Transport Device and Method for Transporting Fluid
AssigneeAlbers Alligator Projekten B.V.
InventorHendrikus Johannes Maria Albers
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a transport device for transporting loose cargo and fluid, including: an elongate loading floor on which loose cargo can be placed; a fluid tank to be fixed releasably to the loading floor and in which fluid can be stored, wherein the tank can be folded in longitudinal direction over the loading floor between a collapsed state in which the tank takes up a minimum loading floor area, to enable transport of a relatively large quantity of loose cargo, and an expanded state to enable transport of a relatively large amount of fluid.
Claims37
Transport device for transporting loose cargo and fluid, comprising:
- an elongate loading floor on which loose cargo is placeable;
- a fluid tank, including fixing means for fixing the tank to the loading floor, fluid being storable in the tank, wherein the tank is foldable in longitudinal direction over the loading floor between a collapsed state, to enable transport of a relatively large quantity of loose cargo, and an expanded state to enable transport of a relatively large amount of fluid;
- protective means for at least partly enclosing the fluid tank in the collapsed state for the protection thereof, the protective means being integrated with the fluid tank, wherein the fixing means of the fluid tank and the integrated protective means are adapted so as to arrange the tank at any random position along the loading floor and so as to mount the fluid tank releasably on the loading floor so that the tank is completely removable from the device.
Collapsible tank comprising:
- fixing means for fixing the tank to a loading floor, wherein fluid is storable in the tank and wherein the tank is foldable in longitudinal direction over the loading floor between a collapsed state, to enable transport of a relatively large quantity of loose cargo, and an expanded state to enable transport of a relatively large amount of fluid;
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- protective means for at least partly enclosing the fluid tank in the collapsed state for the protection thereof, the protective means being integrated with the fluid tank, wherein the fixing means of the fluid tank and the integrated protective means are adapted so as to arrange the tank at any random position along the loading floor and so as to mount the fluid tank releasably on the loading floor so that the tank is completely removable.
Method for transporting fluid cargo in a transport vehicle suitable for the transport of loose cargo, comprising:
- providing an expandable fluid tank integrated with at least one protective device to at least partly enclose the fluid tank in a collapsed state for the protection thereof;
- placing the fluid tank with the integrated at least one protective device at a random position on a loading floor of the transport vehicle;
- expanding the tank over the loading floor;
- fixing the tank;
- filling the tank with the fluid for transport;
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- removing the tank from the transport vehicle after transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.