Pressure-filling system for filling a tank, and an aircraft including the system
AssigneeEurocopter
InventorsGregory Basset, Lionel Lollini
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Abstract
A pressure-filling system (10) for filling a tank (2) and including a pressure-filling valve (11). The pressure-filling system (10) comprises a filling pipe (13) having a first end (13′) that is connected to said pressure-filling valve (11), and a second end (13″) that is connected to a check valve (14) that opens out into said tank (2), said filling pipe (13) being connected to a purge system (20) that opens out into said tank (2) so as to discharge a fluid contained in the filling pipe (13), said filling pipe (13) being connected to a branch pipe (15) that opens out to the open air (100) for dumping excess fluid from a tank in the event of excess pressure in the tank.
Claims7
A pressure-filling system for filling a tank and including a pressure-filling valve, said pressure-filling system comprising a filling pipe having a first end that is connected to said pressure-filling valve, and a second end that is connected to a check valve, said filling pipe being connected to a purge system that opens out into said tank so as to discharge a fluid contained in the filling pipe, said filling pipe being connected to a branch pipe that opens out to the open air for dumping excess fluid from a tank in the event of excess pressure in the tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.