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US 2012/0256410 A1Published application
All Inclusive Manway and Sump Connector
OwnerDavid D. Russellinventor
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Abstract
An all-inclusive manway and sump connector designed to allow for the attachment of both manway covers and sumps to the manway of an underground storage tank without the need for an adapter or the retrofitting of the manway which was required with the devices and modalities of the prior art.
Claims12
An all-inclusive manway and sump connector for an underground storage tank with a manway, the connector comprising:
- a manway throat with a posterior end and an anterior end and a length there between, the anterior end of the manway throat being attached to the manway;
- a manway flange attached to and extending out laterally away from the posterior end of the manway throat, the manway flange having a top surface;
- an inner bolt pattern sized and shaped to attach to a manway cover and located on the top surface of the manway flange;
- an outer bolt pattern sized and shaped to attach to a sump and located on the top surface of the manway flange;
- wherein the inner bolt pattern and the outer bolt pattern allow for simultaneous attachment of both the manway cover and the sump to the underground storage tank.
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A method of simultaneously attaching a manway cover and a sump to a manway opening to an underground storage tank, the method comprising:
- providing an underground storage tank with a manway opening;
- providing an all-inclusive manway and sump connector connected to the manway opening, the all-inclusive manway and sump connector comprising:
- a manway throat with a posterior end and an anterior end and a length there between, the anterior end of the manway throat being attached to the manway;
- a manway flange attached to and extending out laterally away from the posterior end of the manway throat, the manway flange having a top surface;
- an inner bolt pattern sized and shaped to attach to a manway cover and located on the top surface of the manway flange;
- an outer bolt pattern sized and shaped to attach to a sump and located on the top surface of the manway flange;
- attaching the manway cover to the inner bolt pattern on the manway flange;
- and
- attaching the sump to the outer bolt pattern on the manway flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.