EP0515465A1 - Drum. - Google Patents

Drum.

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Publication number
EP0515465A1
EP0515465A1 EP91904046A EP91904046A EP0515465A1 EP 0515465 A1 EP0515465 A1 EP 0515465A1 EP 91904046 A EP91904046 A EP 91904046A EP 91904046 A EP91904046 A EP 91904046A EP 0515465 A1 EP0515465 A1 EP 0515465A1
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EP
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Prior art keywords
drum
aperture
top wall
face
wall
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EP91904046A
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German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0515465B1 (en
Inventor
Laere Jean-Pierre Louis Ma Van
Marius Johannes Anton Rietveld
Bret Lucien Francois Le
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Gallay SA
Greif International Holding BV
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Gallay SA
Koninklijke Emballage Industrie Van Leer BV
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/12—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums
    • B65D1/20—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums characterised by location or arrangement of filling or discharge apertures
    • 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
    • B65D7/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B65D7/02—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by shape
    • B65D7/04—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by shape of curved cross-section, e.g. cans of circular or elliptical cross-section
    • B65D7/045—Casks, barrels, or drums in their entirety, e.g. beer barrels, i.e. presenting most of the following features like rolling beads, double walls, reinforcing and supporting beads for end walls
    • 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
    • B65D7/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B65D7/12—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls
    • B65D7/40—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal characterised by wall construction or by connections between walls with walls formed with filling or emptying apertures

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Rigid Containers With Two Or More Constituent Elements (AREA)
  • Devices For Use In Laboratory Experiments (AREA)
  • Thermally Insulated Containers For Foods (AREA)
  • Catching Or Destruction (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Devices For Conveying Motion By Means Of Endless Flexible Members (AREA)
  • Rolls And Other Rotary Bodies (AREA)
  • Valve-Gear Or Valve Arrangements (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)

Abstract

Drum having a side wall (1), a top wall (2) and a bottom, said top wall (2) and bottom being connected with the side wall (1) by means of a folded seam (4) and in which said top wall (2) has an aperture (5, 6) for filling and emptying, said top wall (2) being curved inwards inside a circle (10) which surrounds the outermost parts of the aperture(s) (5, 6) and is close to the inner side of the side wall (1), thereby forming an edge strip (11) while at the aperture the top wall has a strip (15) which extends from said circle (10) towards said aperture at a small angle with the horizontal such that in the inverted position of the drum the strip (15) extends from the edge strip downwards to the aperture(s) (5, 6).

Description

Drum.
The invention relates to a drum, comprising a side wall, a bottom and a top wall, which bottom and top wall are connected by
A * a folded joint to the side wall, and in which the top wall is provided with at least one closable aperture with a neck going out 5 from an outward-pressed part surrounding the neck, which top wall inwards from a circle in the plane of the top wall is curved in¬ wards and outwards from said circle has an edge strip, all this in such a way that in the inverted position of the drum the contents can run off through the aperture.
10 Such a drum is known from, for example, German Gebrauchsmus- ter G 87 09594.7. In the case of this known drum the curvature and the conical surface shaped edge strip intersect each other approxi¬ mately at the centre lines of the apertures, so that these inter¬ sections form a valley which runs round in the peripheral direction
15 and forms the lowest point when the drum is placed upside down. At the place of this intersection or meeting of curvature and conical surface shaped edge strip a groove is also pressed into the top wall, which groove itself slopes down from the large aperture to the small, lower-lying aperture, in order to make emptying of the
20 drum easier.
The manufacture of such a top wall requires more material, and is complex and thus expensive.
This known drum was designed because the chemical industry has now set the condition for drum manufacturers that a drum, such
25 as a 55-gallon drum filled with water, when placed upside down to achieve emptying of the drum, must be emptied in the purely ver¬ tical position to such an extent that within five minutes no more than 100 ml is left in the drum. This known drum meets this condi¬ tion.
30 A drum with an entirely flat top wall, which is provided in the known manner with two apertures, also meets this condition, but a drum with such a flat top wall also has the problem of not being strong enough. Internal excess pressure can lead to permanent deformation. The curvature, as in the case of the above-mentioned known drum, does not have that problem.
A disadvantage of the known drum is, however, that the re¬ maining liquid has to drain off through the small aperture, while in general there is a requirement that this must take place through the large aperture. It is possible to place the large aperture lower down than the small one and to make the groove of the small one slope towards the large aperture.
However, in that case, in order to prevent the large closure from projecting beyond the edge of the drum, the top wall must be made of a greater depth. A considerably greater quantity of mate¬ rial is required for this.
The object of the invention is then to provide a drum which meets the requirement set, remains simple to manufacture, and is strong enough.
This object is achieved according to the invention in that the circle surrounding the inward curvature has a diameter which is greater than the largest circle " within which the edge of the outward-pressed part surrounding the neck facing the folded joint is situated, but is smaller than the diameter of the inside face of the wall of the drum, so that an edge strip is formed between said curvature and the drum wall, and in that at this aperture the top wall has a strip which from the edge strip faces away from the drum wall, and which surrounds the outward-pressed part at least partially, and forms a small angle with a horizontal face lying at right angles to the centre line of the drum, in such a way that in the inverted position of the drum with the aperture downwards this strip forms a run-off face running from the edge strip in a down¬ ward slope. In this way virtually complete emptying can be achieved, not only in a purely vertically placed position, but also in a position which deviates slightly from it. Besides, full emptying can be ensured by lifting the drum slightly at the side lying opposite the drain aperture when it is placed in the inverted position, for example in such a way that the centre line forms an angle of 5° with the vertical, as a result of which all remaining liquid is sure to run to the part of the edge strip connecting to the run-off strip sloping towards the aperture.
This also means that with a relatively small curvature the drum can still be given the necessary strength, so that there is no risk of the wall being pressed outwards permanently. 5 It also means that the shape of the top wall ensuring com¬ plete draining of the contents requires no additional space, so * that no adverse effect takes place on the contents of the drum, the edge height remains at the folded joint, and the closure remains below the plane through the folded joint edge. 10 For the manufacture of the top wall, no great changes as regards the normal production equipment are needed. The same sheet form can also be used for the bottom wall, of course without the outward-pressed parts with the necks and apertures.
It is pointed out that Dutch Patent Application 8802842 (not 15 a prior publication) gives a solution to the same problem by en¬ suring that the inward curvature of the top wall ends at a circle which lies inside the facing edges of the circular outward-pressed parts of the apertures where a transition occurs towards an out¬ ward-sloping conical face, which conical face forms a ' very small 20 angle with the horizontal face lying at right angles to the centre line, all this in such a way that when it is placed in the inverted position virtually complete emptying is obtained, in such a way that no more than 50 ml can remain behind, which lies within the values laid down by the industry. 25 The invention will now be explained in greater detail with reference to the drawing.
Fig. 1 is a top view of a part of the top wall of a drum. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the top wall of the drum of Fig. 1, but where the drum is placed on its head. 30 Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section through the righthand part of Fig. 2.
The figures show a part of a drum with a drum wall 1 and a _ top wall 2.
Fig. 2 shows the drum placed on its head, so that the top * 35 wall 2 is facing the ground surface 3 and rests on it with the folded joint 4, by which top wall 2 and drum wall 1 are connected to each other. A closable filling aperture 5 and a closable vent aperture 6 are situated in the top wall. These apertures are formed by bushes
7, 8 which are provided with octagonal flanges, and which with the flanges indicated in Fig. 1 fit into outward-pressed parts 9, 10 of the top wall.
The top wall 2 is pressed inwards over virtually its entire surface with a large radius, so that an inward curvature is formed, which in the inverted position shown in Fig. 2 forms a run-off face ending at 10, at a short distance from the inside wall of the drum.
This preferably takes place via a stepped transition 10' shown in Fig. 3.
In this way a narrow edge strip 11 , for example 8 mm wide, is left between the outside edge of the inward-curved part and the inside wall of the drum 1, said strip being essentially flat, i.e. runs horizontally and can have only a small gap 12 determined by the folded joint finish where the top wall connects to the drum wall.
In order to reinforce the top wall, it can have various stepped slopes, such as the slope 13, 14.
Situated at the larger aperture 5 is a run-off strip 15 running from the edge strip 11 and sloping at a slight angle, which is more clearly visible in Fig. 3. This run-off strip 15 runs from the edge strip 11, in the inverted position shown in the drawing, slanting downward at a slight angle, at least to the face 16 in which the flange of the bush 7 is situated. This run-off strip can also be surrounded by a sloping, for example U-shaped edge 17 running from the edge strip.
During emptying of this drum the liquid will in the end go into the edge strip. In most approximately vertical positions the remaining liquid will flow via the edge strip and the run-off face 15 to the aperture and flow away.
If one wishes to be sure, then it is sufficient to lift the drum slightly at the side where the second aperture 6 is situated, as a result of which remaining liquid present in the edge strip 11 is certain to flow in the direction of the run-off face 15 and is certain to flow away through the aperture 5 when the drum is lower- ed again.
Liquid will then remain behind at most in the gap 12, insofar as present, for it can also be filled up with an internal lacquer coating or the like. In any case, what liquid could remain behind is less than the earlier mentioned conditions.

Claims

C A I M S
1. Drum, comprising a side wall (1 ) , a bottom and a top wall (2), which bottom and top wall (2) are connected by a folded joint (4) to the side wall (1), and in which the top wall (2) is provided with at least one closable aperture (5, 6) with a neck going out from an outward-pressed part surrounding the neck (7, 8), which top wall (2) inwards from a circle in the plane of the top wall (2) is curved inwards and outwards from said circle has an edge strip (11), all this in such a way that in the inverted position of the drum the contents can run off through the aperture (5, 6), charac- terized in that the circle (10) surrounding the inward curvature has a diameter which is greater than the largest circle within which the edge (9) of the outward-pressed part surrounding the neck (7) facing the folded joint (4) is situated, but is smaller than the diameter of the inside face of the wall (1 ) of the drum, so that an edge strip (11) is formed between said curvature and the drum wall (1), and in that at this aperture (5, 6) the top wall (2) has a strip (15) which from the edge strip (11) faces away from the drum wall, and which surrounds the outward-pressed part (9) at least partially, and forms a small angle with a horizontal face (16) lying at right angles to the centre line of the drum, in such a way that in the inverted position of the drum with the aperture (5, 6) downwards this strip (15) forms a run-off face running from the edge strip (11) in a downward slope.
2. Drum according to Claim 1 with two apertures, character¬ ized in that the run-off face (15) is situated at only one aperture (5).
3. Drum according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the inward-curved top face has an upward-sloping step at a circle which is on a diameter which is smaller than the inward limit of the outward-pressed part (9, 10) of the neck (8, 9) of the aperture(s)
(5, 6).
4. Drum according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the top face has an upward-sioping step (10') at the transition to the edge strip (11).
5. Drum according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the top face has an upward-sloping step at the circle on which the centre line(s) of the aperture(s) is (are) situated.
6. Drum according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the run-off face is surrounded by a sloping step (17) surrounding the aperture (5) in a U-shape from the edge strip (11).
7. Drum according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the angle of gradient of the run-off face
(15) relative to the horizontal is less than 2°.
8. Drum according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the edge strip is of a width of less than 10 mm.
EP91904046A 1990-02-19 1991-02-19 Drum Expired - Lifetime EP0515465B1 (en)

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AU (1) AU641476B2 (en)
DE (1) DE69100311T2 (en)
DK (1) DK0515465T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2044725T3 (en)
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NL9000396A (en) 1991-09-16
AU641476B2 (en) 1993-09-23
DK0515465T3 (en) 1994-01-03
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ES2044725T3 (en) 1994-01-01

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