Openable bottom loading adapter for transport tank

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A fabricated adapter valve for mounting on the exterior of a transportation tank for liquid, such as for instance gasoline or oil, providing for coupling with a compatible loading coupler of a loading island, for loading the liquid into the transportation tank. The adapter valve possesses a configuration defined by The American Petroleum Institute for universal coupling with loading coupler of a loading station and in-, cludes a manually operable actuator for opening the poppet of the adapter valve, together with a sinuous-like cam configuration on the actuator for holding the poppet in predetermined open positions.