LIQUID TRANSPORTATION TANK Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; heavy weight tank trucks for transportation of liquids. SUBSTANCE: tank truck has chassis 1, reservoir 2, hatch 3 with cover 4 and baffle, and drain connection 6 with shutoff valve 7. Cross circular corrugations 8 interrupted at base are made on shell of reservoir 2 on its side surface. Corrugations form channel "a" for unobstructed draining of remnants of transported liquid from tank. Channel "a" is located on non-deformed section of base along the base. Tops of corrugations 6 are pointed inward tank reservoir 2. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 2 cl, 4 dwg