Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transporting fluent cargoes through liquid are provided, the apparatus including one or more units arranged in substantially linear alignment, in which at least one of the units includes two or more non-internally reinforced containers close-coupled in a side-by-side manner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 1999
Date of Patent:
September 25, 2001
Assignee:
Aquarius Holdings Limited
Inventors:
Nicholas Macewan Savage, Christopher David Wyndham Savage
Abstract: A method of supplying liquid is provided, including the steps of providing, at a first location, a cistern on land for liquid; providing, at a second location, a floating flexible container of liquid; and incrementally conveying liquid from the container to the cistern according to a demand determined according to the use of liquid in the cistern. The invention is directed to an apparatus for supplying liquid employing the on-land cistern and floating flexible container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 3, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2000
Assignee:
Aquarius Holdings Limited
Inventors:
Simon Michael Pratt, Jean-Claude Andre Chalmet