Patent ID: 6057012
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65C,F17C,Y10T

Abstract:
A reconditioned propane fuel storage tank comprisinga used fuel containing body defined by a cylindrical side wall and top and bottom semi-spherical end walls, said body having surface imperfections from prior usage,a foot ring secured to the bottom end wall for supporting the body in an upright condition,a fuel control valve mounted in the upper end wall,a collar secured to the upper wall in surrounding relation to said valve,a sleeve made of linear heat-shrink plastic material heat shrunk in tight fitting encircling relation about at least the cylindrical side wall of the tank, said sleeve providing a reconditioned outer surface to at least the cylindrical side wall of the fuel containing body, and said sleeve having an opacity sufficient to substantially mask and conceal surface imperfections in the tank body beneath the sleeve.