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US 5,590,806 AGranted
Fuel fill pipe shelf for a generator set fuel tank
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsVincent D. Green, Mark W. Colton
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Abstract
A fuel fill pipe shelf for a generator set fuel tank is mounted in the upper end of a tower of the fuel tank. The fuel pipe shelf comprises an insert which is welded into an opening in the upper end of the fuel tank. The insertcupies a volume which otherwise would be part of the interior of the fuel tank. The fuel fill, vent and fuel gage are all supported on the fuel shelf. As a result, the fuel fill, fuel gage and vent are all within a protected recess in the fuel tank.
Claims7
The combination of a fuel storage tank and a fill pipe assembly for the storage tank:
- said tank comprising an upper end including a top and at least one lateral surface, said tank having an opening in the top thereof and an opening in said lateral surface thereof which cooperate with one another to define a cut out at the upper end of said tank;
- said fill pipe assembly comprising:
- an insert adapted to be matingly received in said cut out, substantially within the confines of what would have been the interior of said tank before said cut out was made, said insert being further adapted to be attached to said openings in said top and lateral surface of said tank in fluid tight relationship;
- said insert having a fuel fill opening therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.