EP0807078A1 - Multi-compartment drum - Google Patents

Multi-compartment drum

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Publication number
EP0807078A1
EP0807078A1 EP95908225A EP95908225A EP0807078A1 EP 0807078 A1 EP0807078 A1 EP 0807078A1 EP 95908225 A EP95908225 A EP 95908225A EP 95908225 A EP95908225 A EP 95908225A EP 0807078 A1 EP0807078 A1 EP 0807078A1
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Prior art keywords
drum
side wall
tongue
segments
storage drum
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Terry J. Hanson
Ted E. Piatt
Martin P. Mascianica
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BASF Corp
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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • 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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/02—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material of curved cross-section
    • B65D11/06—Drums or barrels
    • B65D11/08—Arrangements of filling or discharging 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3205—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces

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  • This invention is related to the field of storage drums.
  • the present invention is embodied in a storage drum having multiple storage compartments which allow at least two dissimilar materials (e.g. liquids, particulate solid materials, slurries or the like) to be stored separately of one another in respective ones of the compartments but be readily available for collective use (e.g., as a mixture of such materials) .
  • dissimilar materials e.g. liquids, particulate solid materials, slurries or the like
  • pourable dissim ⁇ ilar materials e.g., liquids, particulate solids and the like
  • dissimilar materials e.g., liquids, particulate solids and the like
  • agricultural chemicals are desirably applied to crops as an ad- mixture so as to improve application efficiency and/or chemical efficancy.
  • each drum segment will be formed by a pair of semicircular end panels which are joined to, and spaced-apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical wall section and a substan ⁇ tially rectangular planar wall section.
  • the planar wall section of one drum segment (the female drum segment) will, moreover, de- fine a longitudinally oriented re-entrant groove which unites with a longitudinally oriented tongue protruding from the planar wall section of the other drum segment (the male drum segment) . Therefore, when the tongue and groove are united with one another, an overall cylindrical drum structure will result.
  • each drum segment establish a diametrical parting plane when the tongue and groove are united with one another.
  • the hemicylindrical wall segments are provided with longitudinally spaced-apart and outwardly pro- truding pairs of roll stops close to this parting plane.
  • the up ⁇ per semicircular end panels are each provided with a bunghole formed in relationship to the roll stops such that, when the drum structure is turned on its side and prevented from rolling by one set of roll stops, the bungholes will be substantially vertically oriented with respect to one another.
  • the con- tents within the hemi-cylindrical drum segments can selectively be dispensed by positioning that segment's bunghole in the lower vertical position relative to the other bunghole.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front perspective view of the multi-compartment drum according to this invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the multi-compartment drum shown in FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a bottom plan view of the multi-compartment drum of this invention shown in FIGURE I;
  • FIGURE 4 is a front side elevational view of the multi-compart ⁇ ment drum of this invention as taken along lines 4-4 in FIGURE 2;
  • FIGURE 5 is a left side elevational view of the multi-compartment drum of this invention as taken along lines 5-5 in FIGURE 2;
  • FIGURE 6 is an exploded perspective view of the multicompartment drum according to this invention showing the respective matable drum segments thereof separated in a clam-shell fashion;
  • FIGURE 7 is a perspective view similar to FIGURE I, but partly in section;
  • FIGURE 8 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which 5 the drum contents may be dispensed.
  • FIGURES 1-7 depict a particularly preferred em ⁇ bodiment of the multi-compartment drum 1 according to the present invention.
  • the drum I essentially includes sepa-
  • Each of the drum segments 12, 14 is comprised of a pair of semicircular upper and lower end panels 12a, 12b and l 4 a, 14b, joined to and separated by a side wall comprised of a hemicylindrical exterior wall section 12c and
  • the lower end panels 12b, 14b are preferably provided with arcu ⁇ ate recesses 12b' , 14b' (or ribs, if desired) for structural 20 strength (see FIGURE 3) .
  • the side wall sections 12c, 14c are preferably provided with recessed handles 12c' , 14c', respectively, to facilitate handling of the drum 10.
  • the male drum 25 segment 12 includes a tongue 12e outwardly protruding from the inner wall section 12d, while the female drum section 14 includes a re-entrant groove 14e defined by the inner wall section 14d.
  • the tongue 12e and groove 14e are conformably shaped so that when united, a relatively tight interference fit is achieved.
  • the tongue 12e includes an arcuate head portion 12e' and a neck portion 12e" of narrower dimension. The head portion 12e' will thus fit conformably into the arcuate receiving channel I 4e of the groove 14e, while the entranceway 14e" of the groove is dimensioned so as to closely fit the neck 35 portion 12e".
  • This interlocking arrangement of the tongue 12e/ groove 14e prevents the drum segments 12/14, respectively, from readily separating from one another.
  • the longitudinal dimensions of 40 the tongue 12e and groove 14e are each less than the overall lon ⁇ gitudinal dimension of drum 10. This feature of the present in ⁇ vention will thus ensure that the two segments 12 and 14 are only united to one another in the intended orientation — i.e., mating of the drum segments in a reverse orientation to that shown in 45 the drawing FIGURES is prevented.
  • the lower ends of the tongue 12e and groove 14e are shown in the drawing FIGURES as extending to the end (bottom) wall panels 12b and 14b, respectively, they each could terminate in a manner similar to their upper ends (i.e., each spaced from the bottom wall panels 12b, 14b, respectively) .
  • the side walls 12c, 14c of the drum segments be provided with circum ⁇ ferential band-receiving channels 12f, 14f (see FIGURE 6) which receive a suitable restraining band 16 (see FIGURE 1) therein.
  • the restraining bands 16 thereby serve to prevent relative longi ⁇ tudinal slippage between the drum segments 12 and 1 4 and may be used regardless of the particular configuration of the tongue 12e and groove 14e so as to improve the structural integrity of the drum 10 when the drum segments 12, 14 are united to one another.
  • each of the roll stops I2g is circumferentially opposite to a respective one of roll stops 14g while each of the roll stops 12h is circumferen- tially opposite to a respective one of the roll stops 14h.
  • each of the roll stops 12g, 12h and 14g, 14h will de ⁇ fine a convexly arcuate (e.g., hemispherical) surface.
  • the upper end panels 12a and 1 4a are each provided with respec ⁇ tive bungholes 12i, 14i (see FIGURE 8) and caps 12j, 14j, respec- tively.
  • the bungholes 12i, 14i thus.provide access to the inte ⁇ rior compartments 12k, 14k (see FIGURE 7) of the segments 12, 14, respectively, so that the compartments 12k, 14k may be filled with a respective volume of dissimilar pourable material, and to allow a respective dissimilar pourable material contained therein to be dispensed when desired.
  • the asymmetrical orientation of the circumferentially paired roll stops 12g/14g and 12h/14h and the placement of the bungholes 12i and 1 4i near the paired roll stops 12g/14g and 12h/14h, respectively, allows the bungholes 12i and 14i to be vertically oriented with one another when the drum 10 is turned on its side and rests upon the paired roll stops 12g/14g or 12h/14h.
  • the vertical orienta ⁇ tion of the bungholes 12i and 14i may be reversed by simply rol- ling the drum 10 along its circumferential side surface (arrow A_ in FIGURE 8) until it translates a distance (arrow A 2 in FIGURE 8) which is substantially equivalent one- half the circumferential dimension of drum 10, and rests upon the other set of paired roll stops 12h/14h.
  • the respective contents within the compartments 12k and 1 4k may be dispensed separately from the drum 10 through bungholes 12i and 14i, respectively.

Abstract

A longitudinally bisected storage drum (10) includes a pair of hemi-cylindrical drum segments (12, 14) each being formed by a pair of semicircular end panels (12a, 14a, 12b, 14b) which are joined to, and spaced-apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical wall section (12c, 14c) and a substantially rectangular planar wall section (12d, 14d). The planar wall section of one drum segment defines a longitudinally oriented re-entrant groove (14e) which unites with a longitudinally oriented tongue (12e) protruding from the planar wall section of the other drum segment. Therefore, when the tongue and groove are united with one another, an overall cylindrical drum structure will result. The closely adjacent planar wall sections of each drum segment establish a diametrical parting plane when the tongue and groove are united with one another while the hemi-cylindrical wall segments are provided with longitudinally spaced-apart and outwardly protruding pairs of roll stops (12g, 14g, 12h, 14h) close to this parting plane. Thus, by simply reversing the vertical orientation of bungholes (12j, 14j) formed in each of the upper end panels (e.g., by rolling the drum along its cylindrical side wall until it rests upon the other set of roll stops), the contents within the hemi-cylindrical drum segments can selectively be dispensed by positioning that segment's bunghole in the lower vertical position relative to the other bunghole.

Description

MULTI-COMPARTMENT DRUM
Description
This invention is related to the field of storage drums. In pre¬ ferred forms, the present invention is embodied in a storage drum having multiple storage compartments which allow at least two dissimilar materials (e.g. liquids, particulate solid materials, slurries or the like) to be stored separately of one another in respective ones of the compartments but be readily available for collective use (e.g., as a mixture of such materials) .
It is sometimes desirable or necessary to supply pourable dissim¬ ilar materials (e.g., liquids, particulate solids and the like) separately to the end user even though the end user may wish to use such dissimilar materials as a mixture. For example, certain chemically and/or functionally dissimilar
agricultural chemicals are desirably applied to crops as an ad- mixture so as to improve application efficiency and/or chemical efficancy. However, it is sometimes impossible to supply such agricultural chemicals to the end user in premixed batches due to chemical instability of the mixture and/or government environmen¬ tal/occupational safety requirements.
It would therefore be desirable if dissimilar materials which cannot physically be stored in admixture could nonetheless be contained separately in a common storage drum so that the end user could readily dispense such materials as needed. It is to- ward providing such a storage drum that the present invention is directed.
In general, the present invention is embodied in a longitudinally bisected storage drum composed of a pair of hemi-cylindrical drum segments. Thus, each drum segment will be formed by a pair of semicircular end panels which are joined to, and spaced-apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical wall section and a substan¬ tially rectangular planar wall section. The planar wall section of one drum segment (the female drum segment) will, moreover, de- fine a longitudinally oriented re-entrant groove which unites with a longitudinally oriented tongue protruding from the planar wall section of the other drum segment (the male drum segment) . Therefore, when the tongue and groove are united with one another, an overall cylindrical drum structure will result. The closely adjacent planar wall sections of each drum segment establish a diametrical parting plane when the tongue and groove are united with one another. The hemicylindrical wall segments are provided with longitudinally spaced-apart and outwardly pro- truding pairs of roll stops close to this parting plane. The up¬ per semicircular end panels are each provided with a bunghole formed in relationship to the roll stops such that, when the drum structure is turned on its side and prevented from rolling by one set of roll stops, the bungholes will be substantially vertically oriented with respect to one another.
Thus, by simply reversing the vertical orientation of the bung¬ holes (e.g., by rolling the drum along its cylindrical side wall until the it rests upon the other set of roll stops) , the con- tents within the hemi-cylindrical drum segments can selectively be dispensed by positioning that segment's bunghole in the lower vertical position relative to the other bunghole.
Other aspects and advantages of. this invention will become more clear after careful consideration is given to the detailed de¬ scription of the preferred exemplary embodiments thereof which follow.
Reference will hereinafter be made to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals throughout the various FIGURES denote like structural elements and wherein;
FIGURE 1 is a front perspective view of the multi-compartment drum according to this invention;
FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the multi-compartment drum shown in FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 3 is a bottom plan view of the multi-compartment drum of this invention shown in FIGURE I;
FIGURE 4 is a front side elevational view of the multi-compart¬ ment drum of this invention as taken along lines 4-4 in FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 5 is a left side elevational view of the multi-compartment drum of this invention as taken along lines 5-5 in FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 6 is an exploded perspective view of the multicompartment drum according to this invention showing the respective matable drum segments thereof separated in a clam-shell fashion; FIGURE 7 is a perspective view similar to FIGURE I, but partly in section; and
FIGURE 8 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which 5 the drum contents may be dispensed.
The accompanying FIGURES 1-7 depict a particularly preferred em¬ bodiment of the multi-compartment drum 1 according to the present invention. In this regard, the drum I essentially includes sepa-
10 rable hemicylindrical drum segments in the form of male drum seg¬ ment 12 and female drum segment 14. Each of the drum segments 12, 14 is comprised of a pair of semicircular upper and lower end panels 12a, 12b and l4a, 14b, joined to and separated by a side wall comprised of a hemicylindrical exterior wall section 12c and
15 14c, and substantially planar inner wall section 1 2d and 14d (see FIGURE 6), respectively.
The lower end panels 12b, 14b are preferably provided with arcu¬ ate recesses 12b' , 14b' (or ribs, if desired) for structural 20 strength (see FIGURE 3) . The side wall sections 12c, 14c, on the other hand, are preferably provided with recessed handles 12c' , 14c', respectively, to facilitate handling of the drum 10.
As is perhaps more clearly depicted in FIGURE 6, the male drum 25 segment 12 includes a tongue 12e outwardly protruding from the inner wall section 12d, while the female drum section 14 includes a re-entrant groove 14e defined by the inner wall section 14d. The tongue 12e and groove 14e are conformably shaped so that when united, a relatively tight interference fit is achieved. In this 30 regard, it will be noted that the tongue 12e includes an arcuate head portion 12e' and a neck portion 12e" of narrower dimension. The head portion 12e' will thus fit conformably into the arcuate receiving channel I 4e of the groove 14e, while the entranceway 14e" of the groove is dimensioned so as to closely fit the neck 35 portion 12e". This interlocking arrangement of the tongue 12e/ groove 14e prevents the drum segments 12/14, respectively, from readily separating from one another.
It will be observed, however, that the longitudinal dimensions of 40 the tongue 12e and groove 14e are each less than the overall lon¬ gitudinal dimension of drum 10. This feature of the present in¬ vention will thus ensure that the two segments 12 and 14 are only united to one another in the intended orientation — i.e., mating of the drum segments in a reverse orientation to that shown in 45 the drawing FIGURES is prevented. Although the lower ends of the tongue 12e and groove 14e are shown in the drawing FIGURES as extending to the end (bottom) wall panels 12b and 14b, respectively, they each could terminate in a manner similar to their upper ends (i.e., each spaced from the bottom wall panels 12b, 14b, respectively) . However, in the embodiment shown in the drawing FIGURES, it is preferred that the side walls 12c, 14c of the drum segments be provided with circum¬ ferential band-receiving channels 12f, 14f (see FIGURE 6) which receive a suitable restraining band 16 (see FIGURE 1) therein. The restraining bands 16 thereby serve to prevent relative longi¬ tudinal slippage between the drum segments 12 and 1 4 and may be used regardless of the particular configuration of the tongue 12e and groove 14e so as to improve the structural integrity of the drum 10 when the drum segments 12, 14 are united to one another.
The closely adjacent planar inner wall sections 12d, 14d will es¬ tablish a diametrical parting plane P (which is shown normal to the plane of FIGURE 5) when the tongue 12e and groove 14e are united with one another According to the present invention, the hemicylindrical wall sections 12c and 14c will each be provided with two sets of longitudinally spaced-apart roll stops 12g, 12h and 14g, 14h, respectively. In this regard, each of the roll stops I2g is circumferentially opposite to a respective one of roll stops 14g while each of the roll stops 12h is circumferen- tially opposite to a respective one of the roll stops 14h. As a result, upper and lower circumferentially paired roll stops 12g/14g and 12h/14h are provided asymmetrically straddling the diametrical parting plane P when the drum segments 12 and 14 are united with one another to form the overall cylindrical drum 10. Preferably, each of the roll stops 12g, 12h and 14g, 14h will de¬ fine a convexly arcuate (e.g., hemispherical) surface.
The upper end panels 12a and 1 4a are each provided with respec¬ tive bungholes 12i, 14i (see FIGURE 8) and caps 12j, 14j, respec- tively. The bungholes 12i, 14i thus.provide access to the inte¬ rior compartments 12k, 14k (see FIGURE 7) of the segments 12, 14, respectively, so that the compartments 12k, 14k may be filled with a respective volume of dissimilar pourable material, and to allow a respective dissimilar pourable material contained therein to be dispensed when desired.
As noted in the accompanying drawing FIGURES, the asymmetrical orientation of the circumferentially paired roll stops 12g/14g and 12h/14h and the placement of the bungholes 12i and 1 4i near the paired roll stops 12g/14g and 12h/14h, respectively, allows the bungholes 12i and 14i to be vertically oriented with one another when the drum 10 is turned on its side and rests upon the paired roll stops 12g/14g or 12h/14h. Therefore, when the drum 10 rests upon a surface S using the set of paired roll stops 1 2g/14g as shown in FIGURE 8, for example, the vertical orienta¬ tion of the bungholes 12i and 14i may be reversed by simply rol- ling the drum 10 along its circumferential side surface (arrow A_ in FIGURE 8) until it translates a distance (arrow A2 in FIGURE 8) which is substantially equivalent one- half the circumferential dimension of drum 10, and rests upon the other set of paired roll stops 12h/14h. As such, the respective contents within the compartments 12k and 1 4k may be dispensed separately from the drum 10 through bungholes 12i and 14i, respectively.
While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred em- bodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment, but on the contrary, is in¬ tended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

ClaimsWHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A multi-compartment storage drum comprising: a pair of separ¬ ably united hemi-cylindrical drum segments; each said drum segment including upper and lower semicircular end panels which are joined to, and spaced apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical exterior side wall section and a planar interior side wall section, wherein said end panels and said interior and exterior side wall sections of each said drum segment collectively establish a compartment to hold a volume of pourable material, and wherein said interior side wall sections of said drum segments are disposed closely adjacent to one another when said drum segments are united so that said drum has a generally cylindrical shape by virtue of said exterior hemi-cylindrical exterior side wall sections, said closely adjacent interior side wall sections establishing a longitudinally diametrical parting plane of said storage drum, and wherein said storage drum further comprises, cir¬ cumferentially paired roll stops outwardly extending from said exterior side wall sections of said drum sections and asymmetrically straddling said longitudinally diametrical parting plane; and bung holes formed in each of said end pan- els and disposed closely adjacent said parting plane such that said bung holes are oriented substantially vertically with respect to one another when said drum is resting on one set of said paired roll stops and such that said vertical orientation of said bung holes may be reversed by rolling said storage drum along said side wall sections until said drum rests upon another set of paired roll stops.
2. A storage drum as in claim 1, further comprising a groove formed in the planar interior side wall section of one drum segment, and a tongue outwardly protruding from the planar interior side wall section of the other drum segment, said tongue and groove being conformably shaped so as to be inter- lockable and thereby separably unite said drum segments one the other.
3. A storage drum as in claim. 2, wherein said tongue and groove are oriented longitudinally.
4. A storage drum as in claim 3, wherein at least one terminal end of said tongue and groove terminates short of an adjacent end panel. 5. A storage drum as in claim 3, wherein said tongue includes an arcuate head portion and a neck portion of reduced cross-sec¬ tional dimension joining said head portion to said planar in¬ terior side wall section of the other drum segment.
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6. A storage drum as in claim 5, wherein said groove includes an arcuate receiving channel conforming to said head portion of said tongue and an entranceway corresponding substantially to said reduced cross-sectional dimension of said neck portion.
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7. A storage drum as in claim 6, comprising upper and lower sets of said circumferentially paired roll stops.
8. A storage drum as in claim 7, wherein each of said roll stops 15 defines a convex arcuate surface.
9. A storage drum as in claim 1, wherein said exterior side wall sections include handles.
20 10. A storage drum as in claim 9, wherein said handles are re¬ cessed.
11. A storage drum as in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said exte¬ rior side wall sections include circumferential band-receiv-
25 ing channels, and restraining bands disposed in said band-re¬ ceiving channels to prevent relative separation of said drum segments.
12. A drum as in claim 1, wherein lower end panels include arcu- 30 ate reinforcing structures.
13. A drum as in claim I 3, wherein said reinforcing structures are recessed relative to said lower end panels.
35 14. A drum as in claim 1, further comprising caps covering said bung holes.
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