Mobile fluid storage and supply apparatus and method
AssigneeWestern Environmental, LLC
InventorsTodd Bachman, Christopher Downs
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Abstract
A trailer has a fluid storage and supply container supported on the bed of the trailer, and a containment wall surrounding the fluid storage and supply container to provide an open containment region. A drain valve controls the flow of fluid collecting in the containment region. A filter separates the fluid from any water draining from the containment region.
Claims25
A mobile fluid storage and supply apparatus comprising:
- a fluid storage and supply container;
- a trailer including a bed and a containment wall and supporting the fluid storage and supply container;
- and
- the containment wall connected to the bed and surrounding at least a first portion of the fluid storage and supply container, the containment wall and the bed defining an open fluid containment region around the fluid storage and supply container for at least partially containing a fluid leak from the fluid storage and supply container, wherein at least a second portion of the fluid storage and supply container extends above the open fluid containment region.
A method for supplying a fluid to a motorized machine at a site comprising:
- transporting to a predetermined location at the site a trailer including a bed, a hitch, and a containment wall and supporting a fluid storage and supply container wherein the containment wall surrounds at least a first portion of the fluid storage and supply container and connects with the bed to define an open fluid containment region around the fluid storage and supply container for at least partially containing a fluid leak from the fluid storage and supply container, and at least a second portion of the fluid storage and supply container extends above the open fluid containment region;
- detaching the hitch from the trailer to inhibit movement of the trailer from the predetermined location;
- and
- supplying a motorized machine at a location proximate the predetermined location with a fluid stored in the mobile fluid storage and supply container by transferring the fluid through a conduit operatively associated with a fluid outlet of the mobile fluid storage and supply container and a fluid inlet of the motorized machine.
The method of claim 23, further comprising locking at least one of the at least one stanchion to inhibit movement of the trailer from the predetermined location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.