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Storage tank and floating roof with a gauge well having a floating seal therein

US4260068A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1980
Grant dateApr 7, 1981
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D88/42
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A floating vapor seal is suspended in a slotted gauge well that extends through a floating roof of a petroleum product storage tank. It has a flexible, product resistant layer that contacts the inside walls of the gauge well near the level of product in the well. The floating roof contacts the product around the gauge well and has a seal between it and the outside of the well.

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