DEVICE FOR REMOVING CLOUDBURST WATERS FROM RESERVOIR FLOATING ROOF Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: oil industry; construction of reservoirs for storing oil and oil products. SUBSTANCE: device has water intake 1, tubular members 2,3,4 connected by hinge units 5 with turning members and sealing arrangements. Slots are made on outer surface of turning members in hinge unit main mobility plane coinciding with spillway plane. Slots are connected by radial channels with central channel to which tubular members are laid. Water passes through water intake 1, tubular member 2, radial channels 14, central channel 15 and gets into pipe which terminates outside the reservoir. Compensation for reservoir roof tilting and its displacement in plane of water spillway is provided. EFFECT: enhanced removal of water. 3 cl, 6 dwg