EP0524793A1 - Vorrichtung zum Handhaben von Material - Google Patents

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EP0524793A1
EP0524793A1 EP92306639A EP92306639A EP0524793A1 EP 0524793 A1 EP0524793 A1 EP 0524793A1 EP 92306639 A EP92306639 A EP 92306639A EP 92306639 A EP92306639 A EP 92306639A EP 0524793 A1 EP0524793 A1 EP 0524793A1
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Ivan Semenenko
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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
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B65D88/128—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport tank containers, i.e. containers provided with supporting devices for handling
    • 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
    • B65D2588/00—Large container
    • B65D2588/02—Large container rigid
    • B65D2588/12—Large container rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B65D2588/125—Intermediate bulk container [IBC]

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  • the invention relates to apparatus for handling flowable material and in particular an intermediate bulk container (I.B.C.) apparatus.
  • I.B.C. intermediate bulk container
  • Material such as a liquid, slurry or particulate material is often housed in bulk in a bin or silo (I.B.C.), from which it may be discharged periodically at a fixed discharge station comprising a chute down which the material can flow from the bin or container.
  • the bin usually has an inlet and an outlet, the outlet normally being obturated by a conical or frusto conical valve which sits on its base or rim on a converging exit throat at the outlet.
  • a suitable lifting device such as a bellows or complementary cone valve of the discharge station.
  • MATCON Registered Trade Mark
  • Patent No. 2 084 969 B Such systems work very well but they can suffer from a disadvantage in that the bin or container typically uses box section legs and/or have folded angle legs which are wrapped round the corner of the bin and welded up the side, thereby creating a trap between the meeting surfaces. Material may then become lodged in such traps or crevices and may remain there after the rest of the material has been discharged thereby posing a threat to container and environmental hygiene.
  • I.B.C.'S are transportable in that they are moved around in different locations in a plant such as a food processing plant, and are also moved between different locations such as from one plant to another. They are also often subjected to sometimes drastic variations of temperature.
  • material handling apparatus comprising a container having for the material, an inlet to and an outlet from the container, and supports whereby the container can be supported on a substrate and/or can support another container, each support and the container being secured together by securing means which provides a smooth transition between adjacent surfaces.
  • the securing means may comprise a weld on opposite sides of the support at a junction with the container.
  • the container may have a round to square contour transition, and the weld may follow the contour.
  • the weld may penetrate the support whereby to provide uniform weld material at the junction.
  • Each support may comprise a plate having a strut part which may extend in use from a substrate and may follow the contour of the round and square part of the container and a part which may be complementary to the round part and which may converge to the straight part
  • the support for supporting another container may comprise a foot which has a part spaced from a boundary surface of the container to provide a space therebetween.
  • the part may be mounted on spaced apart legs which are complementary to a smooth to square transition surface of the container and which may be secured thereto by a weld on opposite sides of the legs at a junction with the container.
  • the inlet may be closed by a removable cover which may be held in place by a releasable fastening secured to the container by a weld on opposite sides of a mounting plate therefor.
  • a lip defining the inlet may be secured to the container by a weld on opposite sides thereof.
  • the respective weld may penetrate the mounting plate or leg to provide a uniform weld material at the junction.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a lower part (as viewed and as in use) of apparatus according to the invention in the form of an Intermediate Bulk Container (I.B.C.);
  • I.B.C. Intermediate Bulk Container
  • Fig. 1A, 1B, and 1C are respectively elevational views of a plate or template before and after folding, and an end view;
  • Fig. 2 is a scrap section on the line 'X'-'X' of Fig. 1 and to a larger scale than that Figure;
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an upper part (as viewed and in use) of the container of Figs. 1 and 2;
  • Fig. 4 is a view in the direction of arrow 'Y' in Fig. 3;
  • Fig.5 is a part sectional side elevational view of the part of the container of Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 'T'-'T' of Fig. 5;
  • Fig.7 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of a further embodiment of I.B.C. according to the invention.
  • Fig. 7A is an enlarged scrap sectional view of the part indicated at 7A in Fig. 7;
  • Fig. 8 is a plan view of a yet further embodiment of I.B.C. of Fig. 7.
  • material handling apparatus 1 such as an Intermediate Bulk Container (I.B.C.) for transporting and/or storing say particulate material as is for example used in the food or pharmaceutical industry.
  • the container 1 has, for the material, an inlet 2 to and outlet 3 from the container, and supports 4, 4′ whereby the container can be supported on a substrate 5 and/or can support another container 1, each support 4, 4′ and the container being secured together by securing means 6 which provides a smooth transition between adjacent surfaces.
  • securing means 6 which provides a smooth transition between adjacent surfaces.
  • each support 4 (there are four in the embodiment, one at each comer) is seured to the container by the securing means 6 which is in the form of a weld on opposite sides of the support at a junction with the container.
  • the weld also follows the contour of the transition from round to square contour, and penetrates the support to provide uniform weld material at the junction. This is achieved by welding from both sides to provide full penetration by fusing the material.
  • the corners 8 of the container are each welded in a similar way too (Fig.2) to provide integrity of the weld 6.
  • Each support 4 is formed from an initially flat plate or template 9 of generally triangular shape which has a nose 10 which curves to a notch 11 along one side 12 and a fold line 13 from the notch 11 to the opposite side 14.
  • the side 12 with the notch 11 provides a complementary shape to the external configuration of the container 1, there being parts 4 a , 4 b , forming struts with no external horizontal surfaces, and being secured to the container 1 with a full double-sided weld 6.
  • Channels 15 are welded to the base of the struts 4 a , 4 b to form the guides for the forks offork-lift trucks, nylon block, feet 16 being secured in position as by screwing and by a silicon mastic material.
  • the supports 4′ receive the supports 4 and comprise stacking feet for stacking container on container.
  • the supports 4′ comprise vertical (as viewed) side plates 17 having a curved part complementary to the shape of the (curved) top 18 of the container and extending down the side.
  • the plates are again welded with double-sided, full or through welds 6 and support horizontal (as shown) plates 19 and inclined guard or guide plates 20 overlying the container 1.
  • the horizontal plates 19 are spaced from the upper surface 18 to provide an open top cup or rebate 21 which is ample enough for washing media such as water or steam to penetrate for cleansing purposes.
  • the inlet 2 comprises a circular (in the embodiment) upstanding lip 22 secured to the body of the container 1 and defining a boundary of the inlet 2.
  • the lip 22 is secured by welds 6 such as butt welds which are on both sides of the lip 22 and penetrate and are fused to provide a full weld with a smooth transition from the lip to the body of the container with no horizontal part.
  • the inlet 2 is sealed closed by a gasket or seal 23 such as a neoprene seal clipped round an outturned part 24 of the lip 22 and on which is received a spun metal lid 25.
  • the lid 25 has secured thereto, again by double side welds 6 such as butt welds which penetrate the metal, a fixing plate 26.
  • the knob 32 is released and the bolt 29 is pivoted up about the swivel pin 30, pivotably mounted in the yoke 31, so that the bolt 39 is received in the U-shaped notch 27 with the knob 32 above the plate 26, the lid 25 is ready to be secured.
  • This is achieved by screwing the knob 32 down to engage the plate 26 and thus in turn bear the lid 25 down on the seal 23 to provide a sealed mounting of the lid 25 on the lip 22 so sealing thei nlet 2.
  • the lid 25 is removed by unscrewing the knob 32 and pivoting the rod 29 out of the U-shaped notch 27.
  • the knob 32, rod 29, swivel pin 30 and yoke 31 provide a releasable f astening.
  • the apparatus 100 shown is an I.B.C. which is similar to that 1 shown in Figs 1 to 6, the supports 4 having re-entrant parts 4 a , 4 b which instead of terminating substantially at a waist of the I.B.C. as before, has a part 4 c which extends upwardly along the body of the I.B.C. to provide rigidity, and also extends peripherally via part 4 d and a gusset 4 e so providing support.
  • the lid as shown in Fig. 7A is similar to that shown in Fig. 5, the gasket being snub-nosed in Fig. 7A. As in the first embodiment there is a smooth transition between all adjacent surfaces.
  • the supports 4 are only secured to the body 101 of the container 100 by welding at the part 4 c and 4 d , the gussets 4 e providing a support for the part 4 d .
  • the part 4 a and 4 b whilst providing support struts, are not welded to the body 101 of the I.B.C.
  • those legs absorb the force through the struts 4 a and 4 b which can crumble or buckle in dissipating the force of the impact, and this is achieved without that impact force impinging on the body of the I.B.C.
  • the gussets 4 e whilst giving support to the struts 4 a , 4 b also act as a kind of cushion, whilst allowing the struts to buckle progressively, the gussets 4 e being shaped to follow the contour of the exterior of the body 101 and being secured as by welding to the part 4 d and 4 a , b .
  • the embodiment of I.B.C. 100 also has supports 4′ by which the I.B.C. can receive and support in superposed relation a similar I.B.C.
  • the lip 22 is designed so that if the I.B.C. is dropped on the top, that is on cover 25 or on the lip per se if the cover is removed, impact force is distributed round the periphery of the body 101 of the I.B.C., so again maintaining the physical integrity of the I.B.C.
  • I.B.C. 200 which is virtually identical to that of Figs. 7 and 7A save that there is a peripheral guard ring 201 welded to the body 101 of the I.B.C. 200 at a height at or adjacent the level of the support 4′, to protect the I.B.C. from damage by way of collision with say a crane or fork-lift truck.
  • This guard ring is secured by a smooth weld 6 as with other welds described.
  • the I.B.C. 200 has legs 4, 4 a , b , c , d , e , as in the embodiment of Figs. 7 and 7A so that the operation is the same on absorbing any unwanted impact load.
  • a complete container 1, 100, 200 in addition to providing no enclosed traps or likelihood of weld penetration, also provides for shedding of cleansing medium such as water as it has no traps or crevices therefor.
  • the hinge arrangement 27, 29, 30, 31 is also able to be washed through with water, and is readily dismantleable, so providing a hygienic arrangement.

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