Ebw, Inc.

Enterprise Brass Works

Elmer P Klop

Leo J LeBlanc

Paul E Phillips

Robert P Whitney

Rick E Puffer

A colored ring immovably associated with an inlet of an underground tank to enhance the identification of the material in the underground tank. The ring can be bolted to the inlet or engaged with adhesive to the inlet. The ring can be formed as a substantially continuous ring or a plurality of ring members. The ring can be partially positionable in the ground or can be fully disposed above ground. The ring can include a colored surface or can be uniformly colored. The ring can be used in combination with a colored lid such as the color of the lid and the color of the ring are substantially similar.

Product identification rings for below ground storage tanks

An overflow valve for use in a vapor return line of a vapor recovery system for underground storage fuel tanks. The overflow valve is threadably attached in a main vapor line and communicating with an individual storage fuel tank. A plurality of fingers located around an inner edge of a valve chamber disposed within the overflow valve provide a seat for a spherical float, designed to provide a maximum surface area of the float to be in contact with fluid from an individual storage tank, to provide quick response with which the float moves up and down in the chamber and permitting uninhibited flow of liquid under the float when the float is rising.

Overflow valve

A float actuated valve for automatically shutting off the flow of fluid into a storage tank when the tank is filled to a predetermined level includes a pair of shutter plates movable transversely across the flow passage from an open position wherein the plates are retracted clear of opposite sides of the passage and a fully closed position in which the plates project into and cooperatively block the passage. A spring biased rotary trip plate underlying the shutter plates controls actuation of the shutter plates and may be held by first and second detents in rotative positions locating the shutter plates in the fully closed or a partially closed position. A lower float located within the tank releases the first detent to cause the trip plate to drive the shutter plates from the fully closed to the partially closed position when the level of fluid in the tank rises to a first level. Upon a further rise of the level of fluid in the tank at a reduced rate due to the partial closure of the shutter plates, an upper float releases the second detent to enable the trip plate to rotate under the biasing action of the spring to drive the shutter plates to the fully closed position. A latch mechanism operable by the upper float latches the trip plate against any substantial movement in a direction opening the shutter plates until the upper float is lowered by withdrawal of fluid from the tank. Upon release of the latch mechanism, a manually operable reset mechanism may be employed to fully open the shutter plates.

Storage tank flow control valve

An overfill and spillage protection device for capturing fuel spilled from a tank touch supply hose or the fill pipe of an underground fuel storage tank takes the form of a tubular reservoir having an axially flexible bellows shaped side wall. Forces induced by freezing or thawing of the ground in which the reservoir is embedded which would apply strain to the coupling between the reservoir and fill pipe are absorbed by the flexing action of the bellows shaped reservoir. A rigid tubular skirt slidably encloses the bellows portion to prevent concrete or dirt from packing into the concave regions of the bellows.

Overfill spillage protection device

A breakaway hose coupling includes axially separable housing sections maintained in coupled relationship with each other by a frangible coupling pin or set screw. Each housing section includes a valve controlled flow passage in which a spring biassed valve closes the flow passage when the housing sections are separated. Valve stems on the respective valves moves into axial abutment with each other as the housing sections are coupled to mutually hold the respective valves open when the housing sections are coupled.

Breakaway hose coupling

A locking lid assembly for sealably closing the upper end of a cylindrical stack of a fuel spillage capture recovery device includes a lid hingedly mounted on an annular base member constructed to be sealingly seated upon the top of the stack. Diametrically opposed pivoted cams mounted on the lid are wedgingly engageable with locking pins mounted on the base member to firmly compress a resilient annular seal between the lid and base member.

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Grand Haven, MI, United States of America

Elmer P Klop