Patent ID: 6098848
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting means for connecting a reservoir including a reservoir end face having at least two openings for charging and discharging at least two fluids respectively, with pipelines, and for the passage of each of the respective fluids, the connecting means having an interior with at least two flow paths defined therein, comprising:a connecting means end face having at least two openings for fluids corresponding to the at least two flow paths, the connecting means end face having a shape so that when a center of any of the openings for fluids of the reservoir end face is aligned with a center of any of the openings for fluids of the connecting means end face and the openings for fluids are linked to each other, respectively, closed passage spaces common to at least one of the openings for fluids of the reservoir end face and at least one of the corresponding other openings for fluids of the connecting means end face respectively are formed, the closed passage spaces being a circular flow path incorporating the at least one other opening for fluids on the concentric circles whose center said opening for fluids are formed.