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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1980
Kenneth L Kirk, Cranston, RI (US);
Amtrol Inc., West Warwick, RI (US);
Abstract
Tee-type leg bracket for supporting a tank, which has a hemispherical-type of bottom surface and a short nipple mounted on the bottom surface at substantially a right angle thereto. The bracket has a central frame, a tee vertically mounted on the central frame, and three support legs detachably attached to the central frame. The bottom surface of the tank rests on the top portion of the support legs. The contour of the top surface of the support legs matches the contour of the bottom surface of the tank. The top arm of the vertically-mounted tee mates with the short nipple mounted on the bottom of the tank. The means of attaching the support legs to the central frame involves vertical grooves in the edge region of the central frame. The mouth of each of the vertical grooves is narrower than the interior portion thereof. The number of vertical grooves is also equal in number to the support legs. There is a vertical rib on one end of each of the support legs. Each of the vertical ribs has the same horizontal cross-section as the horizontal cross-section of each of the vertical grooves in the central frame and slidably fits into one of the vertical grooves. The tee-type leg bracket has the important advantages: that it provides a unit which contains support legs which self-adjust and self-level when supporting a tank; that it allows easy installation in a piping system and is easily accessible.