Emergency recovery system

Claim 1

An emergency fluid removal system for transport tanks comprising in combination: a fluid transport tank having an elongated horizontal configuration in normal upright position, having an opening therein located on the upper surface in the normal upright position for loading and unloading fluids and cover means for closing said opening, a first valve mounted on said tank, having a conduit extending therefrom, adjacent to a first interior surface of said tank and spaced away therefrom to a point along said surface, and bracket means attached to said interior surface and to said conduit to hold said conduit in place, a second valve mounted on said tank, having a conduit extending therefrom adjacent to a second interior surface of said tank opposite to said first surface and bracket means attached to said interior surface and to said conduit to hold said conduit in place, each conduit and said valve attached thereto being in fluid communication with the interior of said tank, and said valves being located along the upper surface of said tank in said normal upright position and said conduits terminating at the sides at approximately the widest point of said tank cross section, whereby fluids in said tank may be removed through said valves and conduits when said tank is capsized on one side thereof and said upper surface in the normal position is generally on a horizontal axis through said tank such that fluids in said tank can be safely removed therefrom.