EP 0631655 B1 19960417 - TANK FOR GASEOUS FUEL IN LIQUID PHASE
Title (en)
TANK FOR GASEOUS FUEL IN LIQUID PHASE
Title (de)
FLÜSSIGGAS-BRENNSTOFFBEHÄLTER
Title (fr)
RESERVOIR DE COMBUSTIBLE GAZEUX EN PHASE LIQUIDE
Publication
Application
Priority
- FR 9300683 A 19930119
- FR 9400063 W 19940119
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9417334A1] The disclosed tank is of the type comprising an elongate cylindrical wall (2) closed by two transverse bottoms, a lower bottom (3) and an upper bottom (4) provided with a tapping orifice (6) fitted with a tapping member such as a valve (7) and a pressure reducer (8), its internal volume being occupied by an absorbent medium (11). According to the invention, a chamber (12) is provided on top of the absorbent medium, between said absorbent medium and the upper bottom of the tank, the volume of said chamber being at least equal to the volume of excess liquid phase fuel plus the volume of liquid fuel released by the absorbent medium after turning upside down the tank, the tapping orifice (6) being fitted with a tapping tube (13), having an narrow bore, and arranged upstream of the pressure reducer (8) and axially housed in the top chamber (12), and whose length (1) is at least equal to the height of liquid phase fuel which may be present in said chamber (12) when the tank is in the upside down position.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F17C 11/00 (2006.01); F23Q 2/42 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F23Q 2/42 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
ES FR GB IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
FR 2700602 A1 19940722; FR 2700602 B1 19950524; EP 0631655 A1 19950104; EP 0631655 B1 19960417; ES 2089918 T3 19961001; JP 2971577 B2 19991108; JP H07505214 A 19950608; US 5544785 A 19960813; WO 9417334 A1 19940804
DOCDB simple family (application)
FR 9300683 A 19930119; EP 94904692 A 19940119; ES 94904692 T 19940119; FR 9400063 W 19940119; JP 51673094 A 19940119; US 30273894 A 19941129