Portable Fuel Storage Device

摘要

A portable storage device to contain fuel. The device is designed to be relatively light-weight to allow for movement around a fueling facility, and to be delivered to the fueling facility through the air. The device includes a number of separate tanks each configured to contain fuel. A suspension protects the tanks by absorbing external forces that could occur in the event the device is dropped during air delivery.

主权项

1. A storage device to store and dispense fuel, the storage device comprising:
a frame that includes a floor with a first side and an opposing second side, the frame also including a central column that extends upward above the first side of the floor; a base mounted to the frame below the floor; wheels mounted to the base; storage tanks comprising a master storage tank and slave storage tanks positioned on the first side of the floor and extending around the central column, the storage tanks being spaced apart with an overall weight of the storage tanks when full of fuel being evenly distributed across the frame; one or more conduits extending between the master storage tank and the slave storage tanks to move the fuel from the slave storage tanks to the master storage tank; and a suspension comprising resilient spacers positioned between the frame and the base to provide relative motion between the base and the frame and between that storage tanks and the frame to provide relative motion between the storage tanks and the frame; and a processing circuit positioned within an interior of the central column to control the movement of fuel between the storage tanks.