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Tank inverter
| Details |
Inventors: Vickary, Coleman;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Huppert; Michael S.
Assistant Examiner: Eller, Jr.; James T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Schmeiser, Morelle & Watts
Apparatus (10) for engaging, raising and rotating tanks/cylinders (48) which store or otherwise contain liquids or gases under pressure. The apparatus consists, basically, in a cradle (30) which is rotationally mounted on a single elevator housing (22). When the tank/cylinder is elevated, the cradle is either simultaneously or subsequently rotated in a plane orthogonal to the front-back axis of the apparatus base assembly (12). Torque and stresses placed on this apparatus are minimized and, in the interest of safety, the tanks/cylinders are rotated and maintained close (in) to the main vertical support at an elevation above the firmament which is the optimum consistent with the operation being performed safely. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION I have conceived and developed a truly unique apparatus that provides all of the advantages sought by the prior art while almost totally eliminating the aforesaid disadvantages.
The instant invention provides to the gas cylinder/tank industry what the hopper car provided to the railroad--an extremely simple, efficient, safe and positive means for totally evacuating the contents of the respective containments.
My invention consists in a base assembly, an elevator assembly, a cradle assembly and a few cradle adjunct mechanisms which are economically combined in a predominantly metal structural framework which is used to secure a container firmly while enveloping, by the cradle, a particular containment's center of gravity (CG), lifting or elevating the containment above the firmament and, either simultaneously with or subsequently thereafter such elevating, rotating the cradle about the CG of its contents to a complete and absolute 180.
degree.
position.
As may be readily inferred by the reader, that rotation takes place in a plane such is orthogonal to the fore-aft axis of the base assembly and not, as in the relevant art, coplanar with the fore-aft axis.
This is an extremely important distinction; as I have noted in all of my searches of the trade journals and catalogue literature, no such apparatus of this type exists.
As given briefly above, the instant invention operates somewhat differently in its operational kinematics.
This not only leads to a simplicity of design, but a design of considerable economy in that, since much of the tilting effort is had about an axis passing through the CG of the containment, very little effort need be expended in performing the pivotation (or rotational) maneuver.
Another notable distinction exists in the fact that the elevating mechanism of my invention is but a single column; whereas, almost all of the preceding art utilizes two or more vertical supports, posts or beams.
Because of rotation in a plane orthogonal to the fore-aft axis, minimum torque is applied through the supporting post to the foreward extension of the podium (the base means) of the base assembly and elevator assembly
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