michael B. Stout
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Patent number: 8474647Abstract: A metallic liner for a composite reinforced high pressure gas cylinder is composed of a seamless metal tube contoured with a top dome and bottom dome. The liner is further composed of a seamless top metal end cap having a mating shape of the top dome and a seamless bottom metal end cap having a mating shape of the bottom dome. Alternatively, an extruded cup is shaped to a dome at the open end and one or two seamless metal end caps are used. In the method of manufacturing, the top and bottom ends of the metal tube are contoured, the end caps are produced, and one or two end caps are attached to the ends of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Vinjamuri Innovations, LLCInventor: Gopala Krishna Vinjamuri
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Patent number: 8470235Abstract: Process for manufacturing a fuel tank provided with internal accessories, based on a plastic parison, which is split or in at least two parts, in which process, the accessories are positioned on the parison while it is being molded, using a core (1) forming part of a mold which also comprises dies (2a, 2b), and in which process, the core is able to move in a controlled manner at a variable speed and/or between optional stop positions of variable duration.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems ResearchInventors: Bjorn Criel, Pierre-Francois Tardy
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Patent number: 8454809Abstract: A modular array of containers placed in parallel for electrolytic solutions used in metals electrolysis processes, particularly for metals electrowinning and electrorefining processes, assemblable from joinable and sealable prefabricated panels with other equal or similar ones, comprising at least a pair of opposite end walls (1, 2), lateral walls (3, 4), a plurality of floor panels (5) and a plurality of intermediate transverse walls (6), the modular array of containers having a common wall between two adjacent containers, the common wall defined by said intermediate transverse walls (6).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Novel Composites Technologies S.A.Inventor: Miguel Maldonado Ramirez De Arellano
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Patent number: 8435698Abstract: A fuel container 1 comprises: a container main body 2 in which a liquid fuel 4 is housed and fuel exhausting ports 24 and 31 to exhaust the liquid fuel 4 to the outside is formed; a following auxiliary member 71 which is solid, and situated on an end side of the liquid fuel 4 in the container main body 2, the following auxiliary member 71 moving to the sides of the fuel exhausting ports 24 and 31 as the liquid fuel 4 is exhausted; and a following body 5 situated on the end side of the liquid fuel 4, and packed in a space formed by an inner peripheral surface of the container main body 2 and an outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member 71, the following body 5 moving to the fuel exhausting ports 24 and 31 as the liquid fuel 4 is exhausted. Then, at least one of the inner peripheral surface of the container main body 2 and the outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member 71, which are faced to each other, is made to be uneven.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yugo Matsuda, Yasunari Kabasawa, Toshimi Kamitani, Kiyoshi Fujisawa
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Publication number: 20130105475Abstract: A modular dike or barrier assembly includes straight and curved members that may be interconnected to form a barrier or dike wall surrounding a primary container. The members are hollow and include opposed side walls having integrally formed reinforcing ribs. The side walls extend at an acute angle relative to the base of the barrier to contain and redirect a surge flow directed toward the dike or barrier assembly. The interior surfaces of the side walls are closely spaced at locations spaced from the ribs and tend to abut for added wall reinforcement upon application of wall deflecting loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: POLYSTAR INCORPORATEDInventor: POLYSTAR INCORPORATED
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Publication number: 20130098906Abstract: A portable reservoir frame having a number of interlocking panels secured by a plurality of interleaved knuckle members is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Sean Michael Lovelace, Christopher Jason Songe
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Publication number: 20130087558Abstract: An above-ground containment system comprises a plurality of truss assemblies, a band coupled to the truss assemblies, and a flexible liner. The truss assemblies are disposed in an arrangement defining a storage area. The band is coupled to the truss assemblies and encircles the storage area, and tensionably maintains the tress assemblies in the desired position. The liner is coupled to the truss assemblies and includes a central portion covering a base of the storage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: TrussTank, LLCInventor: TrussTank, LLC
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Patent number: 8409386Abstract: Storage tank assemblies and methods for water on water reverse osmosis systems. A bladder type storage tank is fabricated by forming first and second shells, which when joined together at a center region of each shell, form a tank enclosure, the first shell having first and second openings therein away from the center region of the respective shell, coupling a bladder to the first opening in the first shell so that the bladder will be within the tank enclosure when the first and second shells are joined together at a center region of each shell, temporarily holding the bladder in a collapsed state away from the center region of the first shell with one or more strings and passing the strings through the second opening, welding the first and second shells together at the center region of each shell to form the tank enclosure, and withdrawing the strings to release the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Next-RO, Inc.Inventors: John Jay Julos, Timothy Allen Beall
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Patent number: 8408417Abstract: A tank, comprising a storage space enclosed by a substantially fluid-tight tank wall, wherein the tank wall comprises a curing material for causing transition from a first flexible state to a second substantially form-retaining stage, wherein the tank wall is provided with a preformed opening for substantially fluid-tight co-action with a preformed valve.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Roland Gerardus Hubertus Josephus VercoelenInventors: Henk Emiel Cornelia Crone, Floris Jan Robert Koumans
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Patent number: 8397930Abstract: The present invention is an assembly for transporting, storing, and delivering a fuel such that a compromise to the containment of the fuel is readily recognized.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: GHT Global Heating Technologies, GmbHInventors: Giampaolo Vacca, Jeffrey Poston, Rongjau Lin
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Patent number: 8393494Abstract: The present invention concerns a large-volume storage vessel (100, 100?), comprising a closure section (200, 200?, 200?) closed by a base (210, 210?, 210?), another closure section (200, 200?, 200?) or a base (400) and/or and at least one intermediate section (300, 300?), at least two of the adjoining components being joined to each other by a joining means (500) comprising two collars (510) produced on the annular free ends of these two components while being turned facing each other, a plurality of bolts (520) passing through the two collars (510) in order to assemble them. According to the invention, the joining means comprises a plurality of washers (522) mounted on the screws of the bolts (520) while being interposed between the two collars (510) in order to form between them an annular volume (532) for receiving a sealing means (530).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Maya GroupInventor: Yannick Juhere
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Patent number: 8387334Abstract: An LNG system generally comprises a primary container, and a secondary container positioned around the primary container. The secondary container generally comprises a first end wall, a second end wall, and at least two side walls. At least one of the walls is fabricated from a plurality of prefabricated wall panels. Each of the wall panels is fabricated from a combination of concrete and steel. The wall panels are preferably prefabricated offsite, and then transported to the construction site where they are adjoined together in end-to-end fashion to form walls. A method for constructing a full containment LNG system is also provided. In one embodiment, walls and a roof for a secondary container are assembled, but leaving an end open. At least one primary tank is brought into the secondary container. A second end wall is then erected to form the enclosure for the secondary container.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Kailash C. Gulati, Thomas A. Ballard, Alexander V. Krimotat
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Publication number: 20130043240Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly of orthogonal tension beams (4) in alternate horizontal layers for use in a tank, wherein at least some of the intersection points between the orthogonal tension beams are interconnected by vertical spacer elements (5) with bending stiffness and torsional flexibility as well as spacer elements suitable for said assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventors: Arne Barrett Sele, Trygve Johannes Lund
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Patent number: 8376167Abstract: A portable reservoir frame composed of interlocking panels secured by a series of flanges having holes and pegs. An inner liner to hold liquid inside the reservoir frame is presented.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Energy Innovations, LLCInventors: Sean Michael Lovelace, Christopher Jason Songe
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Patent number: 8372274Abstract: The wastewater treatment system provides multiple techniques for decontaminating wastewater contained within a single system, thus optimizing the decontamination of the wastewater. In one embodiment, the wastewater treatment system includes a steel-reinforced plastic tank having first and second partition walls dividing the tank into first, second and third chambers. The first chamber includes at least one first effluent filter and further contains anaerobic bacteria for removal of organic waste material from the wastewater received therein. The first chamber is configured for at least partial removal of particulate and organic matter from the wastewater. The second chamber includes an air diffuser and further contains aerobic bacteria for further removal of organic waste material from the wastewater received therein. The third chamber includes a sludge pump assembly and at least one second effluent filter. Resultant purified water is selectively discharged from the third chamber through an outlet port.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Inventors: Daniel M. Early, Scott F. Easter
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Patent number: 8365937Abstract: A portable reservoir frame having a number of interlocking panels secured by a plurality of interleaved knuckle members is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Energy Innovations, LLCInventors: Sean Michael Lovelace, Christopher Jason Songe
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Patent number: 8366849Abstract: The invention relates to a method for lining a container, especially a reservoir, a tank or a basin in a water-tight manner. In order to avoid possible leakages and/or contaminations, the walls of the large container are provided with hook-and-loop-type fastening elements. Sealing webs are attached to these fastening elements by means of fastening elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Sika Technology AGInventors: Moritz Buchi, Josef Von Rotz
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Publication number: 20130001224Abstract: A storage tank is described that can be used for on-site storage of liquids, sludge or solids. Advantageously, the storage tank can be adapted to provide various functionality including a double walled containment system. Further, the storage container may be adapted from an intermodal container and include corner castings of a twist lock mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventor: ALTON PAYNE
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Publication number: 20120325809Abstract: A commodity tank for use with an air seeding implement includes a series of panels arranged to form an enclosure defining a volume configured to hold a supply of commodity. At least one or more of the panels has a warping-reducing bend formed therein. The commodity tank further has a series of tubular members with each tubular member located between adjacent and perpendicular panels to define a respective corner of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Kevin Hall, Darwin Zacharias
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Patent number: 8334032Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel tank excellent in strength, low fuel permeability and durability in spite of its being light in weight as well as a method of producing such fuel tank by which the tank can be molded in a complicated shape with ease and at low production cost. The present invention is a fuel tank, produced by joining of at least two discrete parts of a tank and each having a laminate structure comprising a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer in such a manner that at least the fluororesin layers of the parts are joined together to form the inner surface layer of the fluororesin layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Shigehito Sagisaka
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Patent number: 8322551Abstract: A storage tank containment system including a cubic-shaped tank having an outer shell having cylindrical walls for the efficient storage and transportation of large quantities of fluid, for example, liquid and compressed natural gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Altair Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Regu Ramoo, Mohan Parthasarathy, Thomas Lamb
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Patent number: 8317059Abstract: An adjustable fuel tank for a vehicle includes a container body having a first container section and second container section. A container volume is defined by the container body. The first and second container sections are moveable relative to one another for adjusting at least one of an exterior shape of the container body and the container volume of the container body.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mark Kisiler, David A. Thompson
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Publication number: 20120248104Abstract: This is directed to systems, processes, machines, and other means that stabilize a magnetic fuel canister. The invention can prevent a magnetic fuel canister from moving during transit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventor: John Charles Elliott Cannady
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Patent number: 8276780Abstract: A torque arm restraint is provided with a body having a bore including an axis and an arm extending from said body transversely to the axis and is adapted for resisting torque applied to the fitting of a liquid storage tank, and is configured either for mounting on a fitting or as a component of the fitting such as an outlet fitting mounting a pipe and extending from the wall of the tank. A tubular body permits passage of instrumentation or liquid therethrough and the arm may have an abutment surface positioned proximate the inside surface of the tank wall, either in engagement or in spaced relationship, whereby the arm resists torque applied to the fitting exteriorly of the tank. The body may include an attachment member which is adapted for mounting to a tank fitting, and may be coupled to a pipe within the tank.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Snyder Industries, Inc.Inventor: Darrell A. Oltman