FR2505792A1 - TRANSPORT CONTAINER - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A TRANSPORT CONTAINER 1 FOR BULK PRODUCTS, PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR THE TRANSPORT OF BULK PRODUCTS FLOWING RELATIVELY WELL; IT CONCERNS MORE PARTICULARLY THE SHAPE OF THE CONTAINER, WHICH FACILATES ITS UNLOADING. CONTAINER FLOOR 2 INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE CARRIER FOR TRANSPORTING THE BULK PRODUCT FROM THE CONTAINER TO AN EXIT FROM THE CONTAINER.

Description

Transport container.

  The present invention relates to a transport container for bulk products, particularly suitable for the transport of bulk products which flow relatively well, such as cement, slag cement, flour and the like, crushed rock dust, ash from pulverized fuel

  and other products with similar physical properties.

  In this specification, the term "container" refers to a large container similar to a standard shaped box for

  transport of goods The term "pneumatic chute

  that "designates a type of pneumatic transport device comprising a substantially flat, inclined support element

  on the horizontal The flat material from which the element is made

  the support is perforated by a multiplicity of fine per-

  air is forced through the perforations and fluidizes the particles of the bulk product carried on the support element, which product then flows towards

the bottom of the incline.

  Bulk products of the type considered above are often transported by first loading them into a first transport vehicle and then transferring them from this transport vehicle.

  transport possibly in a second trans-

  in port or directly in a boat If loaded in a boat, these bulk products are handled again

  and loaded into other containers or transport vehicles

  port to transport them to their final destination or even

  possibly to an intermediate destination.

  The handling of these bulk products is time consuming and expensive, and it is the object of this invention to provide a method and means for transporting these bulk products allowing such handling to be largely eliminated and, when necessary, to facilitate it

  at least with regard to unloading.

  In a first aspect, the invention provides a transport container having dimensions suitably chosen to be transported by road, rail and / or sea, in which

  the container floor is tilted downward toward

  tion of an outlet from this container, the floor of the container comprising at least one transport device for moving

  bulk products to the outlet.

  It is further provided that the transport device is

a pneumatic chute.

  It is also expected that at least the lower portions

  inner side walls of the container are incli-

  born in the direction of the transport device.

  In a second aspect, the invention therefore provides a method for transporting bulk products of the type under consideration, in which these bulk products are loaded into a container as defined above and this container is transported to the destination provided for the bulk product, and the container is discharged through said outlet, allowing the bulk product to move down on the inclined floor

  direction of the exit or by causing this descent.

  It is clear that, when manholes are provided on the top of the container, loading will be carried out by these manholes. Furthermore, unloading is preferably facilitated by a pneumatic chute or, alternatively, by any other transport device intended to move the bulk product down the inclined floor

towards the exit.

  e - Finally, the invention also provides a transport vehicle mounted on wheels for driving on rails or on the road, vehicle on which are mounted means for transferring,

  when desired, bulk products coming out of the

  tie of a container carried, in a removable manner, by said vehicle

transport cule.

  The invention will be better understood on reading the description.

  detailed description, given below by way of example only, of several preferred embodiments, in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which FIG. 1 is a side view of a transport container according to which the floor is shown in dashed lines;

  Figure 2 shows, in dash, the shape of the floor at the outside.

  moth on the outlet side of the container; Figure 3 shows the shape of the floor at the other end of the container; Figure 4 schematically shows a road transport frame used to facilitate the unloading of a container according to Figures 1 to 3; Figures 5 and 6 show a section through a variant of the invention; and

  Figure 7 is a section through a third embodiment.

  as seen in Figures 1 to 3, a transport container 1 has the general shape of a container of known shape and dimensions, suitable for the transport of

  produced by road, rail and sea, in a known manner.

  The container floor 2 has, in cross section, the form

  me of a V and is inclined down from the end 3 of the container practically to the other end 4 The inclined side walls 5 of the floor are preferably

  made so that their inclination is higher

  re at the angle of fall of the bulk product to be transported in the container Thus, during unloading, the bulk product tends to slide down this side wall of the floor towards its central zone 6, which

  has the shape of a narrow pneumatic chute for transporting

  ter the bulk products towards an outlet 7 of the container

  content, which is located at the lowest end of the

inclined floor.

  The upper part 8 of the container is formed from a single

  part with him and is equipped with manholes 9 for faci-

  bed filling, cleaning or to provide any

  access to the interior of the container that may be required

  re Of course, the manholes are wide enough

  to allow a man to pass through without difficulty

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  Figure 4 shows a frame 10 for supporting a

  content as described above; this chassis is fitted with road wheels 11 and a hitch 12 to allow it

  to be attached to a tractor, for example The chassis

  carries a transfer tank 13 suitably located to correspond to the outlet 7 of the container when the container is removably mounted on the chassis The transfer tank can be adapted to form the inlet end of a pneumatic conveyor for discharging the bulk product from the container when it leaves the outlet Alternatively, the transfer tank can have any other shape, for example

  example a hopper bringing the bulk product onto a trans-

  mechanical carrier or any other type of transporter.

  We can also use the air supply 14 to operate the pneumatic chute, in fact, we can

  use it to operate any other type of trans-

  carrier installed in the central area of the floor of the

  content We can for example replace the pneumatic chute

  than with a chain and belt mechanical conveyor A mechanical conveyor may be more usable than a pneumatic chute to evacuate bulk products

  large particles, such as pieces of coal.

  Another application of the invention is to fill a container with conventional materials used on a

construction site.

  The container is then left on site and we can thus

  take small amounts of material when it is born

  A container thus used replaces advantageously-

  the conventional storage and distribution containers usually used on construction sites It is also possible to stack several containers on top of each other, thereby providing a device for distributing, ie a greater quantity of the same material before replacing the containers, i.e. mixing several materials together in variable proportion This can be

  important for animal feed for example.

  It is understood that the container described above can

  be easily loaded and unloaded and the angle of inclination

  sound from the floor is such that the pneumatic chute or any other means of transporting the bulk products towards the outlet can operate with good efficiency.

  Generally, when using a pneumatic chute, the in-

  clinching should be greater than about 70 in length

of the container thus described.

  FIGS. 5 and 6 show a variant of the invention,

  in which the container floor has three grooves

  separate pneumatic monkfish 15 Inverted V-shaped partitions 16 are arranged between the individual chutes to guide the bulk product on these chutes. The figure shows a section through the container near the outlet end thereof, while that figure 6 shows a

  section through the container in the vicinity of the other end

  moth. FIG. 7 shows an embodiment in which the pneumatic chute 17 is much wider than

  tires shown in previous embodiments.

  The advantage of this wide chute is that the dead space due to long inclined side walls is considerably reduced. It is understood that we can bring many

  variants to the above embodiment without deviating from the es

  taken from the invention A wide variety of transport devices can be used to evacuate the bulk product from the transporter. Furthermore, the floor does not have to be V-shaped over its entire length, but it can be flat at its highest end to take

  gradually the shape of a V towards the exit.

  In fact, the floor can simply be an inclined flat floor, when the outlet extends over the entire width of the

container.

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Claims (7)

Claims.   1 Transport container having dimensions suitable for transport by road, rail and / or sea, characterized in that the floor (2) of the container (1) is inclined towards   the bottom towards an exit (7) from the container, the plane   expensive container with at least one transfer device   port to move the bulk product towards the outlet.   2 transport container according to claim 1, character-   laughed in that the transport device is a chute pneumatic (6).   3 Transport container according to any one of the res-   previous indications, characterized in that at least the   the lower inner side walls (5) of the container are inclined inward towards the transport device (6).   4 Transport container according to any one of the res-   dications previous, characterized in that the floor has a multiplicity of separate transport devices (15).   Transport container according to claim 4, characterized in that a partition (16) is arranged between the   individual transport devices.   6 Transport container according to any one of the res-   previous indications, characterized in that the device   transport is tilted down from one end of the con-   content up to the exit at the other end.   7 Transport container according to any one of the res-   dications previous, characterized in that the top (8) of the container has manholes (9) for filling,   this top being permanently attached to the container.   8 A method for transporting bulk products, characterized in that: the bulk products are loaded into a container according to claim 1, this container is transported to the destination of the bulk product, and the container is discharged by an outlet leaving the bulk product move down the conveyor towards the exit or in causing this descent.