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US 10,329,037 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for locking a storage tank above a scale during transportation
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsCraig F. Govekar, Rahhali Sanhaji
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Abstract
An apparatus including a storage tank, a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank, a lever having a first end and a second end pivotally mounted to the frame, a scale system positioned beneath the storage tank, wherein in a first position, the storage tank exerts a force against the scale system, and in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom of the storage tank such that the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale system.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- a storage tank;
- a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank;
- a lever having a first end and a second end, the lever pivotally mounted to the frame;
- and
- a scale positioned beneath the storage tank;
- wherein in a first position, the storage tank exerts a force against the scale, and in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom of the storage tank such that the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale;
- wherein a cam attached to a lever shaft is rotatable to engage the first end of the lever to move the second end of the lever to exert a force on the bottom of the storage tank to move the storage tank from the first position to the second position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a storage tank;
- a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank;
- a lever having a first end and a second end pivotally mounted to the frame;
- and
- a scale positioned beneath the storage tank;
- wherein in a first position, the storage tank exerts a force against the scale, and in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom of the storage tank such that the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale;
- wherein a cam attached to a lever shaft is rotatable to engage the first end of the lever to move the storage tank from the first position to the second position;
- and
- wherein the cam is rotatable by a user operated handle attached to the lever shaft.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a storage tank, a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank, a lever having a first end and a second end, the lever pivotally mounted to the frame, a cam attached to a lever shaft, a scale positioned beneath the storage tank;
- and
- moving the storage tank from a first position wherein the storage tank exerts a force on the scale to a second position where the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale;
- wherein the step of moving the storage tank from the first position to the second position comprises the step of rotating the cam attached to the lever shaft against the first end of the lever such that the second end of the lever exerts a force against a bottom surface of the storage tank to lift the storage tank above, and out of contact with, the scale.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.