Patent ID: 6116454
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: F15B,Y10T

Abstract:
An oil reservoir for retaining a quantity of oil including:a container for retaining a quantity of oil;said container having at least two side walls, a bottom wall and an oil inlet port for introducing oil into said container at a position beneath the surface of the quantity of oil contained in said container causing the oil being introduced into said container to move in a flow path;a baffle for controlling the flow path of oil introduced into said container, said baffle being integrally formed as a portion of said container and extending between said two side walls thereof;said baffle having a portion extending substantially vertically upward from a position adjacent to said container bottom wall and parallel to the flow path of oil introduced into said container through said inlet port, a substantially horizontal portion extending above said oil inlet port and beneath the surface of the quantity of oil contained in said container, and a curved portion extending from said substantially vertically extending portion to said substantially horizontal portion;said substantially vertically extending portion of said baffle, said curved portion of said baffle and said substantially horizontally extending portion of said baffle positioned in the flow path of oil to move the flow path of oil introduced into said container through said inlet port in a path of movement along said vertical portion, said curved portion and said horizontal portion of said baffle for diverting and slowing the flow of oil introduced through said input port.