Container for carrying loose products

#The present invention relates to containers for carrying loose or bulk products of the type comprising a generally parallelepipedal body having at least one closable opening for introduction of loose or bulk products inside it, and an end wall equipped, at the bottom, with means for unloading the loose products.

#The body of such containers is traditionally made of metal, generally steel. In order to prevent the loose products introduced into the container from being contaminated by possible contaminating agents, known containers of this type are normally provided, on the inside, with a protective bag, referred to as “liner”, which is usually made of plastic material to prevent direct contact between the loose products and the internal walls of the body of the container. The protective liner is for the most part formed at the bottom with a tubular appendage, which can be used for outlet of the loose products through a circular opening for discharge.

#The above solution is relatively complicated and costly both on account of the presence of the protective liner and as regards disposal of the protective liner itself, which must be removed and replaced whenever the container is used for carrying products that are different. Furthermore, the conformation of the liner reduces the useful space available inside the container.

#The invention will now be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings, provided merely by way of non-limiting example, in which:

#FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a container for carrying loose products according to the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view at a larger scale of the area of discharge of the container; and

#With initial reference to FIG. 1, number 1 designates as a whole a container according to the invention for carrying loose products.

#The container 1 consists of a body 2 of a generally parallelepipedal shape having a bottom wall 3, a top wall 4, side walls 5, 6, a front wall 7, an a dorsal wall 8.

#According to a first aspect of the invention, the walls 2-8 are made of stainless steel. This fact makes it possible to prevent any risk of contamination by oxidation of the loose products introduced during use into the container, without any need to equip the container 1 with an internal protective liner. In fact, the container 1 according to the invention is not provided with such a liner.