EP0098725A1 - Ventilated containers for transporting freight - Google Patents
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- EP0098725A1 EP0098725A1 EP83303704A EP83303704A EP0098725A1 EP 0098725 A1 EP0098725 A1 EP 0098725A1 EP 83303704 A EP83303704 A EP 83303704A EP 83303704 A EP83303704 A EP 83303704A EP 0098725 A1 EP0098725 A1 EP 0098725A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D88/00—Large containers
- B65D88/74—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents
- B65D88/741—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents aerating by ambient air through openings in the wall
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to ventilated containers for transporting freight which must be kept dry but ventilated.
- According to the present invention, there is provided a ventilated cargo container having a ventilated side or end wall, the ventilated wall having flat panel portions at intervals along the length of the wall, each flat panel portion having at least one ventilation opening therethrough, adjacent flat panel portions being separated by vertically corrugated wall portions, the crests of the corrugations projecting towards the outside from the plane of the flat panel portions, the width of the flat panel portions being at least twice the repeat spacing of the corrugations, the wall further including, on its outer surface, roofed ventilation chambers associated with each ventilation opening, each ventilation chamber comprising an outer panel member which is secured by fastener devices at its sides to the two adjacent corrugations spaced from the flat panel portion, the panel member extending downwards below the level of the ventilation opening in the panel portion to an external opening at the bottom of the ventilation chamber communicating with the atmosphere, the height of the panel member being greater than its width.
- With this arrangement, the ventilated wall can be constructed by the same techniques as are used for conventional closed containers having corrugated sheet metal side walls, the ventilated wall being assembled from corrugated and uncorrugated sheet portions which may be separate or integral as required, the sheet portions being welded together to form the side wall within a suitable frame formed by vertical posts at each end and upper and lower horizontal rails. The container wall thus formed can be prepared and pairted in the normal manner employed when constructing conventional closed containers. The outer wall (conveniently incorporating the roof) of each ventilated chamber is constructed separately and can be electrolytically galvanized and/or painted as required and then be attached to the container wall, with the interposition of a suitable sealing strip if required, the fastening devices being conveniently in the form of rivets.
- With this arrangement, there is assurance that the interior of each ventilation chamber will be protected against corrosion to the same standard as the rest of the container.
- The opening at the bottom of the ventilation chamber may be formed partly by a gap between the bottom of the panel member and the panel portion and party by louvres in the lower part of the panel portion.
- Each ventilation chamber has a height greater than its width and acts somewhat as a chimney.
- An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
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- Figure 1 is an elevational view of a side wall of a ventilated dry freight container;
- Figure 2 shows the upper and lower portions of a vertical section on the line II-II of Figure 1 on an enlarged scale;
- Figure 3 is an elevational view from the right of the upper part of Figure 2 with some portions broken away;
- Figure 4 is a horizontal cross section on the line IV-IV of Figure 3,
- Figure 5 is an exploded view of the components shown in Figurest,3 and 4, and
- Figure 6 shows a modified form of Figure 2.
- The general construction of the container, parts of which are shown in the drawings, is that of a standard dry freight container which does not require detailed description. Thus, the side wall shown in Figure 1 has a bottom rail 1, a
top rail 2 and panelling 3 interconnecting, and extending the full height between the top and bottom rails. The panelling 3 is formed withcorrugations 4. However, instead of the corrugations being uniformly distributed along practically the whole of the length of the wall, some portions of the wall are uncorrugated and formflat panels 5 of width greater than that of the channels 6 in thecorrugations 4, this width being at least 200 mm and preferably at least 210 mm. - At the upper end of each
flat panel 5 and near the lower end thereof are formed rectangular ventilation opening 7, preferably at least 210 mm wide. - At this stage of construction, all of the surfaces of the structure are readily accessible for shot blasting and spray painting in the normal manner.
- To complete ventilation chambers over the opening-7, louvred
panel members 13 are riveted tocorrugations 4,with suitable sealing means where required. - Each
panel member 13 is formed from a piece of sheet steel and has an outer vertical wall 21 (about 460 mm high and 230 mm wide), flanges 22 along each side of thewall 21 and sloping top andbottom flanges fastening lip 23a. The side flanges 22 are bent inwards at an angle such that they sit flat against the side walls 25 of thecorrugations 4. Thebottom flange 24 is cut away by about 6 mm over most of its width to form a ventilation opening 26. Further ventilation openings 27 are formed by fivelouvres 28 in the lower part of the verticalfront wall 21. The panel member is electrolytically galvanised. - To secure the
panel member 13 in position, blind rivets or monobolts inserted from within the container are passed through holes predrilled in the corrugation side walls andpanels 5 into corresponding holes in the side flanges andlip 23a and are then expanded or fastened. The vertical wall is then flush with the outer walls 29 of thecorrugations 4. - The
panel member 13 andflat panel portions 5 thus define vertical ventilation chambers about 220 mm wide and 38 mm deep. - The vertical distance between the centre louvre 28 and the centre of the
opening 7 is about 340 mm (and preferably at least 300 mm). - Prior to installing the
panel member 13,plates 16 may be secured over theventilation opening 7. Theplates 16 are perforated with the required number of holes to obtain the required total flow area through theplate 16, while meeting internationally agreed Customs (TIR) requirements.These holes are conveniently formed by a set of punches arranged in a grid, only the required number of such punches are used. - The ventilation chambers do not have any internal sloping deflector baffles. Accordingly, fragments of cargo are much less likely to be caught in inaccessible locations within the chambers. Thus the risk of infestation is correspondingly reduced.
- In the modified construction shown in Figure 6, the roof 23' of each ventilation chamber is separate from the panel 13' and is welded (at 23a') to the container wall during fabrication and is accessible for preparation and painting with the remainder of the basic container.
- The roof 23' terminates in a downwardly extending
flange 61 to which the top margin of the panel 13' is subsequently fastened by rivets. - The lower edge of each
plate 16 may be extended and bent outwardly and downwardly to form a water rejecting lip (as shown at 62 in Figure 6). - Further ventilation openings 18 of any desiced shape may be formed in the walls 10 at the level of the
opening 7. - The container shown in Figure 1 is a standard length of 20 foot (6058 mm) and each side wall has 12 upper and 12 lower ventilation chambers, i.e. one upper chamber and one lower chamber for about 500 mm of side wall length.
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Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB8218547 | 1982-06-25 | ||
GB8218547 | 1982-06-25 | ||
GB838301735A GB8301735D0 (en) | 1983-01-21 | 1983-01-21 | Ventilated containers |
GB8301735 | 1983-01-21 |
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EP0098725A1 true EP0098725A1 (en) | 1984-01-18 |
EP0098725B1 EP0098725B1 (en) | 1988-01-07 |
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EP19830303704 Expired EP0098725B1 (en) | 1982-06-25 | 1983-06-27 | Ventilated containers for transporting freight |
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EP (1) | EP0098725B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPS59501259A (en) |
DE (2) | DE3375126D1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1984000141A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
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WO2007040748A1 (en) * | 2005-09-30 | 2007-04-12 | The Boeing Company | Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing |
US8836506B2 (en) | 2005-09-30 | 2014-09-16 | The Boeing Company | Shipping container security unit quick mount device |
Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2068900A (en) * | 1980-01-15 | 1981-08-19 | Adamson Containers Ltd | Ventilated cargo containers |
US4351230A (en) * | 1981-04-20 | 1982-09-28 | Sea-Land Service, Inc. | Self-venting cargo container |
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- 1983-06-27 DE DE8383303704T patent/DE3375126D1/en not_active Expired
- 1983-06-27 JP JP50223183A patent/JPS59501259A/en active Pending
- 1983-06-27 EP EP19830303704 patent/EP0098725B1/en not_active Expired
- 1983-06-27 WO PCT/GB1983/000161 patent/WO1984000141A1/en unknown
- 1983-06-27 DE DE1983303704 patent/DE98725T1/en active Pending
Patent Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2068900A (en) * | 1980-01-15 | 1981-08-19 | Adamson Containers Ltd | Ventilated cargo containers |
US4351230A (en) * | 1981-04-20 | 1982-09-28 | Sea-Land Service, Inc. | Self-venting cargo container |
Cited By (6)
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WO2007040748A1 (en) * | 2005-09-30 | 2007-04-12 | The Boeing Company | Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing |
US7339482B2 (en) | 2005-09-30 | 2008-03-04 | The Boeing Company | Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing |
GB2445500A (en) * | 2005-09-30 | 2008-07-09 | Boeing Co | Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing |
GB2445500B (en) * | 2005-09-30 | 2011-06-15 | Boeing Co | Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing |
CN101272969B (en) * | 2005-09-30 | 2013-03-06 | 波音公司 | Shipping container air-vent cover antenna housing |
US8836506B2 (en) | 2005-09-30 | 2014-09-16 | The Boeing Company | Shipping container security unit quick mount device |
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EP0098725B1 (en) | 1988-01-07 |
DE98725T1 (en) | 1984-06-20 |
JPS59501259A (en) | 1984-07-19 |
DE3375126D1 (en) | 1988-02-11 |
WO1984000141A1 (en) | 1984-01-19 |
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