SI24103A - Container for loose material transport - Google Patents

Abstract

The container for the transport of bulk materials provides several ways of discharging. It is characterized by the fact that it has a wedge bottom which allows the automatic discharge of the material. The door on the side walls of the container is closed with a mechanism that is located under the door. The mechanism is designed in such a way that the operator handles the material with the material and therefore the operation of the mechanism is safe. The container is also characterized in that it has an upper edge so formed that when the container is discharged through the upper opening at the edge of the material, it does not stop and hold. Its basic carrier skeleton is made of steel tubes.

Description

Container for the transport of bulk materials

The transport of bulk materials presents a greater problem in the art than e.g. transport of bulky or liquid goods. We currently know many ways to transport bulk materials. The mode of transport of bulk materials depends primarily on the condition of the material being transported and on the distance (length) of transport. The condition of a material is described by its properties such as temperature, specific gravity, embankment angle, sliding angle, stickiness, granulation, grain shape, granularity, electrocution, toxicity, radioactivity, abrasiveness, humidity, hygroscopicity, combustibility, odor, compressibility, corrosivity, etc ... The distances may vary from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers.

If we decide to transport bulk cargo with a container, we have to consider all of the above material characteristics. Containers can be filled by pouring material from silos, filling material with auxiliary conveyor belts, vibrating feeders, screw conveyors, etc., loading material with construction machinery, etc. Emptying the containers again depends mainly on the materials being transported and on the technological possibilities at the site. Usually, these options are more limited than at the filling location.

With the development of a container, several methods of emptying one type of container can be enabled at the discharge location. The advantage of such a container would be that the supplier or seller of the bulk material and the owner of that type of container is not limited by whom he will sell his goods, depending on what kind of emptying technology the buyer has at the place where the goods are stored or stored. deposited.

Currently, there are several ways of emptying containers filled with bulk material. The first way is to simply rotate the container 180 ° without any side openings and open roof / ceiling with one device and empty the material. Another way is to tilt the container with the appropriate openings around the horizontal axes (longitudinal or transverse) to achieve its emptying. The third way is to use the potential energy of the material in the container to allow the container to be "automatically" emptied.

The problem we are trying to solve is to develop a properly designed container that can be emptied in many ways. This is by lateral emptying, gravity emptying and 180 ° container overturning. The container shall be equivalent to the standard containers for international transport by rail and by sea. The properties of these containers are determined by the ISO 1496-1 to 6 standards and associated standards for individual container components, as well as by special international regulations, for example. CSC (International Coverage for Safe Containers, 1972, 2012 Edition), etc.

Figure 1: Container that provides multiple emptying modes

Figure 2: Cross section of the container

Figure 3: A closer view of the door with the mechanism • · • ·

Container is of standard ISO dimensions. The basic skeleton of the container is made of steel tubes of appropriate dimensions. The openings are closed with doors or profiled sheet metal. It consists of two front and two side walls and a raised wedge bottom. The above is open. The opening serves to fill the container. The container has port 1.1 on both sides. It has two doors on each side wall. The door covers approximately 1/2 the height of the side of the container and is pivoted at the upper edge so that the hinges allow rotation about the longitudinal horizontal axis 1.2. The door serves to empty the material on the side. The door is locked by a mechanism 1.3 located below the door. The main components of mechanism 1.3 are the bar 1.4, the hook 1.5 and the drive arm with the guard 1.6. The door is locked by a drive lever 1.6 driven by a hook 1.5, which is locked by a bar 1.7, which is secured to the door 1.1 and pushed into the closed position. The roof of the container is closed with a retractable tarpaulin 1.8 which prevents impurities and water from entering the container and cargo. The sheet also prevents the cargo from being dusted from the container during transport. The upper edge of Container 1.9 is designed to allow the container to be completely emptied when it is emptied by rotating the whole (upside down) around the horizontal axis by 180 °. The upper edge of container 1.9 consists of tube 1.10, oblique sheet metal 1.11 and horizontal sheet metal with raised edge 1.12. The sloping sheet 1.11 prevents the material from being retained in the container after emptying. The horizontal sheet with a raised edge 1.12 serves to allow the tarpaulin 1.8 to be able to seal the container before entering the water. The main feature of the container is its wedge bottom 1.13. The wedge is of triangular cross section. Topics 1.14 bottoms run along the container. The wedges of the wedge are the same length. The wedge serves the lateral gravity discharge of material from the container. Emptying is by opening the door with a mechanism on both sides of the container and the material is emptied from the container. In this container emptying mode, an important feature of door opening mechanism 1.1 is that it is driven by a lever in a position where the operator is protected and away from the flow of material. The shape of the hook is also important

1.5 of the mechanism, which is designed so that in the closed position the loads from the side of the door act in such a way that they do not force the mechanism to open, so that when it is opened, a relatively small force is required.

The container thus constructed allows the material to be emptied in several ways. This gives the container the universality of being emptied and, as a logistician or owner of such container, we are independent of the emptying technology at the end point of transport. This gives us a competitive edge in the transportation and sale of bulk materials. Opening the container is safe from the user's point of view, as it prevents the person from being near the flow of material.

Claims (1)

Patent claims 1. A container for the transport of bulk materials, characterized in that - it has a wedge-shaped bottom, - the door closing mechanism is fitted under the door, - that his skeleton is made of steel tubes, - the upper edge is made up of three components: a tube, a horizontal sheet and an oblique sheet, forming between the tube and the horizontal sheet such that it allows the material to be completely emptied from the container when the container is turned 180 °, - it has a door on the side wall of the container which allows the material to be emptied automatically on the side, - that it has a covering system with a winding sheet.