Quick releasing device for a tank

• US 5,143,239 A
• Filed: 06/19/1991
• Issued: 09/01/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Biastro International Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Biastro International Company Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Wen C.
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US07/717,465
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 220/254, 220/256, 220/315, 220/326, 220/327, 220/352
• US Class Current: 220/254.9
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 39/082 Bung-rings and bungs for bung-holes

Abstract

A releasing device for a tank including a bolt engageable in an opening of a tank, the bolt having a head formed on one end and having a bore formed in the center, a plug engageable in the bore of the bolt for blocking the bore, a ring coupled to the plug, a spring and a ball received in the plug, the ball being biased by the spring to engage with the bolt when the plug is engaged within the bore of the bolt so that the plug can be retained in place, and the plug can be easily pulled out of the bolt by the ring.

Claims

1. A releasing device for a tank comprising a bolt threadedly engageable within an opening formed in a bottom portion of said tank, said bolt including a head formed on one end thereof and a bore longitudinally formed therein, a recess formed in said bolt;

a plug engageable within said bore of said bolt for blocking said bore and having a ring coupled to one end thereof, a hole formed in said plug, a protrusion including a spring and a ball received in said hole of said plug;

said ball being biased by said spring to engage with said recess of said bolt when said plug is engaged within said bore of said bolt so that said plug can be retained in place, and said plug can be pulled out of said bolt by said ring.

2. A releasing device according to claim 1, wherein said head of said bolt has a slot formed in an outer surface thereof, said ring has a root portion engageable within said slot of said head.

3. A releasing device according to claim 1, wherein said plug has at least one annular groove formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof, a sealing ring is engaged in each annular groove for making a water seal between said bolt and said plug.

4. A releasing device for a tank comprising a bolt threadedly engageable within an opening formed in a bottom portion of said tank, said bolt including a head formed on one end thereof and a bore longitudinally formed therein, a hole formed in said head of said bolt;

a plug engageable within said bore of said bolt for blocking said bore and having a ring coupled to one end thereof, a recess formed in said plug, a protrusion including a spring and a ball received in said hole of said head of said bolt;

said ball being biased by said spring to engage with said recess of said plug when said plug is engaged within said bore of said bolt so that said plug can be stably retained in place, and said plug can be pulled out of said bolt by said ring.