Patent ID: 8561658

Claim:
An apparatus for removal of residual fuel from a vehicle fuel tank situated in a position above said apparatus, comprising: a means for puncturing a wall surface to form an aperture during a travel through and past said wall surface defining an interior cavity of said fuel tank holding fuel therein; a means to translate said means for puncturing at a force sufficient to form said aperture, said means to translate comprising: a hydraulic cylinder having a supply of pressurized fluid, an elongated member engaged at a first end to said hydraulic cylinder and at a second end to said means for puncturing, a controller for metering said pressurized fluid supply communicated to said hydraulic cylinder, and said controller programmed to control the translation of said means for puncturing during puncturing of said wall surface and said forming of said aperture in said wall surface; a means to catch said fuel exiting said interior cavity through said aperture; and a conduit in sealed communication between said means to catch said fuel, and a reservoir, whereby fuel exiting said interior cavity in a gravity flow is captured and communicated to said reservoir through said conduit.