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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Girard Equipment, Inc., Vero Beach, FL (US);
Timothy P. Girard, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Michael Fernandez, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Glen Harm, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
GIRARD EQUIPMENT, INC., Vero Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A cap assembly () for attachment to an external fixture () on a tank () of a tanker trailer (), including: a collar () configured to secure the cap assembly to the tank external fixture and defining a collar opening () concentrically aligned with an opening () of the fixture; a lid () that is moveable between a closed position where the lid covers the collar opening and is in sealing engagement with the collar, and an open position where the lid is vertically raised from the collar and pivoted laterally away from the collar opening; and an actuator assembly () that is configured to move the lid from the closed position to the open position during a single stroke of the actuator assembly, and which is remotely operable from a location off of the tanker trailer.