Road tanker
AssigneeHockney Pty. Limited
InventorTrevor Dingle
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Abstract
Road tanker for an articulated vehicle, for hauling petroleum or other liquid products. The tanker has an elongated vessel provided internally with dividers. The dividers are joined to the side walls of the vessel by "U-shaped" extrusions providing dual connection between the dividers and the wall. The forward end of the vessel is provided with a skid plate which is integral with or located so as to be substantially at the same level as the bottom surfaces of the vessel. The forward and rearward vertical corners are hollow sections to reinforce the vessel at those locations. The vertical sides of the vessel are joined to the top panel by means of rails which inhibit rolling of the tanker from the side panels to the top panel.
Claims19
A road tanker comprising:
- a hollow tanker body formed of sheet metal;
- at least one transversely extending single thickness divider wall positioned internally of said tanker body, said at least one divider wall having opposite side edges;
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- at least a portion of each of said opposite side edges of said at least one divider wall comprising a bifurcated edge, and each of spaced flanges bifurcated edge being welded to said tanker body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.