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US 7,604,256 B2Granted
Baffling system for emergency tanker vehicle
OwnerLarry F. Reberinventor
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Abstract
A baffling system for vehicle-mounted tanks is disclosed that reduces the concentration of vehicle destabilizing inertial forces of contained liquids caused by vehicle movements during transportation. The baffling system includes circular dish-shaped head baffles antipodally positioned with respect to each other, which attenuate forward and rearward directed liquid surges, and a plurality of longitudinal baffles that attenuate side-to-side liquid surges. The circular-shaped head baffles include removable cutouts for access to the tank compartments.
Claims20
A fire tanker truck comprising:
- a generally cylindrical tank mounted on the truck, wherein a longitudinal axis of the tank is parallel to the truck's direction of locomotion;
- a plurality of circularly shaped head baffles mounted at right angles to, and spaced along the longitudinal axis of the tank;
- an access cutout formed in each head baffle;
- a door being removably fastened to each head baffle and partially covering the access cutout, wherein a single water transfer port is at least partially formed by a portion of the access cutout not covered by the door, the water transfer port being at least partially formed by the bottom of the tank and the bottom of the door along the lowest edge of the head baffle;
- a vacuum pump connected to the tank for charging and discharging water;
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- a plurality of longitudinal baffles mounted parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tank, wherein the plurality of longitudinal baffles are positioned below a horizontal plane through a center of the tank.
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A fire tanker truck comprising:
- a generally cylindrical tank mounted on the truck, wherein a longitudinal axis of the tank is parallel to the truck's direction of locomotion;
- a plurality of longitudinal baffles mounted parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tank, wherein the plurality of longitudinal baffles are positioned below a horizontal plane through the center of the tank;
- at least two circularly shaped head baffles mounted at right angles to, and spaced along the longitudinal axis of the tank;
- an access cutout formed in each head baffle;
- a door partially covering the access cutout in each head baffle, wherein a water transfer port is formed by a portion of the access cutout not covered by the door, the water transfer port being at least partially formed by the bottom of the tank and the bottom of the door along the lowest edge of the head baffle;
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- a vacuum pump connected to the tank for charging and discharging water, the vacuum pump being in fluid communication with each water transfer port.
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A fire tanker truck comprising:
- a generally cylindrical tank mounted on the truck, wherein a longitudinal axis of the tank is parallel to the truck's direction of locomotion;
- a plurality of longitudinal baffles mounted parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tank, wherein the plurality of longitudinal baffles are positioned below a horizontal plane through the center of the tank, further wherein each longitudinal baffle is positioned a radial distance away from an interior wall of the tank;
- at least two circularly shaped head baffles mounted at right angles to, and spaced along the longitudinal axis of the tank;
- an access cutout formed in each head baffle;
- a door partially covering the access cutout in each head baffle, wherein a water transfer port is formed by a portion of the access cutout not covered by the door, the water transfer port being at least partially formed by the bottom of the tank and the bottom of the door along the lowest edge of the head baffle;
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- a vacuum pump connected to the tank for charging and discharging water, the vacuum pump being in fluid communication with each water transfer port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.