JPS607530B2 - Method of melting and dividing solidified contents in a container by heating - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for filling a container in a molten state, cooling and solidifying the contents by leaving the contents naturally, etc., and removing the contents from the container by heating again to melt and divide the contents, depending on the purpose.

Materials that are melted by heat and used in the molten state, such as some tar-based, asphalt-based, or bitumen-based products, ``Generally, if left naturally at room temperature, individual time differences will be reduced.'' However, it solidifies when cooled.

Therefore, as a means to simplify the storage or transportation of these substances, they may be filled into containers such as drums and solidified. However, when using this method, it is extremely troublesome to remove the solidified contents from the container and transfer them to a storage tank.In other words, if the container is heated from the outside, it may come in contact with the container of the substance being filled. Only the part that is solidified will melt, and the inside will remain solidified. If you want to remove it with a pump, etc., you need to heat the solidified material inside with a special heater, etc., and then cut or cut it. It is necessary to create a frame, and if these operations are performed by input, it will take a lot of effort, and if a machine is used, it will be necessary to install various equipment.The present invention is intended to solve these drawbacks. With simple equipment such as a heater, the contents that have solidified inside the container can be stored in a storage tank or the like and used in a molten state, and can be easily removed from the container without requiring any labor. It is designed to be melted and divided.

That is, in the present invention, the contents are filled in a molten state and then cooled and solidified, and the container is placed on a heating bed forming a perforated shape with one side of the container facing downward, and the container is kept in that state. The outside of the container is surrounded and heated by a heater to cause the contents to fall out of the container under its own weight, and then passed through a perforated heating bed while being heated to melt and break up the solidified contents. shall be.

The details will be explained below.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of an apparatus for carrying out the method. It is a cylindrical storage tank having a 1' top plate and a bottom plate, and a heater 2 is attached to the inside side and bottom.

A plurality of container insertion ports 7 are bored in the top plate.
Further, a heating bed 4 is installed in the upper part of the storage tank 1. In this embodiment, the heating bed 4 is a combination of round birch or pipes as a heater and a grid-like perforated bed. Further, the heating bed 4 may be in the form of a perforated plate as long as it has holes. Reference numeral 3 denotes a top-lidded container such as a drum, into which the contents filled in a molten state are cooled and solidified to be tightly adhered.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a detachable heater that surrounds and heats the container 3 from the bottom (the top when turned over as shown in the figure) and sides. The operation of this embodiment configured as above will be explained.

The container 3 that has been stored or transported (still filled with the solidified contents 6) is removed from the top cover and inserted into the container insertion opening 7 on the top plate of the storage tank 1 with the entrance facing downward using a handling device (not shown). The surrounding greenery is installed so as to be in direct contact with the heating bed 4. Immediately after the container 3 is installed, the heater 5 surrounds and heats it from the bottom (top in the figure) and sides. or,
Heating of the heating bed 4 also begins in the same way. When the container 3 is heated from the outside with the heater 5, the contents 6 that were solidified first become
The contact parts at the bottom (top in the figure) and sides of the container 3 melt, separate from the container 3 due to its own weight, and fall onto the heating bed 4. However, the state of the contents 6 at that time is ``as shown in Figure 1, the inside is not melted yet and it is on the heating bed 4.The contents 6 placed on this heating bed 4 are ``then Since it is pressed against the tube or round bar of the heating bed 4 by its own weight and heated, it melts one after another from the contact part and falls into the storage tank 1 while being divided into semi-molten bodies with a spacing smaller than the grid spacing between the lattice-like spaces. In this way, all the contents 6 that have solidified in the container 3 are taken out and accumulated in the storage tank 1.The contents 6 that have fallen and accumulated in the storage tank 1 are heated It is heated by the vessel 2 and then heated to a homogeneous and uniform temperature by the molten vessel (not shown), resulting in a molten material in a desired fluid state.As detailed above, according to the present invention, the contents are melted in a molten state. Open one side of the container that has been filled with something and then cooled and solidified and place it on a perforated heating bed with the closed end facing down. Since the contents are surrounded and heated by a heater, the parts of the contents that come into contact with the container are melted and fall onto the heating bed due to their own weight, making it possible to easily take out the solidified contents from inside the container. Since the contents that have fallen onto the heating bed are passed through the holes in the perforated heating bed while being heated, the contents can be melted and cut into appropriate sizes. This eliminates the need to use a special heater or the like to heat the material while cutting or cutting it, thereby reducing labor and equipment costs.

Moreover, it can be stored in a large container such as a storage tank in a short time and can be used for various purposes, which is very effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The blue diagram is a simple side longitudinal sectional view showing an example of an apparatus for carrying out the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line A--A in FIG. 1. turtle·….・Storage tank, 2... Heater (storage tank included) 3 Small... Container, 4... Heating bed, 5... Heater (container), 6... Contents...
...Container insertion port. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a container in which the contents filled in a molten state are cooled and solidified, open one side of the container, place the container with the opening facing down on a perforated heated bed, and place the outside of the container in a heater. A method of heating and melting and fragmenting solidified contents in a container, characterized in that the contents are heated in a surrounding manner to cause the contents to fall out of the container, and are further melted and fragmented by passing through the heated bed.