AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B64D37/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to space engineering, particularly, to rocket fuel tanks. Fuel tank service compartment incorporates capillary intake device with permeable walls composed by close-mesh cells, its inner chamber being connected via bellows with line feeding fuel to the engine. Said service compartment is arranged with clearance relative to tank outer and inner shells and composed of independent sealed vessel with two bottoms shaped to circular sectors connected by two curvilinear and two flat surfaces. Service compartment is equipped with three bypass valves with inertial masses, one being arranged at tank compartment top section, ahead of service compartment, and communicated via two bypass lines with service compartment while other two valves are located at flat right and left surfaces.

EFFECT: continuous fuel feed into engine.

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