초록 ▼

Apparatus for the filling of a tank with a volatile liquid includes a delivery pipe having a pair of tubular distribution members hinged to the lower end thereof. The distribution members may hinge between an insertion position where they lie parallel to the axis of the delivery pipe and a deployed

Apparatus for the filling of a tank with a volatile liquid includes a delivery pipe having a pair of tubular distribution members hinged to the lower end thereof. The distribution members may hinge between an insertion position where they lie parallel to the axis of the delivery pipe and a deployed position where the members are co-axial but extending normally to the axis of the delivery pipe. When in their insertion position, the distribution members as well as the delivery pipe may be passed through the conventional fill-pipe of the tank, the distribution members then hinging to their deployed position as the lower end of the delivery pipe approaches the bottom of the tank. The delivery pipe is in communication with the interior of the distribution members when the latter are in their deployed position. Holes are formed along the length of each distribution member so that volatile liquid fed down the delivery pipe in the tank is distributed throughout the area of the tank, so minimizing turbulence of liquid already in the tank.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What I claim is:] [1.] Filling apparatus for use in the filling of an essentially closed tank with a volatile liquid, while minimizing any resultant turbulence in the tank comprising a delivery pipe adapted to be inserted generally vertically through an opening into the tank, and at least one dist

[ What I claim is:] [1.] Filling apparatus for use in the filling of an essentially closed tank with a volatile liquid, while minimizing any resultant turbulence in the tank comprising a delivery pipe adapted to be inserted generally vertically through an opening into the tank, and at least one distribution member being hingedly connected about a transverse axis to the lower end of the delivery pipe so as to be movable between an insertion position where the or each distribution member extends parallel to the pipe and a deployed position where the or each distribution member extends generally radially away from the pipe, the or each distribution member being in the form of a duct arranged so that when in its deployed position liquid flowing along the delivery pipe may then flow along the duct defined thereby, and exit from the distribution member along the length thereof.