Patent ID: 8043396
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: F17C

Abstract:
1. Tank apparatus able to provide compatibility with different types of fluids, able to contain and distribute fluids without gasses included under micro-gravity conditions, to prevent vapours from flowing back upstream and to minimise the global weight of the tank, comprising: a containing component of the tank produced by means of plastic material, compatible with at least one fluid to be stored in the tank, by means of a hot forming technique; a device for distribution of the fluid and a device to prevent vapour back-flow internally contained in the containing component, both of the devices being produced, completely or in part, by means of the same plastic material used for said containing component; wherein the containing component is formed by a lower dome made of plastic, which integrates therein said device for the distribution of the fluid without a pressurising gas to a plurality of feeding lines by means of elements including traps, bulkheads and sumps; and by an upper dome made of plastic, which integrates therein the device for the prevention of the vapour back-flow; wherein both domes integrate a pipe segment in order to feed the lines with the fluid and a gas necessary to keep the containing component under pressure.