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US 2019/0039759 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Locking a Storage Tank Above a Scale During Transportation
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsCraig F. Govekar, Rahhali Sanhaji
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Abstract
An apparatus including a storage tank, a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank, a lever having a first end and a second end pivotally mounted to the frame, a scale system positioned beneath the storage tank, wherein in a first position, the storage tank exerts a force against the scale system, and in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom of the storage tank such that the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale system.
Claims26
An apparatus, comprising:
- a storage tank;
- a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank;
- a lever having a first end and a second end pivotally mounted to the frame;
- and
- a scale system positioned beneath the storage tank;
- wherein in a first position, the storage tank exerts a force against the scale system, and in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom of the storage tank such that the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale system.
3 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- a storage tank;
- a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank;
- and
- a scale system positioned beneath the storage tank;
- means for moving the storage tank from a first position where the storage tank exerts a force against the scale system to a second position where the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale system.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- providing a storage tank, a frame positioned at least partially beneath the storage tank, a scale system positioned beneath the storage tank, and means for moving the storage tank from a first position where the storage tank exerts a force against the scale system to a second position where the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale system;
- and
- moving the storage tank from the first position wherein the storage tank exerts a force on the scale system to the second position where the storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the scale system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.