CA1198990A - Bulk material container - Google Patents

Bulk material container

Info

Publication number
CA1198990A
CA1198990A CA000418572A CA418572A CA1198990A CA 1198990 A CA1198990 A CA 1198990A CA 000418572 A CA000418572 A CA 000418572A CA 418572 A CA418572 A CA 418572A CA 1198990 A CA1198990 A CA 1198990A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
container
plate
bottom wall
push
sidewall
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA000418572A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Jerry E. Flannigan
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
ST Regis Paper Co
Original Assignee
ST Regis Paper Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by ST Regis Paper Co filed Critical ST Regis Paper Co
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1198990A publication Critical patent/CA1198990A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D88/00Large containers
    • B65D88/16Large containers flexible
    • B65D88/1612Flexible intermediate bulk containers [FIBC]
    • B65D88/1668Flexible intermediate bulk containers [FIBC] closures for top or bottom openings
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D88/00Large containers
    • B65D88/16Large containers flexible
    • B65D88/1612Flexible intermediate bulk containers [FIBC]
    • B65D88/1675Lifting fittings
    • B65D88/1681Flexible, e.g. loops, or reinforcements therefor
    • B65D88/1687Flexible, e.g. loops, or reinforcements therefor specially adapted for the forks of a forklift
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D90/00Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/54Gates or closures
    • B65D90/58Gates or closures having closure members sliding in the plane of the opening

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A bulk material container having a pair of slings (14,16) connected to the sidewall (12) thereof for supporting and transporting the container is provided with an opening (30) in its bottom wall (17) for dispensing bulk material therethrough.
The opening (30) is opened and closed by a slide valve gate (34) having handles (36,38) at the opposed ends and an off center opening (40) adapted to be placed into full or partial registration with the opening (30) in the bottom wall of the container to control the flow of bulk material from the container.

Description

3~(3 BULR MATERIAL CONTAINER

The present invention pertains to bulk material containers and more particularly, to bulk material con-tainers fabricated from reinforced kraft paper or the like, for transporting and storing bulk materials having means for dispensing bulk material ~rom the bottom there-of.

Paper and paperboard containers are desirably used for transporting and storing materials due to their light weight and low cost as well as their capability of being stored in ~;n;m~l space in a compact, folded, knock-ed-down state. For transporting and storing bulk materials, however, the structure of the containers must be sufficiently strong to hold extremely large weights, often on the order of a ton. Due to the large size and weight of the bulk material placed in the container, it has also ~een found desirable to construct such containers to permit dispensing of the contents from the bottom, thereby obviating the necessity of tipping the containers to remove the contents.

v~

One such bulk material container is known as a sling bin and is manufactured by the St. Regis Paper Com-pany of Nyack, New York. A sling bin is a large open mouthed ba~ adapted to be shipped and stored flat, which 5 can be erected and filled with bulk material while sus-pended so that the total bin capacity can be utilized.
The bin is provided with opposed loops extending upwardly from opposed portions of the bag mouth which are folded back upon themselves and secured to the bag sidewalis to 10 form a paix of slings for suspending the bin from a pair of horizon',:al supports or the like provided in conjunction with a support frame. Spring clamps attached to the sup-port frame are used to hold the bag or bin mouth open dur-ing filling of the bin with bulk material.
After filling, the bin can be transported to a storage or unloading site by the insertion of a pair of fork lifts of a forklift truck through the slings. The bin bottom was equipped with a solid paperboard one-way slide put in place during the bin construction. Access 20 from one side only was possible and no handle was includ-ed. Complete removal of the slide valve or gate is neces-sary to initiate product withdrawal through a circula~
opening or hole centered in the bottom of the bin. How-ever, no means were availablP to vary or stop the flow or 25 removal of the product once the slide valv2 or gate was removed.

In order to rectify this condition and to provide control over the rate of flow or discharge of the bulk material from the bin, the bin bottom is provided with a double wall including a pair of aligned dispensing open-ings. A slide valve is inserted between the panels of thedouble wall of the bin bottom and has an off-center open-ing which can be placed in registration with the openings in the double wall to dispense the bulk con~ents o~ the bin. The flow o~ material from the ~in can be controlled 10 by partial in lieu of full registration of the dispensing openings in the bin bottom and slide.
However, if the bin is opened with the slide valve too far to one side or with insufficient extension from both sides o~ the bin bottom wall, the slide may be 1~ inoperable Eor its intended purpose either because it will be pinched or incapable of being slid axially along the bottom of the bin from one side thereof against the down-ward force of the great weight and bulk of material housed in the bin, or the slide valve cannot be gripped to be 20 pushed and simultaneously pulled from opposed sides of the bin. Accordingly, the slide valve is provided with han-dles on both opposite, lateral ends thereof, which are ac-cessible from both sides of the bin when the hole in the slide valve is in regi~tration with the holes in the bin 25 walls.
The handles may be cut openings in the slide valve or the valve may be doubled back upon itself at its opposite ends and fastened and a dowell inserted through the looped back portion to serve as a handle member.

Further objects and advantages will become ap-parent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the bulk mater-5 ial container of the present invention;
FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of a slide valve used with the container of FIGURE 1 to dispense bulk ma-terial from the container;
FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view taken sub-10 stantially along the plane indicated by line 3-3 of FIGURE
l; , FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view taken sub-stantially along the plane indicated by line 4-4 of FIGURE
3;
FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the container of FIGURE 1 being filled.
FIGURE 6 is a perspective view illustrating the manner of transporting and dispensing bulk material from the container of FIGURE l;
FTGURE 7 is a partial perspective view of the bottom of the container of FIGURE 6, further illustrating the manner in which material is dispensed from the con-tainer;
FIGU~E 8 is a partial perspective view of ~he 25 bottom of the container of FIGURE 1 equipped with an al-ternate type of slide valve;
FIGURE 9 is a partial top plan view of the slide valve shown in FIGURE 8;
FIGURE 10 is a perspective view o~ a reinforc-ing girdle for use with the bulk material contai~er ofthe present invention; and FIGURE 11 is a perspective Vi2W of the bulk ma-terial container of the pre~ent invention having the gir-dle of FIGURE 10 installed there~n.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, where-~n like numer~ls indicate like elements throughQu~ ~h~
~everal views, the bulk contain~r or sling bin 10 of the pre~ent invention can include a bag member 11 having a 5 sidewall 12 provided with looped extensions or slings 14, 16 formed by bending each of the ends of auxiliary side-walls 13, 14, and bottom wall 18 secured to opposed por-~ions of sidewall 12 and bo~tom wall 17 of bag 11 respec-tively, in a loop back upon itself and adhesively secur-10 ing the loops or slings t~ the adjacent auxiliary sidewallmember. Bag 11 can be constructed of kraft paper, poly-ethylene, aluminum foil/paper laminates, or o~her materi-als such a~ wov n fabrics of polypropylene, polyethylene, or other synthetic or natural produets. Addi~ionally, a lS polyethylene liner (not shown) can be inserted into bag 11 for product protection. The auxiliary sidewalls 13, 15 and bottom wall 18 each contain an inner and outer ply of stiff paper matPr~al or wo~en synthetic fabric, the inner plies being de~ignated 13a, 15a and 18a, while the ~u~er 20 plies are designated 13b, lSb and 18b, respectively.
Typical materials which can be used for auxiliary side-walls 130 15 and bottom wall 18 are fiber reinforced kraft paper and woven polypropylene. The auxiliary sidewall plies 13a, 13b and 15a, lSb are adhesively bonded to each 25 other, except along bottom wall portions 18a, 18b for a purpose t~ be described hereinafter.
As shown in FIGURE 5, the bin 10 can be ~uppor~
ed on a fxame 22 ~y inserting looped extensions or slinqs 14, 16 on a pair of bars or pipe support~ 24, 26, re~pec-30 tively, on frame 22. The ~in mouth 2~ is openPd and ~pringclamps 28 are all connected between the mouth and frame ~2 to hold the mouth 2~ open. The combined bottom w~ll 17, 18 can be supported on a aOlly D. ~he bin 10 can ~hen be filled with bulk material from a tube T and after filling, the bin 1~ c~n be closed and transported to storage ~x an unloading si~e by ~he insertion ~f a pair of fork lif~
27, 29 of a forklif~ truck through the slings 14, 16.
~FIG~RE 6).
S The bin bottom wall panels 17 and 18a, 18b are provided with regis~ered openings 30, 32, and 41 respec-tively. Reoeived between unsecured, spaced plies 18a, 18b o auxiliary bin bottom 18 is a slide valve plate 34 hav-ing a coating of silicone or polyethylene ~o reduce slid-ing friction. In general, slide valve plate 34 can be constructed of any thin material strong enough to hold the bulk material M contained in bag 11 while closed, and to be opened and closed unaer load. A low coefficient of friction is desired in order to facilitate sliding the valve. Typical materials include heavy duty kraft paper, liner board, synthetic plastic sheets of polyethylene, polypropylene, ~ylon or polycarbonate, or a laminate or sandwich of any of ~hese materials. The slide valve 34 is provided with openings or handles 36, 38 on both oppo-site, lateral ends thereof, along with off-center opening 4D extending therethrough, which is adapted to be placed - into and out of full ox partial registration with open-ings 30, 32 and 41 in bottom wall 17 and plies 18a, 18b to control the flow rate and dispensiny of bulk material M
from bin 10, as shown in FIGURE 7, from the interior of bi~ 10, through spenings 30, 32, 40 and 41. The handle openings 36, 38, because of th~ off-set nature of opening 40, are acces~ible from both sides ~ the bin 10 when the opening 40 in the slide ~alve 34 is in partial or full registration with the holes or openings 30, 32, and 41 of the bin ~7~ 17 and 18a, 18b.
As shown in ~IGURES 8 and 9 the handles may be ~o~ned by doubling back upon itself the slide valve 34 at its opp~site ends and fastening the valve to îtself by staples or the lik~ as shown at 42. A dowel 4~ inserted -B-through the looped back portion of slide valve 34 aids in gripping slide valve 34 through openings 46 cut in each looped end portion of slide valve 34.
Circumferential structural support can be added to bin 10 by providing a girdle 50 around bag 11 and aux-iliary sidewalls 13, 15, as shown in FIGURES 10 and 11.
Girdle 50 can be constructed of laminated, fiber reinforc-ed kraft paper, or the like and in the form of a sleeve which is installed around the periphery of bag 11 and aux-iliary sidewalls 13, 15. Girdle 50 is secured to bag 11by adhesive means, such as glue spots located at various points on the interior surface of girdle 50. ~irdle 50 includes a seam 52 which is adhesively sealed along its length.
It has been found that a girdle is useful when bag 11 and aux.iliary sidewalls 13, 15 are constructed of paper materials, to add necessary strength to the overall bin assembly. Such a girdle has been found to be unneces-sary when bag 11 and auxiliary sidewalls 13, 15 are fabri-20 cated from stronger, woven synthetic fabric materials.

Claims (11)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A bulk material container comprising:
a sidewall, a bottom wall closing one end of said sidewall, said bottom wall including a dispensing opening there-through, a multi-ply looped sling extension wrapped around said container to enclose said bottom wall and opposite portions of said sidewall, thereby forming a sling for supporting and transporting said container, each of the plies of said looped sling extension which are adjacent said bottom wall including a dispensing opening there-through, said dispensing openings all being in registration with each other; and slide valve means between a pair of adjacent plies of said multi-ply looped sling extension for controlling the rate of flow of bulk material dispensed from said container through said dispensing openings, said slide valve means including a push-pull plate so proportioned and constructed as to permit pushing and pulling at each end of the plate against the load of the material and having an opening extending therethrough which is adapted to be placed in and out of or in partial registration with the registered openings in said bottom wall and the plies of said looped sling extension, and handle means on each end of said push-pull plate for gripping and pushing and pulling said push-pull plate from opposite sides thereof.
2. The container of claim 1 wherein said handle means includes:
a slot cut in opposite ends of said push-pull plate.
3. The container of claim 2 wherein the periphery of each said slot is located wholly within the interior area of said plate ends.
4. The container of claim 1 wherein said handle means includes:
opposed end portions of said push-pull plate doubled back and secured to the interior area of said plate, an opening extending from the interior of each doubled back portion to an end edge thereof, and a dowel for gripping said plate inserted through each of said doubled back plate portions across said opening.
5. The container of claim 1 wherein said push-pull plate is formed from kraft paper.
6. The container of claim 1 wherein said push-pull plate is formed from plastic.
7. The container of claim 1 wherein said opening in said plate is located closer to one of said handles than the other.
8. The container of claim 1 wherein said sidewall and said looped sling extension are formed from kraft paper.
9. The container of claim 1 wherein said sidewall and said looped sling extension are formed from a woven synthetic fabric.
10. The container of claim 1 further comprising a girdle partially enclosing the periphery thereof.
11. The container of claim 1 further comprising means for securing said bottom wall to the adjoining, innermost ply of said looped sling extension.
CA000418572A 1982-01-15 1982-12-24 Bulk material container Expired CA1198990A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/339,423 1982-01-15
US06/339,423 US4449649A (en) 1981-10-29 1982-01-15 Bulk material container

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1198990A true CA1198990A (en) 1986-01-07

Family

ID=23328941

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA000418572A Expired CA1198990A (en) 1982-01-15 1982-12-24 Bulk material container

Country Status (3)

Country Link
US (1) US4449649A (en)
EP (1) EP0084942A1 (en)
CA (1) CA1198990A (en)

Families Citing this family (24)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4795062A (en) * 1986-09-05 1989-01-03 Fibre Glass-Evercoat Company, Inc. Bag-like container
FI87913C (en) * 1988-02-19 1993-03-10 Fluid Bag Ab Oy Flexible container
NO885697L (en) * 1988-12-21 1990-06-22 Norsk Hydro As LARGE BAG WITH DEVICE FOR WHOLE OR PARTIAL DRAWING.
US5069596A (en) * 1990-07-10 1991-12-03 Lawter International, Inc. Bulk bag handling and discharging apparatus
GB9017323D0 (en) * 1990-08-07 1990-09-19 Rig Technology Ltd Bag valve
FR2671333A1 (en) * 1991-01-04 1992-07-10 France Dechets Improvements to large-capacity flexible containers
DE4114117A1 (en) * 1991-04-30 1992-11-05 Schlieper & Heyng Kg Pick=up transport and delivery device for granular materials - uses large transport sack fixed out bottom to transport pallet
US6024023A (en) * 1997-05-08 2000-02-15 Thrall Car Manufacturing Company Hopper car gate
GB2349140B (en) * 1999-04-21 2002-12-11 Air Cargo Equipment Cargo containers
DE19955086C2 (en) * 1999-11-17 2002-11-14 Eurea Verpackung Stiffenable transport container
FR2802189B1 (en) * 1999-12-14 2002-03-29 Maxemball FLEXIBLE LARGE CAPACITY CONTAINER FOR PACKAGING BULK PRODUCTS
KR20020036511A (en) * 2000-11-10 2002-05-16 김재욱 The container with multi function
US6857560B2 (en) * 2003-01-06 2005-02-22 Container Packaging Corp Collapsible container with bottom discharge
US7219874B2 (en) * 2003-09-10 2007-05-22 Textiles Coated International Access fitting for gas sampling bag
AU2003284367A1 (en) * 2003-10-30 2005-06-17 David Todjar-Hengami Dispenser/closure for flexible product containers
US20100322538A1 (en) * 2009-06-22 2010-12-23 Powell Greg L Flexible bulk containers constructed to be liftable from below by a forklift
CH701338A1 (en) * 2009-06-22 2010-12-31 Codefine Sa Protection device for discharge valve fitted to bags for the transport and handling liquid or quasi liquid substances.
US8371476B2 (en) * 2009-11-02 2013-02-12 Lincoln Global, Inc. Bulk bag with gate valve assembly
CN102811925B (en) * 2009-12-02 2015-11-25 英默里斯滑石美国有限公司 There is the flexible bulk storage container of discharge chute
US20110297702A1 (en) * 2010-06-03 2011-12-08 Stephen Gould Corporation Dispensing container with bottom valve
US8622258B2 (en) * 2011-10-25 2014-01-07 Lincoln Global, Inc. Container having a handle assembly
CN104261009A (en) * 2014-09-22 2015-01-07 安徽康迪纳电力科技有限责任公司 Pneumatic hot wind coal flow isolated door
AT14671U1 (en) * 2014-10-20 2016-03-15 Mondi Ag paper bags
USD893181S1 (en) * 2017-04-07 2020-08-18 Codefine S.A. Bulk bag

Family Cites Families (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB471701A (en) * 1936-10-01 1937-09-09 Ralph W Wilson Company Inc Improvements in or relating to sprinkling stoppers
US3282621A (en) * 1963-12-26 1966-11-01 Thomas G Peterson Combination lifting pallet and collapsible storage and shipping container
US3301452A (en) * 1965-03-10 1967-01-31 William J Jester Handle
FR1448303A (en) * 1965-06-25 1966-08-05 Pronal Sa Soft-sided container for powdery materials
US3799409A (en) * 1972-10-11 1974-03-26 Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp Shippable dispensing container
US4015602A (en) * 1975-12-08 1977-04-05 Mid-States Laboratories, Inc. Ear mold injection dispenser
DE7607644U1 (en) * 1976-03-12 1976-07-22 Krause Walter Transport container made of pliable material
US4052866A (en) * 1976-09-27 1977-10-11 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company High-recovery force warp knit stretch fabric with lengthwise stabilization
DE2838859C2 (en) * 1978-09-06 1984-06-28 Windmöller & Hölscher, 4540 Lengerich Resealable cross-bottom sack
GB2039842A (en) * 1979-01-23 1980-08-20 Fairbairn Lawson Packaging Ltd Discharging Container Contents

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US4449649A (en) 1984-05-22
EP0084942A1 (en) 1983-08-03

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CA1198990A (en) Bulk material container
US4300608A (en) Self-raising strap loop
US5607237A (en) Bulk bag with lift straps
US6237768B1 (en) Cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire
US6921201B2 (en) Bulk bag for meat and meat products
US7018098B2 (en) Bulk bag for meat and meat products
EP0246777B1 (en) Cargo bag
US5209364A (en) Collapsible containment system
US8202000B2 (en) Large capacity waste disposal bag
EP1642849A1 (en) Octagon shaped stackable flexible intermediate bulk container
US5492270A (en) Shipping container
PL184854B1 (en) Oackaging container and method of making same
TW201103840A (en) Bulk container for liquid and semi-liquid fluid
US20020164093A1 (en) Container with repositionable slip-sheet to cover outlet
EP0735974B1 (en) Containers
US20010027826A1 (en) Flexible intermediate bulk container with fork lift guide
EP1045802B1 (en) Bag
US6447165B1 (en) Shipping container that can be stiffened
US3523637A (en) Container
CN103153809B (en) External packaging device for safeguarding at least one packaging item during transportation
WO1998021107A1 (en) Bulk container with internal baffle bands
US20050100248A1 (en) Easy-to-transport sack
NO854293L (en) BIG BAG.
JP2003285898A (en) Self-supporting square flexible container
EP0718204A1 (en) Bag container and process for making it

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MKEX Expiry