Patent ID: 6289722
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
Test equipment for leak testing tanks comprising:multiple cups having rims for placement against a tank wall to place the cup interiors in substantial sealed covering relation to underlying zones of the tank wall containing joints to be checked for leakage;a fitting for fluid-tight association with an opening through the tank wall to introduce a test gas into the interior of the tank;a first conduit from each cup for sampling gas within the cup interior; anda second conduit from each cup for communicating the cup interior to a pneumatic circuit,in which one of the cups and the fitting form a unit for association with a fill spud that is joined to the tank, the cup of the one cup serving to leak test the joint between the fill spud and the tank, and the fitting extending through the cup for fitting fluid-tight to the spud for introducing test gas into the tank through the fill spud.