# US 9,434,600 B2 · Fluid collecting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,434,600 B2 - Document ID: US9434600B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/630,633 - Filed: 2015-02-24 - Published: 2015-09-03 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-03 - Assignees: National Disaster Management Institute - Applicants: National Disaster Management Institute - Inventors: Byungtae Yoo; Keumho Oh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434600B2 ## CPC - B67D 7/3209: {relating to spillage or leakage, e.g. spill containments, leak detection (leak detectors for underground fuel dispensing systems G01M3/2892)} - F23K 5/00: Feeding or distributing other fuel to combustion apparatus - F23N 2231/18: Detecting fluid leaks - Y10T 137/5762: With leakage or drip collecting - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - F23K: FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS (fuel feeders specially adapted for fluidised bed combustion apparatus F23C10/22) - F23N: REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION (control devices specially adapted for combustion apparatus in which combustion takes place in a fluidised bed of fuel or other particles F23C10/28; condition responsive controls for regulating combustion in domestic stoves with open fires for solid fuel F24B1/187) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Disclosed herein is a fluid collecting apparatus. The apparatus comprises a body disposed adjacent to fluid conveying or storing equipment to limit a moving path of fluid leaked from the equipment, a collector connected to the body to collect the leaked fluid, and a controller connected to the body to control an operation of the collector. The fluid collecting apparatus is capable of safely collecting fluid, for example, harmful gas leaked from fluid conveying or storing equipment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluid collecting apparatus, comprising: a body disposed adjacent to fluid conveying or storing equipment to limit a moving path of fluid leaked from the equipment; a collector connected to the body to collect the leaked fluid; and a controller connected to the body to control an operation of the collector, wherein the body has a first interior space surrounding an area of the equipment from which the fluid may be potentially leaked, and the collector comprises a collecting bag having a second interior space that communicates with the first interior space, and disposed on the moving path of the leaked fluid and an auxiliary bag connected to the collecting bag and having a third interior space separated from the second interior space, wherein the fluid collecting apparatus further comprises an auxiliary-bag propeller disposed adjacent to the auxiliary bag, the auxiliary-bag propeller giving a propulsive pressure to the third interior space in response to a control signal of the controller, thus expanding the auxiliary bag, wherein the operation of the collector includes the collecting bag being expanded by expansion of the auxiliary bag. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluid collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the collecting bag comprises a fluid outlet to discharge the leaked fluid. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluid collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a fluid detector disposed on the moving path of the leaked fluid in the body, thus detecting the leaked fluid, wherein the fluid detector detects the leaked fluid and then transmits a detection signal to the controller. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fluid collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a collector actuating switch disposed on an outer surface of the body, wherein, as the collector actuating switch is pressed down, a collector actuating signal is transmitted to the controller, and thereby the controller actuates the collector. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fluid collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the body comprises a fluid outlet to discharge the leaked fluid to an outside. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fluid collecting apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the controller communicates wirelessly with an exterior remote control room. ### Claim 7 A fluid collecting apparatus, comprising: a body disposed adjacent to fluid conveying or storing equipment to limit a moving path of fluid leaked from the equipment; a collector connected to the body to collect the leaked fluid; and a controller connected to the body to control an operation of the collector, wherein the collector comprises a collecting screen disposed above the body and a plurality of collecting-screen support weights connected to an end of the collecting screen, wherein each of the collecting-screen support weights is flied up in response to the control signal of the controller, thus causing the collecting screen to surround a peripheral area of the body.