TM 3-4730-200-15
SECTION III
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
7. General
This section covers the operation of the line filling
adapter.
8. Connecting Venting Assembly to 1-Ton Container
a. Place the 1-ton container on an improvised
stand (or on the vehicle on which the 1-ton container
was transported) and remove the protective cover (or
shipping bonnet) that protects the angle valves on the 1-
ton container.
b. Roll the 1-ton container until the angle valves
are alined vertically and check it in place to prevent
further rolling. When the angle valves are alined one
above the other, the end of the eduction tube leading
from the upper angle valve on the 1-ton container is
above the level of the liquid in the 1-ton container. (The
upper angle valve is to be used to attach the venting
assembly to the 1-ton container.)
c. Be sure that the upper angle valve on the 1-ton
container is closed. Remove the cap from the angle
valve outlet.
d. Apply luting compound to the male threads on
the angle valve adapter coupling nut and connect this
end into the angle valve outlet and draw the coupling nut
up tight.
Figure 3. Line filling adapter installed in 1-ton
container.
Note
The venting assembly has been
a. Open the upper valve on the 1-ton container.
preassemblied (para. 18) with the
parts described in paragraph 6a.
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b. Slowly open the
/4-inch globe valve in the
venting assembly.
9. Connecting Filling Assembly to 1-Ton Container
Warning
a. First perform the procedure in paragraph 8.
b. Be sure that the lower angle valve on the 1-ton
Some of the liquid agent in the 1-ton
container is closed. Then remove the cap from the
container may have settled in the
angle valve outlet.
upper tube. If there is pressure in the
1-ton container, the liquid will be
c. Apply luting compound to the male threads on
forced out through the venting
the angle valve adapter coupling nut and connect this
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end into the angle valve outlet and draw the coupling nut
assembly when the /4-inch globe
up tight.
valve is opened. To drain the upper
tube, turn the venting assembly
Note
outlet downward and insert its open
end into a container filled with
The filling assembly has been
decontaminating agent. The liquid
preassembled (para. 18) with the
that is forced out when the globe
parts described in paragraph 6b.
valve is opened will be neutralized by
10. Venting 1-Ton Container
the decontaminating agent.
To vent a 1-ton container using the lie filling adapter,
c. When there is a vacuum in the 1-ton container,
perform the following steps.
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leave het /4-inch globe valve open until
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