Patent ID: 8783287
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B23P,B60K,B60Y,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mounting an in-tank pump in a tank for holding a liquid, the apparatus comprising: a) a baffle having a sidewall, a bottom surface extending generally transverse to said sidewall and an interior space within said sidewall sized to receive the in-tank pump, said sidewall formed of a flexible material longitudinally compressible from a first length in a relaxed state to a shorter, second length; and b) biasing means for biasing said sidewall toward its first length such that said bottom surface of said baffle abuts against a bottom of the tank and c) wherein said baffle is sufficiently radially compressible along its length, including across the bottom surface thereof, to fit through a hole which is smaller in diameter than an outside diameter of said baffle in its radially uncompressed state.