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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Per Lothe, Førresfjorden, NO;
Inventor:
Per Lothe, Førresfjorden, NO;
Assignee:
Knutsen OAS Shipping AS, , NO;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a device for reducing the evaporation of volatile organic compounds (VOC) when an essentially liquid petroleum product is being filled into a storage and/or transport tank () through a drop line (), possibly also through a loading point (), in which a gas or mixture of gases is supplied to the upper portion of the drop line () or the loading point () during the filling operation.