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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1991
Bert A Bodenheimer, Stamford, CT (US);
B.A. Bodenheimer & Co., Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A multi-tank fuel storage system is provided for a generator unit which can be mounted to a container in a clip-on fashion and/or mouned to a chassis supporting the container in an underslung fashion. The preferred multi-tank fuel storage system includes: a first fuel storage tank built into the generator unit housing; a separate auxiliary fuel storage tank; a feed line and pump coupling the tanks for transferring fuel from the auxiliary tank to the first fuel storage tank; an overflow line coupling the tanks for transferring overflow from the first fuel storage tank to the auxiliary fuel storage tank; and conduits for coupling the first fuel storage tank to the engine of the generator unit. Quick disconnect couplings are placed in the feed line and the overflow line so that the auxiliary tank can be uncoupled from the system. The first fuel storage tank preferably includes a horizontal section integral with the generator unit housing, and a vertical section, with the top of the vertical section located above the top of the auxiliary fuel storage tank so as to permit the overflow line to work through use of gravity only. Preferably, the multi-tank fuel storage system is used in conjunction with a generator unit housing frame which includes apparatus for mounting the generator unit housing in either a clip-on fashion to the container or in an underslung fashion to a chassis supporting the container.