Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D90/02—Wall construction
  • B65D90/04—Linings
  • B65D90/046—Flexible liners, e.g. loosely positioned in the container
• • 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
  • B65D88/54—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying
  • B65D88/58—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying by displacement of walls
  • B65D88/60—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying by displacement of walls of internal walls
• • 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
  • B65D88/54—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying
  • B65D88/58—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying by displacement of walls
  • B65D88/60—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying by displacement of walls of internal walls
  • B65D88/62—Large containers characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying by displacement of walls of internal walls the walls being deformable

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a supply tank for a fluid, a powder, or a granule, and a supply tank for a fluid, a powder, or a granule that can be continuously supplied without separately providing a reserve tank when supplying a fluid, a powder, or a granule.
• a supply tank for a fluid, a powder, or a granule and a supply tank for a fluid, a powder, or a granule that can be continuously supplied without separately providing a reserve tank when supplying a fluid, a powder, or a granule.
• a separate chemical manufacturing facility is provided to control the amount of chemicals in the chemical tank.
• the level of the chemical tank is measured by a level gauge. The fact is that when the liquid level drops, the chemical is sent to the chemical tank.In this case as well, at the stage when the liquid level drops, the surface of the chemical comes into contact with air and the aforementioned oxidative deterioration O
• Such a problem is not limited to the case where the tank is filled with a liquid, but is the same as the case where the tank is filled with a gas, powder, or granules.
• the present invention provides a fluid which does not cause oxidative deterioration of the packing material and does not cause oxidative deterioration even when a facility capable of continuously supplying the fluid is constructed. Providing a supply tank for powder or granules It is an object. Disclosure of the invention
• the present invention includes a tank body filled with a fluid, powder, or granules, and the inside of the tank body is divided into two chambers by a partition, and the partition relatively increases or decreases the volume of the two chambers.
• Each chamber is filled with the fluid, powder or granules.
• the inside of the tank body is vertically divided by a partition to form an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and the partition is movable up and down.
• the inside of the tank main body is divided into right and left by a partition to form a left chamber and a right chamber, and the partition is movable left and right.
• the partition comprises a square or circular substrate and a flexible sheet, one end of the flexible sheet is fixed to the peripheral end of the substrate, and the other end is fixed to the inner wall of the body of the bin. ing.
• the inside of the tank body is partitioned into an inner chamber inside the partition wall and an outer chamber outside the partition wall by partition walls attached to a plurality of columns extending vertically in the tank body, and is located between the columns.
• the partition wall is movable toward the inner chamber and the outer chamber in the tank body.
• the two chambers are filled with the same type of fluid, powder or granules.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic front sectional view showing an embodiment of a supply tank for fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a schematic front sectional view showing another embodiment of the supply tank for fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention.
• Fig. 3 (a) is a cross-sectional view showing still another embodiment of the fluid, powder or solid supply tank according to the present invention
• Fig. 3 (b) is a line bb in Fig. 3 (a).
• Figure 4 shows another state of the fluid, powder or granule supply tank shown in Figure 3.
• FIG. 4 shows another state of the fluid, powder or granule supply tank shown in Figure 3.
• FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are cross-sectional views showing still another embodiment of a supply tank for fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention.
• FIGS. 6A and 6B are cross-sectional views showing still another embodiment of a supply tank for fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention.
• FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing an example in which a supply tank for a fluid, a powder, or a granule according to the present invention is used as an embodiment of a transport ship. Specific embodiments for carrying out the invention
• Fig. 1, 1 is the tank body of the supply tank for fluid, powder or granules.
• the tank body 1 is filled with a fluid such as a liquid or a gas, a powder such as flour or a granular material such as rice or beans (hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as a filling).
• a fluid such as a liquid or a gas, a powder such as flour or a granular material such as rice or beans (hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as a filling).
• the inside of the tank body 1 is vertically divided by a partition 2 to form an upper chamber 11 and a lower chamber 12.
• the upper chamber 11 and the lower chamber 12 are in a state of being filled with the filler.
• the tank body 1 is a closed container, and may be made of a synthetic resin, a metal, or the like, and is preferably a material that can prevent corrosion due to a filling material. In addition, since corrosion resistance can be achieved by coating, lining, etc., a tank made of steel may be used.
• the cross-sectional shape of the tank body 1 is arbitrary, such as a square shape or a circular shape.
• the partition wall 2 can be moved up and down as shown in the figure.
• the partition wall 2 includes a rectangular or circular substrate 21 and a flexible sheet 22, and one end of the flexible sheet 22 is fixed to a peripheral end of the substrate 21. The other end is fixed to the inner wall 13 of the tank body 1.
• the substrate 21 is a square or circular flat plate similar to the cross-sectional shape of the tank body 1, and the outer diameter thereof is smaller than the inner diameter of the tank body 1. Thus, a predetermined gap is provided between the peripheral end of the substrate 21 and the inner wall 13 of the tank body 1.
• Examples of the material of the substrate 21 include a synthetic resin such as hard salt vinyl, a stainless steel metal, and a metal coated or rubber-lined with vinyl chloride or a fluororesin.
• the flexible sheet 22 is made of a soft synthetic resin material having chemical resistance, for example, a polyester synthetic fiber, a polyethylene synthetic sheet, or the like.
• One end is fixed to the peripheral end of the substrate 21 and the other end is a tank body. It is fixed to a substantially middle portion of the inner wall 13 in the height direction.
• the flexible sheet 22 is formed from the inner wall 13 of the tank body 1 to the peripheral end of the substrate 21.
• the substrate 21 moves up and down in the tank body 1 and is positioned at the uppermost position to minimize the space of the upper chamber 11 (the state shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1), and at the lowermost position.
• the upper chamber 11 has a maximum space (the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 1), and the upper chamber 11 has a maximum space.
• the volume can be relatively increased or decreased.
• the filling material to fill the inside of the tank body 1 may be a reducing liquid such as sodium sulfite, a pH adjuster such as sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, slaked lime, a chemical solution such as a polymer flocculant, an inorganic flocculant, etc.
• Pressurized liquids such as carbonated drinks, liquids such as drinking water, pure water and petroleum, fluids composed of various gases, powders such as flour, and grains such as rice and beans.
• the liquid is a reducing liquid, the advantage of not being in contact with air, which is a feature of the present invention, can be further utilized.
• the fillers filled in the upper chamber 11 and the lower chamber 12 may be different kinds of fillers, but are preferably filled with the same kind of fillers. This is because one of the same type of packing can be used as a spare.
• the tank shown in Fig. 1 is filled with sodium sulfite (reducing liquid) will be described below.
• sodium sulfite is charged into the upper chamber 11 from the inlet line 100.
• sodium sulfite is charged from the inlet line 200 into the lower chamber 12. In this way, the inside of the tank body 1 is ,It is filled.
• the sodium sulfite in the lower chamber 12 When the sodium sulfite in the lower chamber 12 is used, for example, as a ⁇ adjuster, a pump (not shown) connected to the outlet line 201 is started. Sodium sulfite in the lower chamber 12 is consumed, the partition wall 2 is gradually lowered, and the capacity of the lower chamber 12 is relatively small. That is, the amount of sodium sulfite in the lower chamber 12 decreases. On the other hand, in the upper chamber 11, the amount of the sodium sulfite in the lower chamber 12 is reduced and supplied from the inlet line 100, and there is no change in the total amount of the sodium sulfite in the tank body 1. In other words, only the amount consumed in the lower room 1 2 is replenished in the upper room 11.
• the upper chamber 11 is also provided with an outlet line 101 so that the sodium sulfite in the upper chamber 11 can be discharged.
• the upper chamber 11 and the lower chamber 12 are each filled with soda sulfite and supplied from the lower chamber 12 to the outside. Is not in contact with, it has the effect of preventing oxidative deterioration ⁇
• the liquid in the upper chamber 11 when the liquid in the upper chamber 11 is supplied, the liquid in the lower chamber 12 is replenished by a small amount of the liquid in the upper chamber 11, and the liquid in the upper chamber 11 is supplied.
• the liquid in the upper chamber 11 and the air do not come into contact with each other. Therefore, the liquid in the upper chamber 11 can be continuously supplied without oxidative deterioration.
• a floating bag may be provided on the upper surface and / or lower surface of the substrate 21 or the substrate 21 itself may be formed of a floating bag.
• a floating bag can be configured so that air can be supplied from outside the tank body 1, and the floating bag can be filled with air as needed.
• a stirrer may be provided in the upper chamber 11 or the lower chamber 12 as necessary.
• FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the supply of fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention.
• the parts having the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same configuration, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted.
• the direction of the partition 2 in the tank main body 1 is the up-down direction, and accordingly, the partition 2 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction.
• the filling material to fill the inside may be any of fluid, powder, and granules, but it has a remarkable effect particularly when it is a powder. ⁇
• the supply of powder generally employs a set of hoppers.
• the angle of inclination of the bottom of the hopper is the angle of inclination of the bottom of the hopper. If the tilt angle is small, there is a problem that the powder hardens and does not fall. Tighter tilt angles increase the height of the hopper and increase equipment costs.
• the factor that hinders the fall is the contact between the powder and air. This contact with air is inevitable in the vapor system.
• the amount of powder in the hopper decreases, a space is created in the upper part of the hopper, and air contact is made in the space, and the powder in the hopper becomes in a state where it easily absorbs moisture in the air and hardens. This water absorption hinders falling from the hopper.
• the inside of the tank body 1 is partitioned into a left chamber 110 and a right chamber 111 by a partition wall 2, both of which are filled with powder, and the powder is supplied to the outside.
• the contact between powder and air has been cut off.
• the powder does not come into contact with the air, so it does not absorb moisture in the air and the supply is smooth. —Go to There is no foreign matter.
• the reason why the direction of the partition wall 2 is set to the vertical direction is to prevent the powder from being solidified due to the compaction contact of the powder.
• the other end of the flexible sheet 22 constituting the partition 2 is fixed to the inner wall of the tank body 1 to divide it into two chambers.
• the present invention is not limited to this mode.
• a flexible sheet is formed in a bag shape and accommodated in the tank main body 1, and the inner and outer chambers of the bag at the boundary between the upper and lower chambers or the left and right chambers. It may be divided into rooms.
• FIGS. 3 and 4 show still another embodiment of the supply tank for fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention.
• the portions denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 have the same configuration, and thus description thereof will be omitted.
• the supply tank shown in the present embodiment is common in that the inside of the tank body 1 is divided into two chambers by a partition, and the partition can be moved so as to relatively increase or decrease the volume of the 2 ′ chamber.
• the two chambers defined by the partition have a configuration in which the other chamber is arranged outside one chamber
• the tank main body 1 has a rectangular cross section, and a plurality of columns 3 extending along the vertical direction in the tank main body 1 are provided inside the tank main body 1.
• the number of the pillars 3 is four in the illustrated example, and as shown in FIG. 3 (a), they are arranged evenly at the four corners in the tank body 1, but the number and arrangement are not particularly limited. '
• the partition wall 2 is made of a soft synthetic resin material having chemical resistance, for example, a flexible sheet formed in a substantially bag shape by a synthetic polyester fiber, a polyethylene synthetic sheet, a synthetic rubber, etc., and the upper part thereof is a tank body.
• the partition 2 In the state where the partial volume is maximized, it has a size that is almost equal to the internal shape of the evening ink main body 1, and the portion located between the columns 3 is the inner chamber 1 2 inside the tank main body 1. It can move toward the 0 side and the outer gl 21 side.
• the inside of the tank body 1 is formed by the partition walls 2 attached to the respective columns 3, and an inner chamber 120 formed inside the partition wall 2, and the outside of the partition wall 2, that is, the outer surface of the partition wall 2 and the tank body It is divided into two chambers, an outer chamber 1 2 1 formed between the inner chamber 1 and the inner wall 1.
• the inner chamber 120 can be filled and discharged through an inlet line 14 a connected to the inlet 14, and an outlet line 15 a connected to the outlet 15.
• an inlet line 16 and an outlet line 17 communicating only with the inside of the outer chamber 121 are formed on the side of the tank body 1, respectively.
• the outer chamber 121 has these inlets.
• the packing material can flow in and out through the line 16 and the outlet line 17.
• reference numerals 141, 151, 161 and 171 denote on-off valves, respectively.
• the supply tank shown in this embodiment has a maximum capacity (minimized the space of the outer chamber 121) by filling the inner chamber 120 with the filling material in the tank body 1 (see FIG. 3 (a) state), and from this state, the filler in the inner chamber 120 is gradually discharged from the outlet line 15a (or the fluid is supplied from the inlet line 16 into the outer chamber 12 1).
• the volume of the inner chamber 120 is gradually reduced by contracting the partition 2 between the columns 3 toward the center of the tank body 1 as shown in Fig. 4.
• the volumes of the inner room 120 and the outer room 121 can be relatively increased or decreased.
• the two chambers formed in the tank body 1 are divided into the inner chamber 120 and the outer chamber 121 located outside the inner chamber 120 by the partition wall 2. Since the volumes of the chamber 120 and the outer chamber 121 can be relatively increased or decreased, the supply and discharge of the filler between the inner chamber 120 and the outer chamber 121 can be controlled to fill. Oxidative deterioration of the filling In addition, the vertical load of the tank itself does not change, and there is no danger of foreign matter being mixed, and the same effects as in the above-described embodiments can be expected.
• the partition 2 since the partition 2 is attached to the column 3 disposed in the tank body 1, when the volume of the inner chamber 120 and the outer chamber 121 is relatively increased or decreased, the partition 2 With the support 3 as a support, it can move smoothly to the inner room 120 side or the outer room 122 side, and the volume of each room 120, 121 can be smoothly increased or decreased.
• the inlet line 14a connected to the upper part of the tank body 1 and the outlet line 15a connected to the lower part may be arranged in reverse. Further, the inlet line 14a may also serve as the outlet line, and the outlet line 15a may serve also as the inlet line. In this case, only one of the inlet line 14a and the outlet line 15a may be provided in the tank body 1.
• the columns 3 to which the partition walls 2 are attached are not limited to those arranged at the four corners in the tank body 1 having a rectangular cross section as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and as shown in FIG. 5 (a). However, it can be arranged at the approximate center of four sides in the tank body 1 having a rectangular cross section. In this case, when the partition walls 2 between the columns 3 are most contracted toward the center of the tank body 1, the inner surfaces of the partition walls 2 between the columns 3 come into close contact with each other as shown in FIG. The volume of 120 can be minimized, and the volume of exterior room 121 can be maximized.
• the cross-sectional shape of the tank body 1 is not limited to a square, but may be a polygon other than a square such as a triangle or a pentagon.In such a case, the partition wall 2 is attached according to the shape of the tank body 1. It is only necessary to increase or decrease the number of pillars 3 as needed.
• the tank body 1 may have a circular cross section as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b).
• FIG. 6 (a) shows a state where the volume of the inner chamber 120 is maximized
• FIG. 6 (b) shows a state where the volume of the outer chamber 121 is maximized.
• the filling material to be filled in the tank body 1 is not limited to the fluids, powders, and granules exemplified above, and may be sludge to be settled and separated (activated sludge, coagulated sludge). Etc.).
• the supply tank for the fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention described above can adopt not only a mode as a single ordinary container but also various modes depending on the application.
• the supply tank for the fluid, powder or granules according to the present invention may be in the form of a shipping vessel as shown in FIG.
• a space for filling is formed in a region surrounded by the side wall 10A, the top wall 11A, and the bottom wall 12A.
• a partition 13A formed of a flexible sheet as described above is provided so as to be movable up and down, and the partition 13A forms an upper chamber 14A and a lower chamber 15A.
• the volume of the upper chamber 14 A and the lower chamber 15 A can be relatively increased or decreased through the inlet and outlet of the packing material (not shown) by moving the partition wall 13 A up and down. I have.
• This flexible sheet is formed in a bag shape, and its outer peripheral portion is fixed to a side wall at a substantially intermediate portion in the space, so that the inside of the bag is a lower chamber 15A and the outside is an upper chamber 14A.
• a flexible sheet corresponding to a boundary portion between the upper chamber 14A and the lower chamber 15A is vertically movable as a partition 13A.
• a member corresponding to the substrate 2.1 shown in FIG. 1 is not provided on the partition wall 13A, and only the flexible sheet is shown.
• the partition wall 13A is formed in such a size that the upper chamber 14A or the lower chamber 15A is almost in close contact with the wall surface of the opposite room when the maximum volume is set to 15A. This is preferable because the capacity of each chamber can be maximized at 14 A and 15 A.
• the filler can be stored and transported without oxidative deterioration and without risk of foreign matter being mixed. . Then, when the filling of the lower chamber 15A is supplied to the outside of the ship from this state, the inside becomes empty.
• ballast water for shipping vessels, In order to keep the draft while navigating at a certain level, it is necessary to fill the inside with ballast water (seawater) when it becomes empty. In this case, fill the upper chamber 14A with water As a result, the draft of the ship can be maintained at a certain level, and the lower chamber 15 A for storing the packing material is completely separated by the partition 13 A. There is no problem of contamination with water.
• one of the chambers is formed of a bag-shaped flexible sheet as shown in the figure, even if the ship lands and a crack occurs in the hull, the bag-shaped flexible sheet is formed. It is possible to prevent a situation in which the filling in the room formed by the sheet leaks out.
• the filling in the room formed by the bag-shaped flexible sheet is oil, the problem of seawater pollution due to oil leakage due to grounding can be solved.
• a fluid or powder which does not cause oxidative deterioration of the filling material and does not cause oxidative deterioration even when constructing a facility capable of continuously supplying the filler, and which is free from foreign matter mixing
• a supply of granules can be provided.

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