Spill containment system for container tanks
AssigneeEnvironmental Resolutions, Inc.
InventorsJoseph R. Hirsh, William H. Kirchner
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AssigneeEnvironmental Resolutions, Inc.
InventorsJoseph R. Hirsh, William H. Kirchner
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A spill containment system for container tanks which include a liquid container and a steel frame surrounding the liquid container. The overall dimensions of the container tank are approximately twenty feet long, eight feet wide and eight and a half feet high. Beneath one or more stacked container tanks is a containment pan assembly including a liquid-tight pan having an interior capable of holding at least a portion of the contents of one liquid container. The containment pan assembly has an upper rectangular section that supports the container tanks and also has a length of about twenty feet and a width of eight feet. However, the entire height of the containment pan assembly is between eight inches and twenty-four inches. Additional similarly constructed containment pan assemblies are arranged adjacent the first assembly with hoses interconnecting the interiors of the several liquid-tight pans of the several containment pan assemblies.
A spill containment system for container tanks comprising:
A plurality of containment pan assemblies for a spill containment system for container tanks, each containment pan assembly including a liquid-tight pan having an interior capable of holding at least a portion of the contents of one of said liquid containers, said assembly having an upper rectangular section with four corners and a corner casting at each of said corners, said upper rectangular section having a length of about twenty feet and a width of about eight feet, said container pan assembly having a height of between eight inches and twenty-four inches and being capable of supporting a container tank on said upper rectangular section and hose means interconnecting the interiors of said liquid-tight pans.
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