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US 10,518,691 B2Granted
Low profile sump and high efficiency suction
AssigneeUnited Plastic Fabricating Inc.
InventorsF. Joseph Lingel, Andrew Lingel, Stanley Wojnowski, Michael Ashley
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Abstract
A system is provided for providing enhanced suction evacuation of a fluid storage tank, the system having a suction pipe disposed parallel and proximate to the bottom of the tank, having a section of the pipe proximal to the bottom of the tank being an opening through which the liquid is evacuated. The system may further provide a sump that is disposed on the bottom of the tank and not aligned with the opening of the suction pipe.
Claims11
A system for evacuation of a fluid storage tank, the system comprising:
- a suction pipe disposed proximate to a bottom of said tank and having a major axis parallel to said bottom of said tank;
- said suction pipe having a single opening disposed in a sidewall thereof, on a side opposite to said bottom of said tank
- wherein said opening comprises a single arc section of said pipe being not greater than ½ a circumference of said pipe;
- a sump comprising a depression disposed within the bottom of said fluid storage tank;
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- said depression having a depth not greater than a thickness of said bottom of fluid storage tank;
- wherein said sump is offset from the suction pipe such that the opening of the suction pipe is not disposed over the sump.
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