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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2005
Jeffrey Allen Davis, Brookfield, WI (US);
Michael Joseph Holz, West Bend, WI (US);
Robert Daniel Tharp, Sussex, WI (US);
Austin Raymond Savio Braganza, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Davis, Brookfield, WI (US);
Michael Joseph Holz, West Bend, WI (US);
Robert Daniel Tharp, Sussex, WI (US);
Austin Raymond Savio Braganza, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kelch Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
A tank assembly and a closure device for a tank assembly. The tank assembly may comprise a tank housing defining an interior and an exterior and an opening between the interior and the exterior, a liquid being containable in the interior, vapor being produceable from the liquid, a flow path being defined between the interior and the exterior, a closure housing connectable to the tank housing to selectively close the opening, and adsorption media supported by at least one of the tank housing and the closure housing, vapor being routed along the flow path from the interior of the tank assembly, through the adsorption media and to the exterior of the tank assembly. In some aspects, the adsorption media is supported by the closure housing. In some other aspects, the tank housing includes a receptacle portion having a receptacle interior, the receptacle portion defining the flow path, and the adsorption media is supportable in the receptacle interior.