Patent ID: 6932233

Claim:
A fuel oil tank comprising a sealed reservoir having sidewalls, a top wall and bottom wall, and opposed end walls; a closeable inlet port to admit fuel oil in said reservoir, an outlet feed port in said bottom wall adapted to receive a coupling to connect a feed pipe to supply fuel oil to a remote fuel burning apparatus, said bottom wall having an evacuation channel formed in a lowermost part thereof and sloping to said outlet feed port, said evacuation channel being adapted to channel fuel oil from said lowermost part of said tank to said outlet feed port which is located in said lowermost part and any liquid in said fuel oil which is heavier than said fuel oil will be mixed with said fuel oil in droplets form and channeled to said outlet feed port and will not accumulate in said lowermost part of said bottom wall where it would inhibit the formation of rust in said reservoir, said feed pipe being adapted to feed said liquid droplets mixed with said fuel oil to a remote fuel burning apparatus, wherein said opposed end walls are metal stamped with a cavity formed in an outer surface thereof, and handle bars welded across said cavity to provide handle holds to transport said tank by grasping said handle holds from opposed end walls thereof, wherein said cavity is provided with a contour reinforcing rib formed thereabout to strengthened said end walls, said handle bars being welded to said rib on opposed sides of said cavity.