Patent ID: 9733114
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01F

Claim:
1. A volumetric measurement vessel comprising: a tank body having comprising a set of tank walls delimiting an interior space of the tank body, said set of tank walls including a top wall, an opposing bottom wall and a circumferential wall spanning between the top and bottom walls and extending about an upright axis passing through said top and bottom walls; a neck standing upwardly from the tank body above the upper wall thereof along the upright axis, with an interior space of the neck in fluid communication with the interior space of the tank body; a gauge associated with the neck to indicate a volumetric measure of liquid content contained within the vessel; and an outlet positioned at an intersection of the bottom and circumferential walls of the tank body for draining of said liquid content from the vessel; wherein a topside of the bottom wall of said tank body has a concave curvature defining a trough, the bottom wall is mounted in a tilted orientation placing the trough at an obliquely inclined angle relative to the upright axis, and the outlet is positioned at a lower end of the trough.