Multi-compartment tanker
OwnerShiloh Williamsinventor
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a multi-compartment tanker. An apparatus includes a first liquid storage tank and a second liquid storage tank. The apparatus includes one or more valves that connect the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank. The apparatus includes a vacuum pump that is connected to the first and second liquid storage tanks and operable for facilitating transfer of at least a portion of a liquid in the first liquid storage tank to the second storage tank in response to a valve connecting the first and second storage tanks being opened.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first liquid storage tank;
- a second liquid storage tank;
- one or more valves, the one or more valves connecting the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank;
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- a vacuum pump, the vacuum pump connected to the first and second liquid storage tanks and operable for facilitating transfer of at least a portion of a liquid in the first liquid storage tank to the second storage tank in response to a valve connecting the first and second storage tanks being opened, the vacuum pump simultaneously pressurizing the first liquid storage tank while sucking air from the second liquid storage tank to create a pressure differential between the first liquid storage tank and the second liquid storage tank to transfer the at least a portion of the liquid from the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank.
A system, comprising:
- a mobile tank trailer, the mobile tank trailer comprising:
- a first liquid storage tank;
- a second liquid storage tank;
- one or more valves, the one or more valves connecting the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank;
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- a vacuum pump, the vacuum pump connected to the first and second liquid storage tanks and operable for facilitating transfer of at least a portion of a liquid in the first liquid storage tank to the second storage tank in response to a valve connecting the first and second storage tanks being opened, the vacuum pump simultaneously pressurizing the first liquid storage tank while sucking air from the second liquid storage tank to create a pressure differential between the first liquid storage tank and the second liquid storage tank to transfer the at least a portion of the liquid from the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank.
A method, comprising:
- pumping a liquid from an external site into a first liquid storage tank;
- pressurizing, simultaneously, the first liquid storage tank while sucking air out of a second liquid storage tank using a vacuum pump coupled to the first and second liquid storage tank to create a pressure differential between the first liquid storage tank and the second liquid storage tank to transfer at least a portion of the liquid from the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank;
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- opening one or more valves connecting the first liquid storage tank to a second liquid storage tank, wherein at least a portion of the liquid in the first liquid storage tank transfers to the second liquid storage tank through the open one or more valves that connect the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank in response to the vacuum pump acting on the first and second liquid storage tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.