US958025A - Liquid-fuel tank. - Google Patents

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US958025A
US958025A US1909522928A US958025A US 958025 A US958025 A US 958025A US 1909522928 A US1909522928 A US 1909522928A US 958025 A US958025 A US 958025A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K15/077—Fuel tanks with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86187—Plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow
    • Y10T137/86212—Plural compartments formed by baffles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
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    • Y10T137/86187—Plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow
    • Y10T137/86228—With communicating opening in common walls of tanks or compartments

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  • My invention is an improved liquid fuel tank suitable for use with motor vehicles and boats or the like. Its purpose is to provide improved means for automatically signaling when the contents of the tzink has been reduced so that there is a definite" amount in reserve.
  • Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a tank embodying my improvements
  • Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view thereof.
  • the apparatus as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a tank 1,. having the, discharge pipe 2 leading from ,the bottom thereof, by which the fluid is conveyed to the engine.
  • a division plate or partition 3 is placed in the tank, preferably on the opposite side of the centerfrom the outlet 2, and provided with the flange 3. which is fixed to the inner surface of the tanks cylindrical shell.
  • the plate 3 extends from the bottom of the tank, preferably to apoint considerably below the top, to form a compartment 4 which will hold the amount of fuel which it is desired to have in reserve,- the top of the'plate being bent toward the compartment 4 to reduce splashing there from over into the complementary compart ment 4.
  • a valve casing 5 is placed in the lower part of the tank against the plate or partition 3, and a port 6, passing through the casingand the diaphragm, serves to'establish communication between the compartments 4 and 4 of the tank, the latter com-; municating directly through its bottom with the pipe 2.
  • a rod 7 is provided with a threaded bottom 7 "which screwsinto the valve casing 5 and acts as a valve for controlling the port 6.
  • a tank having an inlet, a partition rising' from the bottom to a termination below said inlet, said partition forming com artments, a discharge passage leading rom the bottom of one of said compartments, and valve mechanism controlling a passage through the bottom of said partition whereby said compartments communicate, said valve mechanism comprising a casing containing a port and a revoluble rod having a threaded engagement with said casing forcontrolling sald port.

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J'. A. STEINMETZ.
LIQUID' FUEL TANK. I APPLIOATI'ON TILED OUT. 16,1909.
Patented May 17, 1910.
M A mm? ATZOR/VEK WITNESSES."
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
zrosnrn A. STEINMETZ, or PHILADELPHIA, PnnnsYLvANm.
mourn-FUEL TANK.
To a'll whom it may concern:
Be it known that l, JosErH A. STEIN- METZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Liquid-Fuel Tanks, of which the following is a specification.
My invention is an improved liquid fuel tank suitable for use with motor vehicles and boats or the like. Its purpose is to provide improved means for automatically signaling when the contents of the tzink has been reduced so that there is a definite" amount in reserve.
In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a tank embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view thereof.
The apparatus, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a tank 1,. having the, discharge pipe 2 leading from ,the bottom thereof, by which the fluid is conveyed to the engine. A division plate or partition 3 is placed in the tank, preferably on the opposite side of the centerfrom the outlet 2, and provided with the flange 3. which is fixed to the inner surface of the tanks cylindrical shell. The plate 3 extends from the bottom of the tank, preferably to apoint considerably below the top, to form a compartment 4 which will hold the amount of fuel which it is desired to have in reserve,- the top of the'plate being bent toward the compartment 4 to reduce splashing there from over into the complementary compart ment 4.
A valve casing 5 is placed in the lower part of the tank against the plate or partition 3, and a port 6, passing through the casingand the diaphragm, serves to'establish communication between the compartments 4 and 4 of the tank, the latter com-; municating directly through its bottom with the pipe 2. A rod 7 is provided with a threaded bottom 7 "which screwsinto the valve casing 5 and acts as a valve for controlling the port 6. A journal bearing 8,
' fixed to the partition 3 near its to serves to hold the rod 7, which is journale therein. An aperture 9, closed by a screw cap 10,
is formed in the top of the tank above the partition and the valve rod, so that fuel.
Patented May 17, 1910.
the fuel level has fallen to the top of suchpartition and thereafter the liquid will dischar e from the compartment 4 until the supp y therein is exhausted, which will be indicated by the action of the engine. The operator then knows that he has in reserve the definite amount of liquid which is contained in the compartment 4, below the level of the partition, and which will carry him a known distance.
Having described my invention, I claim:
1. A tank containing a partition forming two compartments, valve mechanism dis-. posed near the bottom of said partition for controlling communication .therethrough between said compartments, an outlet for discharging from the bottom of one of saidv compartments and an inlet through the top of said tank over said partition for charging both of said compartments simultaneously.
2. A tank having an inlet, a partition rising' from the bottom to a termination below said inlet, said partition forming com artments, a discharge passage leading rom the bottom of one of said compartments, and valve mechanism controlling a passage through the bottom of said partition whereby said compartments communicate, said valve mechanism comprising a casing containing a port and a revoluble rod having a threaded engagement with said casing forcontrolling sald port.
3. A tank containing a partition which rises from its bottom to a level below the top thereof, said partition having its upper porfproviding a passage through ing from the bottom of the tank to a'terminus below said inlet, said partition forming compartments, and valve mechanism controlling a passage through the bottom of said partition whereby said compartments communicate, said valve mechanism being wholly within said tank and comprising a casing containing a port and a longitudinally movable rod accessible through said inlet. J 10 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name this 15th day of October, 1909.
JOSEPH A. STEINMETZ. Witnesses:
ROBERT JAMES EARLEY, Jos. G. DENNY, Jr.
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US4354521A (en) * 1979-04-06 1982-10-19 Ab Volvo Device in a fuel tank for motor vehicles

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US4354521A (en) * 1979-04-06 1982-10-19 Ab Volvo Device in a fuel tank for motor vehicles

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