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US 10,850,234 B2Granted
Tank tube bracket for a tank with a diverted discharge opening
AssigneeMEAS France
InventorsVincent Leger, Loic Mathieu, Florent Gaunard, Armand Castandet
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Abstract
A tank tube bracket for a tank comprises a receptacle extending along an axis and receiving a tank tube and a passage adapted to pass a fluid through the tank tube bracket. A distal end of the passage is directed toward the axis of the receptacle.
Claims15
A tank tube bracket for a tank, comprising:
- a receptacle extending along an axis and receiving a tank tube;
- a passage adapted to pass a fluid through the tank tube bracket, a distal end of the passage is directed toward the axis of the receptacle, the passage includes an elbow between the distal end and a proximal end of the passage, the proximal end of the passage is opposite the distal end of the passage;
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- a housing forming at least a part of the receptacle and at least a part of the passage at the distal end, the housing has a flat section extending between the proximal end, the elbow, and the distal end.
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A fluid tank, comprising:
- a tank tube bracket including a receptacle extending along an axis and receiving a tank tube and a passage adapted to pass a fluid through the tank tube bracket, a distal end of the passage is directed toward the axis of the receptacle;
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- a sensor device disposed in the fluid tank, the distal end of the passage points in a direction away from the sensor device and is not located vertically above the sensor device, a proximal end of the passage is located vertically above the sensor device, the proximal end of the passage is opposite the distal end of the passage.
An assembly, comprising:
- a pump;
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- a tank tube bracket including a receptacle extending along an axis and receiving a tank tube, a passage adapted to pass a fluid through the tank tube bracket, and a housing, the passage is connected to a discharge outlet of the pump and a distal end of the passage is directed toward the axis of the receptacle, the passage includes an elbow between the distal end and a proximal end of the passage, the proximal end of the passage is opposite the distal end of the passage, the housing forming at least a part of the receptacle and at least a part of the passage at the distal end, the housing has a flat section extending between the proximal end, the elbow, and the distal end.
A tank tube bracket for a tank, comprising:
- a receptacle extending along an axis and receiving a tank tube;
- a passage adapted to pass a fluid through the tank tube bracket, a distal end of the passage is directed toward the axis of the receptacle;
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- a housing forming at least a part of the receptacle and at least a part of the passage at the distal end, the housing is formed of a pair of halves held together by a plurality of fixing elements, each of the halves is a monolithic part including at least a part of the receptacle and at least a part of the passage at the distal end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.