Patent ID: 6382240
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B67D,F17C,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for recovering volatile fluids escaping from a mobile delivery tank during filling, the mobile delivery tank having a vapor vent from the top of the mobile delivery tank, a channel in fluid communication with the vapor vent, an inlet for bottom filling of the mobile delivery tank, and a downpipe with drain from the channel accessible from outside the mobile delivery tank, the apparatus comprising:a recovery tank; an overhead vapor recovery line; a vapor relief line connected between the recovery tank and the overhead vapor recovery line; a branching connector having a releasable attachment inlet for temporary connection to the drain from the downpipe; and the branching connecter dividing into liquid and vapor return paths with the liquid return path being in fluid communication with the recovery tank and a vapor return path being in fluid communication with the overhead vapor recovery line.