GB2049570A - Liquid transport and delivery - Google Patents
Liquid transport and delivery Download PDFInfo
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- GB2049570A GB2049570A GB8013383A GB8013383A GB2049570A GB 2049570 A GB2049570 A GB 2049570A GB 8013383 A GB8013383 A GB 8013383A GB 8013383 A GB8013383 A GB 8013383A GB 2049570 A GB2049570 A GB 2049570A
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- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 title claims description 22
- 239000000446 fuel Substances 0.000 claims description 7
- 238000005086 pumping Methods 0.000 claims description 7
- 238000011049 filling Methods 0.000 claims description 3
- 230000001681 protective effect Effects 0.000 abstract description 3
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 3
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- 238000005192 partition Methods 0.000 description 1
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- 230000001105 regulatory effect Effects 0.000 description 1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B67D7/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes
- B67D7/04—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
- B60P3/00—Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects
- B60P3/22—Tank vehicles
- B60P3/224—Tank vehicles comprising auxiliary devices, e.g. for unloading or level indicating
- B60P3/2265—Arrangements for hoses, tubes, or reels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S5/00—Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or refitting of vehicles
- B60S5/02—Supplying fuel to vehicles; General disposition of plant in filling stations
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
- B64F1/28—Liquid-handling installations specially adapted for fuelling stationary aircraft
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D88/00—Large containers
- B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
- B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
- B65D88/128—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport tank containers, i.e. containers provided with supporting devices for handling
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B67D7/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes
- B67D7/06—Details or accessories
- B67D7/38—Arrangements of hoses, e.g. operative connection with pump motor
- B67D7/40—Suspending, reeling or storing devices
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- Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
- Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
- Loading And Unloading Of Fuel Tanks Or Ships (AREA)
Abstract
An engine 1 tows one or more container tanks 3 arranged on a semi-trailer 2 in removable manner. At least one of the tanks 3 incorporates measuring and delivery plant 7. Each tank 3 is situated inside a robust protective frame 4 which has the external dimensions of a standard container. All the various container tanks can be operated and stacked in conventional fashion and they can be interconnected by means of flexible piping so as to constitute a single tank served by the plant carried by one of them. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Assembly for the transport and delivery of liquids especially fuels by means of containers
The present invention relates to an assembly for the transport and delivery of liquids, especially fuels, by means of containers.
As is known, for the transport by road of liquids in general and of fuels in particular, use is made of the well known tank trucks which consist essentially of a tank permanently fixed to a vehicle and provided with means for the delivery, measurement and pumping of the said liquid. In the case of poor liquids, such as water, said delivery assembly reduces to one or more hoses provided with a decanting cock, while for more costly or dangerous liquids, such as fuels, it is necessary to provide for the pumping, measurement and delivery of the said liquid, an assembly integral with the vehicle and actuated as a rule by the propulsive unit of the said vehicle.
The object of the invention is to achieve an assembly for the transport and delivery of liquids which utilises for the said liquids the well known technique of containers and which allows a disengagement both of the container and the pumping, delivery and measuring assembly from the towing vehicle with which assembly it is possible, with a single engine, to serve in the most efficient and versatile manner various self-sufficient "re-fuelling points" provided, that is, with the store of liquid and the means to discharge it.
According to the invention, there is provided an assembly comprising, in combination, an engine, one or more container tanks arranged on the said engine in removable manner, and at least one pumping, measuring and delivery plant incorporated in one of the said containers and independent of the engine.
All the various container tanks can be operated and stacked in conventional fashion and they can be interconnected by means of flexible pipes so as to constitute a single tank served by the plant carried by one of them.
The invention will now be described with reference to the attached drawings which represent by way of example and not in a restrictive manner a preferred embodiment of the said invention.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of an assembly according to the invention constituted by two containers one of which includes a plant;
Fig. 2 depicts a re-fuelling point for aircraft obtained by a series of containers according to the invention;
Fig. 3 depicts a detail of the plan of Fig. 2 viewed from in front on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 4 is a perspective back view of the plant;
Fig. 5 is the sectional view according to line V-V of
Fig. 2.
With reference to Fig. 1, numeral 1 isto indicate the engine coupled to a semi-trailer 2 of known type adapted to transport the containers. The invention provides one or more containing units constituted by a tank 3 of parallelepiped form with rounded corners arranged in a robust protective frame 4 having the dimensions of a container. The tanks are provided with ladders 5, with perforated partitions for the stabilisation of the liquid and with all the accessories for filling, emptying and safety which are not described in detail as they are known.
At least one of the container tanks, for example the rear container in Fig. 1, has incorporated in it a pumping, delivery and decanting plant 7 which will be described in detail below.
In Fig. 2 there is illustrated the use of the assembly just described with reference to the re-fuelling of aircraft. The various containers are un-loaded from the towing means, deposited at the desired point, optionally stacked according to the usual technique for containers and are interconnected in series by means of the hoses 8. In this way, a single plant 7 serves for the working of the various tanks 3. In Fig. 2 there are five tanks, but it is evident that their number can vary according to operative requirements. Once arranged, the container tanks with the relevant plant 7, the engine 1 and the semi-trailer 2 are availabie to carry out other services.
The plant is depicted in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 with the protective covers removed to show the internal parts.
From the tank 3, the liquid is drawn by means of a centrifugal pump 9 operated by the diesel motor 10 and is sent to the micro-filter 11. From this latter, the liquid is sent to two reels 12 and 13, provided by the connectors 14 and 15. Before entering the reels 12 and 13, the liquid passes through the litre-counting metres 16 and 17 which provide the indication of quantity discharged.Furthermore, in the front part of the plant 7 are provided the panel 18 having the controls and indicator instruments involved in the regulation of the pump pressure, the panel 19 having the indicator instruments 20 relating to the working of the motor 10, and the controls 21 which are operatively connected with the ball valves 22, the pressure regulating and delivery valves 23, the non-return valve 24 and the by-pass valve 25, in order to achieve at will any circuit variation which involves the delivery of the liquid from the tank to one or both the reels, the filling of the said tank, the decanting and so on. Also provided is a sluice gate 26 communicating with the outside to draw liquid at will from outside.
The assembly is equipped with the normal control and safety apparatus which will not be described in detail as it is known.
The foregoing description has been made with specific reference to the transport and distribution of fuels but it is understood that the apparatus described above lends itselfto liquids of a different nature.
From the above, it will be evident that the teaching according to the invention consists in the application of the technique for containers to the distribution and transport of liquids, particularly fuels, thereby to obtain numerous advantages both from the economic point of view and from an operative point of view.
The present invention has been described in its preferred form on realisation but it is understood that variations in the way of carrying it out can be introduced in practice by an expert in the art without
going outside the ambit of protection of the present
industrial monopoly.
Claims (5)
1. Assembly for the transport and delivery of liquids, characterised by the fact of including, in combination, an engine, one or more container tanks towed by the said engine and arranged in removable fashion, and at least one plant for pumping, decanting, measuring and delivering incorporated in one of the said containers and independent of the said engine.
2. Assembly according to Claim 1 characterised by the factthatthe said tank is of essentially parallelepiped form with rounded corners and is contained in a rigid frame having the dimensions and the characteristics of a container.
3. Assembly according to eitherofClaims 1 and2 characterised by the fact that the said container tanks can be removed and stacked in conventional fashion and can be interconnected by means of flexible pipes thereby to constitute a single tank served by the plant carried by one of them.
4. Assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 3 characterised by the fact that the said plant includes a motor, a centrifugal pump operated by said motor, one or more reels for the delivery, decanting and pumping of the liquid, a micro-filter
and measuring means inserted downstream of the
said motor driven pump, and an assembly of valves
and sluice gates which allow all the operation of fil
ling, delivering and decanting.
5. Assembly forthetransport and delivery of
liquids, particularly fuels, by means of containers,
according to any one of Claims 1 to 4 substantially as described and illustrated.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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IT48939/79A IT1116590B (en) | 1979-05-04 | 1979-05-04 | COMPLEX FOR THE TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY OF LIQUIDS, PARTICULARLY FUEL BY MEANS OF CONTAINERS |
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GB2049570A true GB2049570A (en) | 1980-12-31 |
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GB8013383A Withdrawn GB2049570A (en) | 1979-05-04 | 1980-04-23 | Liquid transport and delivery |
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DE (1) | DE3016183A1 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2455555A1 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2049570A (en) |
IT (1) | IT1116590B (en) |
Cited By (12)
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EP0024846A2 (en) * | 1979-08-23 | 1981-03-11 | WHITBREAD & CO. LTD. | Improvements in the delivery of liquid |
WO1992021591A1 (en) * | 1991-05-28 | 1992-12-10 | Instant Terminalling & Ship Conversion, Inc. | Transportable liquid products container |
EP0601774A2 (en) * | 1992-12-07 | 1994-06-15 | Halliburton Company | Tank assembly for well stimulation fluids |
US5365980A (en) * | 1991-05-28 | 1994-11-22 | Instant Terminalling And Ship Conversion, Inc. | Transportable liquid products container |
WO1998001330A1 (en) * | 1996-07-04 | 1998-01-15 | Societe D'achats, Ventes Et Entretien De Containers (Savec) | Portable autonomous service station |
FR2761676A1 (en) * | 1997-04-07 | 1998-10-09 | Achats Ventes Et Entretien De | Transportable autonomous service station for motor vehicles |
FR2777551A1 (en) * | 1998-04-20 | 1999-10-22 | Cmtp Sarl | Mobile storage unit for bitumen or petroleum products |
EP2082931A1 (en) * | 2008-01-23 | 2009-07-29 | Shell Internationale Researchmaatschappij B.V. | Transportable refuelling assembly |
CN101992749A (en) * | 2010-10-14 | 2011-03-30 | 深圳市好时代专用挂车有限公司 | Multifunctional mobile gas station |
CN103612841A (en) * | 2013-11-12 | 2014-03-05 | 张家港市海星集装箱制造有限公司 | Container for transporting lubricating oil |
CN110451118A (en) * | 2019-08-27 | 2019-11-15 | 辽宁易通石化装备制造有限公司 | A kind of modular Separated explosion-proof skid-mounted oil filling device |
US11286154B2 (en) | 2010-02-16 | 2022-03-29 | Energera Inc. | Fuel delivery system and method |
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DE9100939U1 (en) * | 1991-01-28 | 1991-06-06 | Plaumann Spezialfahrzeuge Behälter- u. Apparatebau GmbH, 2105 Seevetal | Tanker |
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GB1159892A (en) * | 1967-05-18 | 1969-07-30 | Tyburn Road Tank Services Ltd | Tank Vehicles |
US3702661A (en) * | 1970-03-06 | 1972-11-14 | Trinity Ind Inc | Storage tank assembly and method of installing it |
US3971491A (en) * | 1975-10-14 | 1976-07-27 | General American Transportation Corporation | Intermodal tank container |
FR2440287A1 (en) * | 1978-10-31 | 1980-05-30 | Jacob Sa Transports | Vehicle with removable transporting tank - has tank mounted on subframe with pumps, meters and hose easily removed from chassis |
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- 1979-05-04 IT IT48939/79A patent/IT1116590B/en active
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- 1980-04-23 GB GB8013383A patent/GB2049570A/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1980-04-25 FR FR8009304A patent/FR2455555A1/en active Pending
- 1980-04-26 DE DE19803016183 patent/DE3016183A1/en not_active Withdrawn
Cited By (16)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0024846A2 (en) * | 1979-08-23 | 1981-03-11 | WHITBREAD & CO. LTD. | Improvements in the delivery of liquid |
EP0024846A3 (en) * | 1979-08-23 | 1982-03-24 | WHITBREAD & CO. LTD. | Improvements in the delivery of liquid |
WO1992021591A1 (en) * | 1991-05-28 | 1992-12-10 | Instant Terminalling & Ship Conversion, Inc. | Transportable liquid products container |
US5365980A (en) * | 1991-05-28 | 1994-11-22 | Instant Terminalling And Ship Conversion, Inc. | Transportable liquid products container |
US5460208A (en) * | 1991-05-28 | 1995-10-24 | Deberardinis; Nicholas W. | Transportable liquid products container |
EP0601774A2 (en) * | 1992-12-07 | 1994-06-15 | Halliburton Company | Tank assembly for well stimulation fluids |
EP0601774A3 (en) * | 1992-12-07 | 1995-03-22 | Halliburton Co | Tank assembly for well stimulation fluids. |
WO1998001330A1 (en) * | 1996-07-04 | 1998-01-15 | Societe D'achats, Ventes Et Entretien De Containers (Savec) | Portable autonomous service station |
FR2761676A1 (en) * | 1997-04-07 | 1998-10-09 | Achats Ventes Et Entretien De | Transportable autonomous service station for motor vehicles |
FR2777551A1 (en) * | 1998-04-20 | 1999-10-22 | Cmtp Sarl | Mobile storage unit for bitumen or petroleum products |
EP2082931A1 (en) * | 2008-01-23 | 2009-07-29 | Shell Internationale Researchmaatschappij B.V. | Transportable refuelling assembly |
US11286154B2 (en) | 2010-02-16 | 2022-03-29 | Energera Inc. | Fuel delivery system and method |
US12017902B2 (en) | 2010-02-16 | 2024-06-25 | Energera Inc. | Fuel delivery system and method |
CN101992749A (en) * | 2010-10-14 | 2011-03-30 | 深圳市好时代专用挂车有限公司 | Multifunctional mobile gas station |
CN103612841A (en) * | 2013-11-12 | 2014-03-05 | 张家港市海星集装箱制造有限公司 | Container for transporting lubricating oil |
CN110451118A (en) * | 2019-08-27 | 2019-11-15 | 辽宁易通石化装备制造有限公司 | A kind of modular Separated explosion-proof skid-mounted oil filling device |
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IT1116590B (en) | 1986-02-10 |
IT7948939A0 (en) | 1979-05-04 |
FR2455555A1 (en) | 1980-11-28 |
DE3016183A1 (en) | 1980-11-13 |
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