Apparatus and method for locking a storage tank above a scale for transportation
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsRahhali Sanhaji, Craig F. Govekar
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Abstract
An apparatus including a first storage tank, a frame positioned at least partially beneath the first storage tank, a first lever having a first end and a second end, and the first lever is pivotally mounted to the frame; and a first scale system positioned beneath the first storage tank, wherein in a first position, the first storage tank exerts a force against the first scale system, and wherein in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom surface of the first storage tank such that the first storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the first scale system, when the first storage tank is in the second position.
Claims29
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first storage tank;
- a frame positioned at least partially beneath the first storage tank;
- a first lever having a first end and a second end, and the first lever is pivotally mounted to the frame;
- and
- a first scale positioned beneath the first storage tank;
- wherein in a first position, the first storage tank exerts a force against the first scale system,
- wherein in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom surface of the first storage tank such that the first storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the first scale, when the first storage tank in the second position;
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- wherein the first end of the first lever extends through an aperture in a first side wall and the first end of the first lever is operable by a user to move the first lever and first storage tank from the first position to the second position.
A method, comprising:
- providing a first storage tank, and a frame positioned at least partially beneath the first storage tank;
- and a first lever having a first end and a second end, and the first lever is pivotally mounted to the frame, and a first scale system positioned beneath the first storage tank, wherein in a first position, the first storage tank exerts a force against the first scale, and in a second position, the second end of the first lever exerts a force on a bottom surface of the first storage tank such that the first storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the first scale, when the first storage tank is in the second position;
- moving the first storage tank from the first position wherein the first storage tank exerts a force on the first scale to the second position where the first storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the first scale;
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- wherein the step of moving the first storage tank from the first position to the second position comprises moving the first end of the first lever such that the second end of the first lever exerts the force against the bottom surface of the first storage tank;
- and further includes the step of positioning the first end of the first lever underneath a notch in a boundary of an aperture in a first side wall to lock the first end of the first lever and first storage tank into the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.