CN101282893B

CN101282893B - Shipping container

Info

Publication number: CN101282893B
Application number: CN2006800324095A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 小斯蒂芬·P·帕里辛
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-07-05
Filing date: 2006-07-05
Publication date: 2012-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2026-07-05
Also published as: CA2656830A1; CN101282893A; CA2656830C; WO2007027294A2; WO2007027294A3

Abstract

A nestable shipping container including side walls, a bottom wall, and an open top is disclosed. The nestable shipping container has a geometry which permits insertion into and reception of similarly shaped containers to facilitate empty shipment and storage in a minimum amount of space. The nestable shipping container may be manufactured by a cold working method from a single blank of material. The containers may be manufactured to meet the performance criteria required of international commerce shipping drums.

Description

Transport container

Technical field

The invention provides a kind of container that transports, be used to transport and store the material of different in width.Especially, a kind of nestable container that transports that is used to transport with storage medium is provided.

Background technology

The material that the product of the significant proportion that uses in the world comprises is loaded in and transports in the conventional transport containers or store, and perhaps product self material transports in conventional transport containers or stores.Data show that this ratio is up to 85% of all products.Equally, said container to use and transport in global economy be vital.Said container is not disposable usually, comprises the reusable time service life that tradition is transported container usually.This repeated usage need be back to their production and the manufacturer that reloads place with empty receptacle usually.Equally, no matter these containers are at loading condition (lade), or the transportation under the unloaded state (sky) all is a kind of common sea-freight behavior.

The empty transportation of transporting container is transported by tractor trailer or train traditionally.Weak point is, because the delivery volume of tractor trailer or train is when being sent vessel filling full by air transport, its delivery volume is by the decision of the residual volume in these containers, and therefore, it is low to transport the empty conveying efficiency of transporting container.Therefore, the shipping agent transports empty van mostly.If empty container is not nestable, this problem is more thorny.

For addressing this problem, people did a lot of the trial.In some limited instance, the manufacturer of transportation can use and produce complementary product each other, and this Product transport arrives the other side's manufacturer place, thereby makes the container of carrying along the transportation route between the said manufacturer that transports always under loading condition, transport.For example, agricultural products producer can be transported to ethanol producer with being loaded in the corn syrup that transports in the container, and then ethanol producer empties and transports container, then it is filled ethanol, and its transportation is back to agricultural products producer.The container that transports that on this commercial circuit, transports always is in loading condition, can above-mentioned ineffectivity be minimized like this.Weak point is that the transportation arrangement of such complementation is specific, and is very rare.

Under more situation; On the both direction of transportation route, transport container all load product is arranged is unpractical; Gratifying is to transport container can adopt following mode to arrange transportation, that is, in given volume, load be used to transport as much as possible transport container.A kind of mode of this target that realizes is to use the nestable container that transports.Nestable container can be placed on, and the shape that at least partly is placed on other is similarly transported internal tank.

Previous for to provide nestable trial of transporting container to produce little effect, because such container fastness is lower, be easy to leak, can not satisfy the standard of transporting container reliably.Main difficulty is that the container that is used for international business affairs requires enough strong fastness, to satisfy a certain international technology performance standard.In addition, with current nestable transport container separated from one another also be very the difficulty.And, use traditional handling technique, for example, ratchet, hand barrow and indoor delivery system are difficult to handle the current nestable container that transports.

Summary of the invention

A kind of nestable container that transports is provided, comprises a cool working, complete, bevelled container body, this main body comprises a upright side walls, a diapire and a unlimited top.

According to an embodiment; This nestable container that transports comprises a conical vessel main body, and this main body comprises a upright side walls, a diapire; A unlimited top; With the bucket edge on the said sidewall upper that is arranged on said container body, said bucket edge comprises a smooth end face, stretches out from the said sidewall of said container body.

According to another embodiment, this is nestable to transport container and comprises a cool working, complete, conical vessel main body, and this main body comprises a upright side walls, a diapire, a unlimited top and a plurality of from the outward extending projection of diapire.

According to another embodiment, this nestable container that transports comprises a conical vessel main body, and this main body comprises a upright side walls with top pail edge; A diapire; A unlimited top and a lid, this lid comprises a top board; Skirt, and a flange that extends internally from said skirt lower end against said top board; From the outward extending ridge of said sidewall of said container body, with the said flange joint of said lid.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A is a kind of nestable cutaway view that transports the exemplary embodiment of container.

Figure 1B is a kind of cross-sectional view of exemplary embodiment of quick make flange, and this quick make flange is used for the closure under the partial engagement state.

Fig. 1 C is a kind of cross-sectional view of exemplary embodiment of quick make flange, and this quick make flange is used for the closure under the full engagement state.

Fig. 2 A is a kind of nestable cutaway view that transports the exemplary embodiment of container.

Fig. 2 B is a kind of cross-sectional view of exemplary embodiment of quick make flange, and this quick make flange is used for the closure under the partial engagement state.

Fig. 2 C is a kind of cross-sectional view of exemplary embodiment of quick make flange, and this quick make flange is used for the closure under the full engagement state.

Fig. 3 A is a kind of nestable cutaway view that transports the exemplary embodiment of container, and this container has the external rib of vertical extension.

Fig. 3 B is a kind of nestable cutaway view that transports the exemplary embodiment of container, and this container has the external rib that vertically extends between the circle intermittently piling up.

Fig. 3 C is the nestable section drawing that transports container along AA-AA shown in Fig. 3 B.

Fig. 4 is a kind of nestable cutaway view that transports container with feet elements.

Fig. 5 A is a kind of nestable decomposition view that transports the exemplary embodiment of container with bolt-on closure.

Fig. 5 B is a kind of nestable exemplary embodiment view that transports container cover with bolt-on closure.

Fig. 6 is the nestable decomposition view that transports another embodiment of container with bolt-on closure.

Fig. 7 is the exemplary embodiment view that transports container cover and main body with threaded closure.

The specific embodiment

The invention discloses a kind of container that transports, it comprises sidewall, diapire and the top of opening wide.Simultaneously, a main body of transporting container is formed at this sidewall, diapire and unlimited top.According to an embodiment, this transports the container that transports that container can comprise 55 gallons or 70 gallons.According to this embodiment, this transports container body is bevelled, so that nested or pile up a plurality of containers that transport.

Originally it can be nestable transporting container, also can be nested.Nestable container must comprise a kind of can the nested geometric configuration of oneself.The geometric configuration of this nestable containers can be but be not limited to following shape, taper shape roughly or conical butt, perhaps roughly polygon pyramid or the polygon pyramid of truncation.Without restriction, in some embodiments, this nestable geometric configuration is a truncated square pyramid.Those skilled in the art recognizes these geometric configuratioies, and each all has unique and favourable characteristic.Have at this container under the situation of conical shaped or Frusto-conical geometric configuration, it will have a very high radial compression intensity, and will be very tough and tensile, a durable container.Have at this container under the situation of square pyramidal geometric configuration roughly; It will be at an easy rate with other container with abreast, stand in together as soldier's arrangement mode; Can not produce the clearance space of waste like this, make under a certain amount of floor area, can maximize aggregate storage capacity.

According to some embodiment, this sidewall and diapire are single-pieces.In entire description, term " single-piece " meaning is that this sidewall and diapire that transports container is the single-piece that the common slab manufacturing by the deformable material of a slice forms.Because this side and diapire of transporting container are to be made by the independent slab of deformable material, then avoided traditional connection work (for example, adopting seam and the sidewall and the diapire that are welded to connect by the slab made of separating).

According to other embodiment, this sidewall and diapire are not single-pieces.In said embodiment, this sidewall and diapire are that the slab manufacturing that separates by deformable material forms.Because these walls are to be formed by the slab made of separating, and then need adopt seam to be connected sidewall and diapire with welding job.

The upper end of transporting container side wall comprises one barrel of edge.In this manual, the meaning of term " bucket edge " is known upper limb that transports container or ribs of those of ordinary skills.Use herein, the bucket edge refers to the geometric configuration of edge or rib, and it can be a hollow, also can be solid.In certain embodiments, the bucket edge can be through roll-in, punching press or machinework moulding (but being not limited to this).According to definite embodiment; The nestable container that transports comprises container body; This main body comprise top that a upright side walls, a diapire and one are opened wide and; Be arranged on the bucket edge on the said sidewall upper of said container body, said bucket edge comprises the smooth end face of sidewall outside face outward extending that transports container body from this.

As stated, the bucket edge is the extensional surface of container, and it is all or part of around side wall perimeter.Stress that like preceding text the geometric configuration of bucket edge can be a hollow or solid.In certain embodiments, the bucket edge have roll-in, tubular geometry, comprise the end face of sidewall.In certain embodiments, the bucket edge is circular, that is, the cross-sectional plane of bucket edge is circular.In other embodiment, the bucket edge has smooth surface, that is, the cross-sectional plane of bucket edge has smooth surface.In certain embodiments, the geometric configuration of bucket edge cross-sectional plane is closed basically, and this shape has a smooth surface, and the flat surfaces of bucket edge is exactly the end face of barrel edge.In the embodiment that confirms, the bucket edge has the flat-bed end face, the top coplane that the end face of bucket edge and container open wide.

Whether can nested, its sidewall can comprise the element that can strengthen vessel strength if no matter transporting container.Unrestricted, this element of gaining in strength can be included in rib or the groove that vertically extends on the sidewall.Rib on the sidewall can moulding on sidewall in the container drawing process, perhaps also can moulding or moulding gradually separately in material extension process subsequently.

This rib can be according to transporting intensity selection any width, height and the thickness that the container needs increase.Further, the number of rib also can be selected according to predetermined strength on the sidewall.Rib can be through extruding, stretching, weight or other operation moulding.This rib can be solid, also can be hollow.Rib can be arranged on inside or outside, also can all be provided with inside and outside.It will be recognized by those of ordinary skills all above-mentioned ribs and can improve the integraty of structure.In certain embodiments, unrestricted, rib vertically is provided with and is one-body molded with sidewall.Vertical rib can improve integraty and reliability.Vertical load-carrying capacity when vertically rib can increase container and do not damage.

The present invention also provides is convenient to nested and the device of untiing nested operation.Nestable containers can be closely or loose ground nested with the container of analogous shape.Geometric element can also be set, stacked rings for example, like this can be convenient to untie realize in nested closely nested.The sidewall that can nestedly transport container can comprise at least one stacked rings, is arranged on to transport the outer of container side wall and place.Stacked rings is arranged on usually transports the position that is lower than barrel edge on the container side wall.According to some embodiment, stacked rings is arranged on barrel position of edge below 3-5 inch.Similar with the rib of gaining in strength, stacked rings can moulding on sidewall in the container drawing process, also can moulding or moulding gradually separately in material extension process subsequently.

Closely nested is in order to satisfy the needs of maximization storage density, the number of the container that can transport in the promptly given volume.Pory is nested be convenient to nested with untie nested.Under some situation, closely be nested in and bring difficulty when separating nested.Irrelevant with any concrete theory; This difficulty is from connection surface or join domain between two containers that produce adhesive ability; Or from connection surface or join domain between two containers that produce binding power, or be connected surface or join domain between interior zone and two isolated containers of external environment condition from making.These or other mechanism possibly produce the power of nested operation of untiing that hinders.Irrelevant with any concrete theory, the power that some obstruction is untied nested operation is produced by tapered air volume between two nested.Untie the power of nested operation for fear of producing these obstructions, still keep higher storage density simultaneously, then geometric element need be provided, stacked rings for example, it allows closely nested the time, prevents, reduces or separates connection surface or area of isolation.Have nothing to do with any concrete theory, keep the flow path of air between outside atmosphere and the nested internal capacity, can reduce the power of nested operation of untiing that hinders, this power is produced by tapered air volume between two nested.In the embodiment that confirms, unrestricted, geometric element comprises a stacked rings, and this geometric element allows closely nested the time, prevents, reduces or separates connection surface or area of isolation.The profile of stacked rings and the external shape of sidewall are one-body molded, thereby mold projection, protruding circle, lug boss or other convexity at the sidewall outside face.In the embodiment that confirms, stacked rings is the gimbal around side wall perimeter, is positioned at the book office of sidewall bucket edge below.

Stacked rings can be along transporting the continuous full circle of container side wall.Selectable, stacked rings can comprise one or more interrupted gaps.This discontinuous stacked rings can be the interrupted ring of level, also can be the elongated convexity on one group of same horizontal surface, is positioned at side wall perimeter, and the step of going forward side by side is in the preset distance place of sidewall top margin below.Selectable, this interrupted stacked rings can be shaped to peak and valley structure on the sidewall of container body.Unrestricted, through drawing process, stacked rings partly is the peak, and the spacing between the interrupted stacked rings part forms low ebb.

Horizontally disposed stacked rings has limited container can be inserted into the amount in the container at the same level.Through being inserted into the qualification of measuring in the container at the same level to container, can keep the connection volume in inside and outside space, prevent that interior zone from isolating from external environment condition, and reduce and untie the resistibility of nested operation.Through being inserted into the qualification of measuring in the container at the same level, can also preventing, reduce, damage connection surface or area of isolation, and reduce and untie the resistibility of nested operation container.In addition, keep certain surplus at the top of each container, in nested and the process of untiing nested, be convenient to grasp container.In addition, except make nested with untie nested being more prone to, stacked rings can also improve integraty and reliability.Horizontal stacked rings has improved the radial load that container can bear under not damage condition.It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the raising of radial load ability can correspondingly improve the service life of container.

Stacked rings comprises among the embodiment of one or more discontinuity gaps that the rib that vertically extends can pass the gap of stacked rings, and stops on the top of stacked rings.

The sidewall that can nestedly transport container can also comprise to be convenient to transport and the element of storing nested good nestable containers stacking.These elements are meant " base element " or " leg ".For the integrated container that transports, transport the leg of container and process by identical deformable material slab.In a further embodiment, transport the sidewall of container and processed by the slab that separates respectively with diapire, this leg and the diapire that transports container is one-body molded.That is to say that diapire comprises the leg of protrusion.

Integrated leg is from the diapire protrusion moulding of container.Unrestricted, the leg of this protrusion moulding can be processed by drawing process.The geometric configuration of leg and position can be selected different embodiment for use.In certain embodiments, leg is parallel in pairs, and be roughly rectangular prism and protrude from diapire, and one-body molded with diapire.Leg forms the stayed surface of container below diapire, container needn't adjacent diapire like this.In certain embodiments, leg design has and under container, is convenient to the structure that fork truck forks.In the embodiment that confirms, leg design has and under container, is convenient to the structure that hand barrow is mentioned.Because leg has and allows the structure that the equipment of grasping and be used for lifting container, then need not to be provided with ratchet.

Nestable containers also comprises a closure member.Unrestricted, in some true example, such closure member comprises a top board and joint element, and this joint element is used for removably connecting between the integral member on closure member and sidewall or the sidewall sections.

Closure member can connect, be threaded through buckle-type or mode such as bolted connection removably is connected with container.In certain embodiments, the face of joint of lid and container can comprise a seal liner, or other strengthens the leak free structure.In the embodiment that confirms, closure member can removably connect through screw thread and the container with this closure member one.In certain embodiments, closure member can be through removably connecting with closed cramp and container.

In the embodiment of the container that comprises barrel edge, comprise the embodiment that adopts joint element that closure member and bucket edge are removably connected.In the embodiment that confirms, closure member can be threaded or bolted connection with the bucket edge.The respective aperture that is used to hold screw thread or bolt also can be arranged on a barrel edge surface, although this not necessarily.In said embodiment, one group of bolt hole is set on the top board of closure member, corresponding with the hole that holds screw thread or bolt.In other embodiments, fastener is a self-tapping screw, need not adopt tapping to pass the operation in hole on barrel edge for realizing separating like this.In other embodiments, fastener is self-tapping screw, self-drilling screw, when for the realization joint hole and screw thread being set simultaneously, neither need holing and on lid or bucket edge, punch like this, does not also need tapping tapping in the hole.

In certain embodiments, the top board of closure member conforms to the geometric configuration of bucket edge, can not expose the handle of fastener like this.In certain embodiments, a bucket edge has smooth top margin, with the top coplane of sidewall, saidly takes over a business face and conforms to the geometric configuration of barrel edge, thereby make the handle of fastener can not expose.Have among the embodiment of flat top edge at the bucket edge; The accurate manufacturing and the tapping in hole that is used to hold threaded fasteners is simpler than the embodiment that those barrels edge has curved top surface; Because it is different with curved surface; Smooth surface has free surface still less, thereby reduces drill bit, fastener head or other instruments or the power drift of fastener on contact point.

In certain embodiments, closure member can be detachably attached to through the screw thread with the closure member one on barrel edge.In this embodiment, closure member comprises a top board and the skirt against this top board.In certain embodiments, this skirt conforms to the periphery of closure member.This skirt has one and the integrated inside face of screw thread.The complete matching thread and the outside face of sidewall or one-body molded with the geometric configuration of sidewall one.In certain embodiments, complete matching thread is one-body molded with the outside face of bucket edge.

Be detachably attached to through the screw thread with its one among the embodiment of barrel edge at closure member, closure member may further include otch, groove, dimple, pin, column, piece or other geometric configuration to hold the instrument that is used to screw on or backs out closure member.When these instruments of use, utilize lever principle to improve and rotate with respect to feasible the lid when tightening or unclamp of the moment of torsion of axle.

In certain embodiments, closure member can removably connect with the bucket edge through the closed cramp with the closure member one.In this embodiment, closure member comprises a top board and a skirt against this top board.The inside face of skirt further comprises the flange that extends internally.In certain embodiments, this skirt conforms to the periphery of top board.Each flange has upper and lower surfaces.Said upper surface be arranged on the composition surface that transports on the container side wall and removably engage towards the below.

In the single slab integrated embodiment of container body by deformable material, closure member can be connected with a bucket edge through traditional seam, traditional weld seam or traditional nut.

According to additional embodiments, lid can comprise top board.This lid can comprise the convexity of curling that a plurality of intervals are provided with, and this convexity is partly isolated by the wheel rim that is provided with at interval.This wheel rim partly is flat, and upset is towards the center of lid.The protruding spiral that curls is screwed into the flat part that transports container, and this die-forged is transported the container top container and do not had and spiral salient engagement that is interrupted or sealed bucket edge.The set inside protruding at lid has a liner, moves with the screw thread under the renitency as the closure member of preventing heads.

Nestable container can comprise the combination of metal, metal alloy, plastics, synthetic material or these materials.Synthetic material is meant the material that comprises fertile material and strengthening material.Unrestricted, synthetic material comprises fiber-reinforced plastic, metal filled plastics.Fiber-reinforced plastic comprises the fibrous glass filled plastics, for example the fibrous glass filled nylon.

According to some embodiment, can nestedly transport the sidewall and the diapire of the one that container processes through the cool working deformable material, and not have seam and weld seam.Likewise, this can nestedly transport the combination that container can comprise cold working metal, cold working metal alloy, cool working plastics, cool working synthetic material or these materials.According to exemplary embodiment, this transports container and comprises cold-rolled steel.

Transport container and have particular geometric shapes or characteristic through forming operation.Forming operation is unrestricted to comprise cool working and hot working.Cold-working operation is exactly shape or the size that changes material through plastic deformation, can carry out being lower than under the recrystallization temperature situation of material.Unrestricted, in a particular embodiment, cold-working operation can comprise that roll-in, die forging, stretching and the degree of depth stretch.In stretched operation, the edge of slab is fixed, and centre portion is stressed to be pressed in the mould, and material extending is become cup-shaped tensioning member.It is a kind of special stretched operation that the degree of depth stretches.It is exactly the minimum size that stretching depth is equal to or greater than opening that the degree of depth stretches.In a lot of forming operations, comprise stretched operation, can be with the progressively moulding of progressive mode.Progressive forming operation is to utilize series of operation, is the output of formerly operating with respect to the subsequent operation input of operation first wherein.

Comparatively speaking, hot work operation must be carried out under the situation that is higher than the material recrystallization temperature.Hot working comprises the mold operation.Unrestricted, the mold operation comprises injection mould, blow molding die and vacuum mold.

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the exemplary embodiment of nestable containers is provided more detailed introduction.What be worth to stress is that embodiment shown in this accompanying drawing only is exemplary, should be as the restriction of nestable containers any way.

Shown in Figure 1A is an exemplary embodiment can nestedly transporting container 10.Transporting container 10 comprises sidewall 11, diapire 12 and covers 13.Lid 13 comprises a top board 14, and this top board has a skirt 15 against it.Lid 13 comprises the flank 16 of a convexity, is arranged on the periphery of top board 14.Fin 16 limits packing element holding chamber 17.The sidewall 11 of container 10 comprises that a stacked rings 18 is centered around the periphery of sidewall 11.

Figure 1B be cover 13 with the sidewall 11 bonded assembly partial view of container 10.A kind of closure engagement is designed to the open end that releasable maintenance lid 13 is placed on the container 10 shown in Figure 1A.Shown in Figure 1B, the upper end of sidewall 11 comprises the bucket edge 19 of a roll-in.Below bucket edge 19, be provided with joint element 20.Shown in Figure 1B is the local engagement state of this closure engagement.Seal liner 17A can be included in the packing element holding chamber 17, with strengthen cover 13 and sidewall 11 upper limbs of container 10 between sealing function.Skirt 15 comprises a flange that extends internally 21.Skirt 15 shown in the figure is slightly to the outer tilt of its free state, and at this moment, flange 21 slips over the outside face of joint element 20.Shown in the figure, the mating surface 22 of the joint element of facing downwards 20 separates with flange 21.

Shown in Fig. 1 C is the exemplary embodiment under Figure 1B full engagement state.Skirt 15 shown in the figure is in free state with closure flange 21, at this moment the outer surface of flange 21 cleaning bucket edge 19.Shown in the figure, the mating surface 22 of the joint element of facing downwards 20 engages with flange 21.

Shown in Fig. 2 A is another exemplary embodiment that can nestedly transport container 10, by Reference numeral 30 marks.Transporting container 30 comprises sidewall 31, diapire 32 and covers 33.Lid 33 comprises a top board 34, and this top board has a skirt 35 against it.With shown in Figure 1A-1C to transport container 10 different, lid 33 peripheries at top board 34 are not provided with protruding flank.The sidewall 31 of container 30 comprises that a stacked rings 36 is centered around the periphery of sidewall 31.

Fig. 2 B is the lid 33 shown in Fig. 2 A and the sidewall 31 bonded assembly partial view of container 30.A kind of closure engagement is designed to the open end that releasable maintenance lid 33 is placed on container 30.As shown in the figure, the upper end of sidewall 31 comprises a bucket edge 37.Comprise a smooth end face 38 at bucket edge 37, stretch out from the outside face of sidewall 31.Bucket edge 37 can also comprise to the leg 39 of rear curved against sidewall 31.The below of bucket edge 37 is provided with joint element 40.Shown in Fig. 2 B is the local engagement state of this closure engagement.Packing element 41, for example liner or O shape circle can be included in along on lid 33 the lower surface, with strengthen cover 33 and barrel edge 37 flat top 38 of container 30 between sealing function.Skirt 35 comprises that extends inward into a flange 42.Skirt 35 shown in the figure is slightly to the outer tilt of its free state, and at this moment, flange 42 slips over the outside face of joint element 40.Shown in the figure, the mating surface 43 of the joint element of facing downwards 40 separates with flange 42.

Shown in Fig. 2 C is the exemplary embodiment under Fig. 2 B full engagement state.Skirt 35 shown in the figure is in free state with closure flange 42, at this moment the outer surface of flange 42 cleaning joint elements 40.Shown in the figure, the mating surface 43 of the joint element of facing downwards 40 engages with flange 42.

Shown in Fig. 3 A is the another exemplary embodiment that can nestedly transport container, by Reference numeral 50 marks.Transporting container 50 comprises sidewall 51, diapire 52 and covers 53.Lid 53 comprises a top board 54, and this top board has a skirt 55 against it.Lid 53 comprises the flank 56 of a convexity, is arranged on the periphery of top board 54.Fin 56 limits packing element holding chamber 57.The sidewall 51 of container 50 comprises that a stacked rings 58 is centered around the periphery of sidewall 51.The sidewall 51 of container 50 comprises the rib element 59 of a plurality of vertical extensions.Rib 59 extends to the lower position of stacked rings 58 from the diapire of container 50.

Fig. 3 B is the modification of Fig. 3 A example shown property embodiment.Transporting container 60 comprises sidewall 61, diapire 62 and covers 63.Lid 63 comprises a top board 64, and this top board has a skirt 65 against it.Lid 63 comprises the flank 66 of a convexity, is arranged on the periphery of top board 64.Fin 66 limits packing element holding chamber 67.The sidewall 61 of container 60 comprises that an interrupted stacked rings 68 is centered around the periphery of sidewall 61.The each several part of stacked rings 68 is provided with along the peripheral horizontal interval (HI) of sidewall 61.The sidewall 61 of container 60 comprises the rib element 69 of a plurality of vertical extensions.Rib 69 extends from the diapire of container 60, passes the interval between stacked rings 68 each several parts, is being higher than the position termination that stacked rings 68 is lower than barrel edge 70.

Shown in Figure 4 is the exemplary embodiment that can nestedly transport container, by Reference numeral 80 marks.Transporting container 80 comprises sidewall 81, diapire 82 and covers 83.Lid 83 comprises a top board 84, and this top board has a skirt 85 against it.Lid 83 comprises the flank 86 of a convexity, is arranged on the periphery of top board 84.Fin 86 limits packing element holding chamber 87.The sidewall 81 of container 80 comprises that a stacked rings 88 is centered around the periphery of sidewall 81.The leg 89 that is provided with at interval is outstanding from diapire 82.

This leg can be from transporting the diapire drawing and forming of container.This leg can also have strengthening rib.Forming process with leg of rib can may further comprise the steps, and from as the single slab material extending moulding of transfer cask sidewall and diapire, gets into the mould that matees and in leg, forms rib thereby push leg then.Therefore, have can contribution outer stressed of the leg of rib, the performance of transporting vessel bottom wall with raising.

Suppose that the indefiniteness embodiment that transports container has the external diameter of about 20.0-20.5 inch.Unrestricted, transport container and can comprise leg, about 1 inch wide of this leg, 4 inches are high.This leg can be arranged on distance and transport about 3 inches places, vessel bottom wall edge.What leg was such is arranged so that between the leg apart from about 12.5 inches.

Transport nested the transporting of container or a pile container can transport easily or move, utilize hand barrow, motor-driven fork truck or any similar permission ratchet or quite thing move the equipment that transports container and realize.In order to move the nested container that transports of single vertical stacking, the fork of hand barrow or fork truck can be inserted in the space of transporting between the container leg.According to other embodiment, a plurality of containers that transport can combine the formation one unit.The fork of hand barrow or fork truck can be inserted into and adjacently transport the container leg and transport in the space between the outmost leg of container.Separation, wooden, plastics or metal pallets that the use of therefore, transporting the leg of vessel bottom wall can avoid the use of.

Fig. 5 A and 5B are the decomposition views that transports the exemplary embodiment of container, by Reference numeral 90 marks.Transporting container 90 comprises tapered sidewalls 91, diapire 92 and covers 93.Lid 93 comprises the flank 95 of a top board 94 and a convexity, is arranged on the periphery of top board 94.Fin 95 limits packing element holding chamber 96.The sidewall 91 of container 90 comprises that one is centered around the stacked rings 192 of sidewall 91 peripheries and the rib 97 of a plurality of vertical extensions.Lid 93 comprises a plurality of holes, is used to hold fastener 98.Lid 93 is connected with the top of transporting container 90 through fastener 98.Lid 93 is arranged on above the container 90, and the fin 95 of top board 94 contacts with the tubular barrel edge 99 of roll-forming, and this barrel edge is arranged on the top of sidewall 91.Seal liner 100 is arranged on holding chamber 96 inside, thereby is arranged between fin 95 and the bucket edge 99.Fastener inserts in the hole of fin 96, and combines with bucket edge 99.According to additional embodiments, bucket edge 99 also can be provided with corresponding hole, with the hole on the alignment fin 96.

Fig. 6 is the decomposition view that transports the exemplary embodiment of container, by Reference numeral 101 marks.Transporting container 101 comprises tapered sidewalls 102, diapire 103 and covers 104.Lid 104 comprises a top board 105 with periphery 106.The sidewall 102 of container 101 comprises that one is centered around the stacked rings 106 of sidewall 102 peripheries and the rib 107 of a plurality of vertical extensions.Lid 104 comprises a plurality of holes, is used to hold fastener 108.Lid 104 is connected with the top of transporting container 101 through fastener 108.Lid 104 is arranged on above the container 101, and the periphery 106 of top board 105 contacts with smooth bucket edge 110, and this barrel edge is arranged on the top of sidewall 102.Seal liner 111 is provided with near the periphery 106 of top board 105, thereby is arranged between periphery 106 and the bucket edge 110.Fastener inserts near the hole the periphery 106 of top board 105, and combines with bucket edge 110.According to additional embodiments, smooth bucket edge 110 also can be provided with corresponding hole, with the hole on the alignment top board 104.

Shown in Figure 7 is another exemplary embodiment of transporting container, by Reference numeral 120 marks.Transporting container 120 comprises sidewall 121, diapire 122 and covers 123.Sidewall 121 and diapire 122 are integral structures that the slab manufacturing by a slice deformable material forms.Lid 123 comprises a top board 124 with periphery 125.Periphery 125 comprises inner surface and outer surface.The inner surface of periphery 125 is provided with screw thread 126.Sidewall 121 tops of container 120 comprise a stacked rings 127 that is centered around sidewall 121 peripheries.Stacked rings 127 tops are provided with supporting screw thread 128.Lid 123 through supporting screw thread 126 with 128 with transport container 120 and be connected.

Unrestricted, the single-piece cylinder can be used as the overpack that the large-scale reduced size of transportation transports container.

The term here " international business affairs cylinder " is the subset that satisfies or exceed the container of a certain performance standard.More specifically, the international business affairs cylinder is a kind of container, and this container can not leak or break or other damages, and makes that the use of container is dangerous, can bear following condition: fall on rigidity, inelastic, the flat horizontal surface from 0.8 meter height; Be filled to gauge pressure 20kPa under water five minutes; Be filled to gauge pressure 100kPa five minutes.

When nestable container is described as above a certain exemplary embodiment, can think that other similar embodiment can be used or modification, can increase etcetera to above-mentioned embodiment, with carry out just as function, and do not deviate from the present invention.In addition, all embodiment disclose not necessarily, but selectable, various embodiment can mutually combine according to demand characteristics.Those of ordinary skills can make modification and not deviate from marrow of the present invention and category.Therefore, nestable container should not be confined to single embodiment, but conforms to scope with the width of accessory claim description.

Claims

1. one kind can nestedly be transported container, comprises: cool working, bevelled container body, and this main body comprises the jointless sidewall of single-piece and diapire and a unlimited top, wherein said container body comprises the polygon pyramid of basic truncation.

2. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said sidewall comprises the rib horizontal interval (HI), that vertically extend.

3. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said container body also comprises the stacked rings of at least one circumference.

4. as claimed in claim 3ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, the stacked rings of said at least one circumference also comprises the gap that at least one is interrupted.

5. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said container body also comprises from diapire to the convexity that extends below.

6. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said container body also comprises a bucket edge, is arranged on the upper end of the said sidewall of said container body, and said bucket edge comprises a smooth end face, transports container body from this and stretches out.

7. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, also comprise from diapire to the convexity that extends below.

8. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container; Wherein, Said container body comprises cold-worked material, and this cold-worked material can comprise the combination of cold working metal, cold working metal alloy, cool working plastics, cool working synthetic material or these materials.

9. as claimed in claim 8ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said container body comprises the cold working metal alloy, and this cold working metal alloy comprises cold-rolled steel.

10. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said container body is the square pyramids of truncation.

11. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, also comprise a lid.

12. as claimed in claim 11ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said lid comprises a top board, said top board has at least one hole, and a bolt passes this hole said lid is detachably attached on the said bucket edge.

13. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, also comprise a lid, this lid comprises an end face, the skirt against said end face, the screw thread that extends internally from said skirt; And

The exterior screw thread of said sidewall of said container body is used for the said screw-threaded engagement with the said skirt of said lid.

14. as claimed in claim 13ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said lid comprises that also otch, groove, dimple, pin, column or piece are used to the instrument tightening or unclamp to hold.

15. as claimed in claim 14ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, the said geometric configuration that is used to hold the instrument of tightening or unclamping is one group of otch.

16. as claimed in claim 1ly can nestedly transport container, also comprise a lid, this lid comprises a top board, the skirt against said top board, and a flange that extends internally from said skirt lower end; And

From the outward extending ridge of said sidewall of said container body, with the said flange joint of said lid.

17. as claimed in claim 16ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said ridge is arranged on said bucket edge below.

18. as claimed in claim 16ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, said top board also comprises a vertical annular rim.

19. as claimed in claim 18ly can nestedly transport container, wherein, between the said bucket edge of the said annular rim of said lid and said container body, be provided with a seal liner.

20. the method that can nestedly transport container of one of moulding such as claim 1-19; Wherein, Said container has jointless sidewall of single-piece and diapire, and the top opened wide, and wherein said container body comprises the polygon pyramid of basic truncation; Said container also has an outside face and an inside face, may further comprise the steps:

Provide one to have the deformable metal of preliminary dimension or the slab of metal alloy;

Stretched container main body, this container body do not have seam, do not have weld seam and comprise integrated sidewall and diapire.

21. method as claimed in claim 20, wherein, said drawing process is that the degree of depth stretches, and this degree of depth stretches and contacts with the said slab with progressive die.

22. method as claimed in claim 21 also comprises following at least one:

(a) drawn metal is to form the rib that vertically extends on the sidewall;

(b) drawn metal is to form the stacked rings on the side wall perimeter;

(c) metal of extension stacked rings has the stacked rings of at least one discontinuity gaps with formation;

(d) metal of extension sidewall is to form at least one interrupted stacked rings on said sidewall;

(e) metal of extension diapire is to form at least one rib above that; And

The metal of extension top closure member is to form at least one rib above that.

23. one kind is transported container, comprising:

One container body, this main body comprise jointless sidewall of single-piece and diapire, and the top opened wide, and wherein said container body comprises the polygon pyramid of basic truncation; And

One barrel of edge is arranged on the upper end of said container body, and said bucket edge comprises a smooth end face, stretches out from said container body.

24. the container that transports as claimed in claim 23, wherein, the said sidewall of said container body and diapire are by a slice integral structure moulding that does not have seam and weld seam.

25. the container that transports as claimed in claim 23, wherein, said sidewall comprises horizontal interval (HI), the rib that vertically extends.

26. the container that transports as claimed in claim 25, wherein, said container body also comprise at least one around stacked rings.

27. the container that transports as claimed in claim 26, wherein, said at least one around stacked rings also comprise the gap that at least one is interrupted.

28. the container that transports as claimed in claim 23, wherein, said container body also comprises from diapire to the convexity that extends below.

29. the container that transports as claimed in claim 23, wherein, said container body also comprises cold-worked material, and this cold-worked material can comprise the combination of cold working metal, cold working metal alloy, cool working plastics, cool working synthetic material or these materials.

30. the container that transports as claimed in claim 29, wherein, said cold working metal alloy comprises cold-rolled steel.

31. one kind is transported container, comprising:

One container body, this main body comprise jointless sidewall of single-piece and diapire, and the top opened wide, and sidewall has the top pail edge, and wherein said container body comprises the polygon pyramid of basic truncation; And

One lid, this lid comprises a top board, a skirt against said top board, and the flange that extends internally from said skirt lower end; And

32. the container that transports as claimed in claim 31, wherein, said ridge is arranged on said bucket edge below.

33. the container that transports as claimed in claim 32, wherein, said top board also comprises a vertical annular rim.

34. the container that transports as claimed in claim 33 wherein, is provided with a seal liner between the said bucket edge of the said annular rim of said lid and said container body.