| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 220400130 | Formed of thermoplastic material | 19 |
| 20080230539 | CHEMICAL MIXING STATION - A molded plastic mixing station housing for mixing water and chemical for car wash applications comprises a generally right hexahedron having a deep top recess which visually divides the housing into parallel spaced apart towers. A cylindrical mixing reservoir is recessed into the front of the housing such that a Hyrominder can be mounted in the top recess to overlie the open top of the mixing reservoir. A stand-off welt wraps around the entire housing just below the vertical center line to provide a stand-off feature for both wall mounting as well as the mounting of a control panel on one of the side surfaces of the housing. Mounting bracket slots are provided in the four upper corners of the housing for both wall mounting and control panel mounting. A deep recess runs down the back side to provide space for an overflow tube. The housing is preferably rotocast from high density polyethylene and may be color coded to match with the supply for a particular chemical. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080272116 | Fuel bladder apparatus and method - A fuel bladder apparatus includes a fuel bladder, tank, and cap. The fuel bladder includes an elastomeric envelope, fuel inlet, and fuel outlet. The elastomeric envelope has an upper section, lower section and side section. The fuel inlet is disposed at the upper section. The fuel outlet is disposed at the lower section. The tank includes a rigid housing, inlet port, outlet port, and air inlet. The inlet port is disposed in cooperative alignment with the fuel inlet. The fuel inlet is sealed to the inlet port. The outlet port is disposed in cooperative alignment with the fuel outlet. The cap is detachably secured to the inlet port. The cap detachably seals the fuel inlet. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090071955 | Modular Tank with Cooperating Formations on End Walls - A tank assembly suitable for use in the transport of liquids, the tank assembly including at least two tank sections which are adapted to be fitted together in an assembled position. Each tank section includes an end wall, the end walls being adjacent one another when the tank sections are in the assembled position. The end walls have cooperating formations thereon which are adapted to cooperate with one another so as to limit relative movement between the tank sections at least in one direction when in the assembled position. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090242551 | Resin-made fuel tank structure of vehicle - A resin-made fuel tank structure of a vehicle is provided to suppress the formation of a notch in a mounting portion of an insert portion on a tank body. The fuel tank structure includes a tank body. The tank body includes a resin material having fuel permeation resistance. The fuel tank structure includes an insert portion separate from the tank body. The insert portion includes a resin material. The insert portion also includes a mounting portion to mount the insert portion on the tank body and a fuel fill opening. The insert portion is configured to be mounted to an outer layer of the tank body. The outer layer of the tank body is configured to be in close contact with an end portion of the mounting portion of the insert portion. The outer layer is configured to bulge more outward and upward than the mounting portion. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090250458 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PLASTIC FUEL TANK WITH IMPROVED CREEP STRENGTH - A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090255927 | Bin and Tank Assembly - A container assembly for controlling rate of oxygen transfer from the atmosphere into a liquid stored in the container assembly comprising,
| 10-15-2009 |
| 20090308864 | CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK - A chemical storage tank includes at least a main body and two sealing members combined together with each other. The main body is formed as a cylinder or other shapes, integrally made of acid-proof and alkali-proof plastic materials, with a storage space formed inside it for storing any chemical material or product, and with a circumferential wall having its upper and its lower end respectively formed with a connecting opening. The sealing members are integrally made of the same plastic material of the main body, respectively combined together with the upper and the lower connecting opening of the main body by plastic welding. Thus, the welding portions between the main body and the sealing members are located around the circumferential wall, able to prevent pressure in the tank from damaging the chemical storage tank to insure safety. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090308865 | FUEL CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF A FUEL CONTAINER - The invention relates to a fuel container of plastics material with functional components arranged inside the container which are fastened to the container wall and at least some of which are connected to electric or hydraulic lines and/or are interconnected via such lines. The invention further relates to a method for maintenance of such a fuel container. The functional components are provided with fastening means for receiving a functionally identical functional component. In the event of maintenance, the fuel container is opened. An exchange component is fastened to the functional component to be serviced, the functional component to be serviced serving as a mounting for the exchange component. The lines connected to the functional component are plugged into the other functional component and the container is closed again while the component to be serviced remains in the fuel container. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110000907 | ASSEMBLY HAVING GASKET RESISTANT TO SIDE LOADING BY PRESSURIZED FLUID - An assembly that includes first and second housing members, a gasket and a plurality of bolts that exert a clamp force to clamp the gasket between the first and second housing members. The gasket includes a plurality of tab members that engage the interior of one or both of the first and second housing members. The gasket tabs can resist a force exerted by a pressurized fluid within one or both of the first and second housing members. A gasket that is resistant to side loading due to a pressurized fluid is also provided. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110278286 | FUEL TANK HAVING INSTALLATIONS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A fuel tank that is composed of plastic and that has installations. In order to functionally improve the fuel tank and to simplify the manufacturing, a shaped piece ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120193352 | BULK LIQUID TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A transport tank system includes a molded thermoplastic tank defining an aperture therethrough and having a discharge end and an opposing end, the thermoplastic tank being rigidly configured for holding a consumable cargo received through the aperture and including a material resistant to passage of oxygen to preserve the consumable cargo. The tank is capable of standing alone for storing the consumable cargo, or the tank can be loaded into a standard dry box container to convert the dry box container into a bulk liquid transport container. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130248524 | Liners and Linings for Tanks - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed liners, linings, tanks including the same, and methods of providing liners and linings for tanks. In an exemplary embodiment, a liner or lining includes a bottom sheet and a plurality of side sheets. At least one pair of adjacent side sheets is joined by an extrusion weld along an interface between the pair of adjacent side sheets. The extrusion weld is coupled to at least one mechanical fastener which is coupled to at least one structural component such that the pair of adjacent side sheets is anchored to the structural component. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140305936 | TANK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FUEL OR AUXILIARY FLUID TANK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TANK - The invention relates to a fuel tank for a motor vehicle, which is made up of two shells which are complementary to one another, wherein the shells are supported against one another by at least one strut penetrating the tank ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140374413 | FLEXIBLE CONTAINER - A container for holding and delivering liquids is disclosed. A method of making the same is disclosed. The container can have a molded container top, a molded container bottom, a flexible film reservoir, and a handle extending from the container top to the container bottom. The reservoir can be laterally exposed around the entire circumference of the reservoir along a part of the longitudinal length of the reservoir. A thermally insulated reservoir system is disclosed. The reservoir system can have a bag having a multi-layered bag wall. The bag wall can have a first layer sealed to a second layer. The volume defined between the first layer and the second layer can be partially or completely filled with a fluid insulator, such as air or saline solution. The volume defined between the first layer and the second layer can also or alternately be partially or completely filled with a solid insulator, such as a matted fiber layer. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150041462 | BLOW MOLDED CONTAINER, FUEL CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BLOW MOLDED CONTAINER - A blow molded container including (A) a layer containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a principal component, in which the layer (A) contains an unsaturated aldehyde, and the content of the unsaturated aldehyde in the layer (A) is 0.01 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less. The unsaturated aldehyde (II) is preferably an unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde. The unsaturated aldehyde (II) is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of crotonaldehyde, 2,4-hexadienal and 2,4,6-octatrienal. The layer (A) preferably contains a conjugated polyene compound, and the content of the conjugated polyene compound in the layer (A) is preferably 0.01 ppm or more and 1,000 ppm or less. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150048083 | FLEXIBLE TANKS - Flexible tanks for storage of fluids are constructed of interconnected panels of flexible material made of flexible woven and coated materials and with specific geometric panel configurations. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20160001651 | FUEL CONTAINER - The invention relates to a fuel container ( | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160016347 | FUEL TANK MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FUEL TANK - A method of manufacturing a fuel tank includes: passing a hollow molten resin projection, that projects-out in a wall-thickness direction and is formed at a molten resin sheet that becomes a tank structural member structuring a tank main body, through a mounting hole of a part-to-be-mounted that is placed on the molten resin sheet; and pressurizing the molten resin projection from an inner side, and causing at least a portion of the molten resin projection to jut-out to a peripheral portion of the mounting hole of the part-to-be-mounted. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160059477 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FUEL TANK AND FUEL TANK - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fuel tank on the basis of thermoplastic material, the method comprising the following method steps:
| 03-03-2016 |
