Patent ID: 6273021
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B65D,F16N,G01F,Y10T

Abstract:
In combination, a domestic oil storage tank and a catchment tray located underneath said oil storage tank for catching oil leaking therefrom, said catchment tray extending substantially over an entire area corresponding to a vertical projection of said oil storage tank onto a supporting surface and having a depression for pooling oil caught by said catchment tray, a level sensor for raising an alarm when the oil level in said depression exceeds a threshold value, and flashing attached to the sides of said oil tank and extending outwardly over the edges of said catchment tray, said flashing at its lower edge terminating in a channel adjacent the tank, and said catchment tray having an overhanging downturned lip extending into said channel to keep moisture out of said tray while permitting air circulation.