Fuel tanks
CA 1137035 A · Owner: The Secretary Of State For Defence In Her Britannic Majesty'S Government Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland · Inventors: Wyeth, Harold W.G.
Overview
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A fuel tank largely filled with a plurality of discrete impermeably walled cells, the cells and the space between them and the tank sides and roof being substantially filled with fire protective reticulated structure. The cells are each plugged in to one of a plurality of fuel collection networks, via non-return valves which prevent return flow of the fuel into the cells. The region between the cells and the tank walls is arranged to receive incoming fuel which then flows from the ullage into the cells, and, by means of a self switching pump, is also arranged to empty preferentially. The purpose of the invention is to minimise fuel loss and fuel fire in the event of a tank rupture.
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- Granted December 7, 1982. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 7, 1999.
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