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US 2022/0154881 A1Published application
Composite tank
AssigneeAmtrol Licensing Inc.
InventorsCHRISTOPHER KAMPF, JEFFREY NETO, KEN CERPOVICZ, JODY MCKINLEY
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Abstract
Provided is a tank including a polymeric upper dome having a neck with a through passage, a polymeric lower dome having a neck with a through passage, a polymeric shell having a first end connected to the upper dome and a second end connected to the lower dome, and a connection attached to each of the upper and lower domes in the through passages of the necks, wherein the upper dome, lower dome, and shell form a cavity.
Claims20
A tank comprising:
- a polymeric upper dome having a neck with a through passage;
- a polymeric lower dome having a neck with a through passage;
- a polymeric shell having a first end connected to the upper dome and a second end connected to the lower dome;
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- a connection attached to each of the upper and lower domes in the through passages of the necks, the connections being the same as one another and each including a through passage with threads along an inner surface thereof for connection of attachments and a flange portion received in a corresponding area in the respective upper and lower dome,
- wherein the upper dome, lower dome, and shell form a cavity.
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A tank assembly comprising:
- a tank including:
- a polymeric body defining a cavity and having an upper neck and a lower neck each defining a through passage in communication with the cavity, and
- a lower connector having an inlet portion attached to the lower neck, a flange, and a conduit portion extending from the inlet portion, the inlet portion and conduit portion each having a through passage fluidly connected with one another to direct flow from the cavity through the conduit portion;
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- a support stand supporting the tank, the support stand including:
- a support body having an upper wall and a locking aperture defined in the upper wall through which the lower connector extends,
- a sidewall extending downward from the upper wall and having an aperture through which the conduit extends,
- a lower wall extending downward from a lower end of the sidewall, and
- an attachment mechanism extending from the locking aperture for connection to the tank, the attachment mechanism including a plurality of spaced tabs connected to the flange to couple the lower connector to the support stand.
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A tank comprising:
- a polymeric upper dome having a first end, a second end, and a lead-in proximate the first end;
- a polymeric lower dome having a first end, a second end, and a lead-in proximate the first end;
- a polymeric shell having a first end connected to the upper dome at the lead-in by spin welding and a second end connected to the lower dome at the lead-in by spin welding and forming with the upper and lower dome a cavity;
- a flexible diaphragm connected to an inner wall of the polymeric shell in the cavity;
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- a fiberwinding layer around an outer surface of the polymeric upper dome, polymeric lower dome, and polymeric shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.