Apparatus for transfer of fluent materials from one container to another
AssigneeFrances K. Divelbiss
InventorsCarl D. Divelbiss, Mortimer R. Dock
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Abstract
Apparatus for transferring fluent material such as a liquid or gas from a chamber in which it is contained into a receiving chamber, at least one of said chambers having rigid metallic walls and being inaccessible for the use of conventional transfer means, said two chambers being connected by means such as a hose extending between one of said chambers and a hollow body sealedly attached onto the wall of the other chamber, and means for creating an orifice in the wall of said other chamber to permit the passage of a liquid or gas therethrough; pumping means to activate such transfer; and other means for the retrieval of said apparatus.
Claims12
An apparatus detachably securable upon the surface of a container for the transfer of the fluid or aeriform contents thereof to a receiving vessel, said apparatus comprising a housing having upon the exterior thereof at least two projecting legs having magnetic feet for initial engagement of said apparatus with said container;
- and disposed within said housing a motor connected by power lines and hose means extending between said apparatus and said receiving vessel, and integrally connected to said motor a power shaft and a power ram;
- locking dogs hingedly connected to said power ram for the detachable securement of said apparatus to said container;
- a pilot drill centrally disposed within a circular saw integrally connected to said power ram, said saw projecting beyond the end of said housing most distant from said motor and being adapted to cut an orifice in the wall of said container;
- and sealing gasket and ring means for preventing the escape of the contents of said container;
- said entire apparatus being retrievable after removal of said contents from said container by release of the locking action of said dogs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.