US 11,925,824 B2
Method and apparatus for launching and recovering a remote inspection device from a volatile liquid storage tank
Troy L. Staires, Katy, TX (US); Benjamin C. Moore, Houston, TX (US); Jerome Vaganay, Norwell, MA (US); Eric Levitt, Camden, ME (US); and William O'Halloran, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Phillips 66 Company, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/539,697.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,145, filed on Aug. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0047016 A1, Feb. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A62C 3/06 (2006.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01); B63C 3/06 (2006.01); B65D 90/44 (2006.01); B65D 90/48 (2006.01); B66F 11/04 (2006.01); B66F 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B25H 1/14 (2006.01); B25H 3/00 (2006.01); B65H 75/36 (2006.01); E04G 3/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01N 29/26 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 3/065 (2013.01) [A62C 99/0036 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 9/027 (2013.01); B63C 3/06 (2013.01); B65D 90/44 (2013.01); B65D 90/48 (2013.01); B66F 11/04 (2013.01); B66F 19/00 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); B25H 1/14 (2013.01); B25H 3/00 (2013.01); B65H 75/368 (2013.01); B65H 2403/544 (2013.01); E04G 3/30 (2013.01); G01N 21/909 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9548 (2013.01); G01N 29/262 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0218 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0234 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0258 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2636 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2695 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for inspection of a storage vessel, the apparatus comprising:
a chamber body having an internal volume partially defined by one or more sidewalls and a lid;
a closure coupled to the chamber body opposite of the lid and further defining the internal volume;
a gas injection port disposed through the chamber body for delivering an inert gas into the internal volume; and
a lifting system within the internal volume for transporting an inspection device through the closure.