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US 2019/0100338 A1Published application
Systems and methods for packaging and transporting bulk materials
AssigneeIntermodal Sciences, LLC
InventorsErik D. SCUDDER, Shonagh Eva ADELMAN
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods for housing a bulk material within a flexible container are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes maintaining a flexible container in an expanded configuration to define an interior volume. A bulk material is conveyed into the interior volume of the expanded flexible container. The flexible container is then moved from the expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration, such that movement of the bulk material within the interior volume is limited.
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A method, comprising:
- maintaining a flexible container in an expanded configuration to define an interior volume;
- conveying a bulk material into the interior volume of the flexible container via an opening defined by the flexible container;
- and
- moving the flexible container from the expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration such that movement of a first portion of the bulk material within the interior volume relative to a second portion of the bulk material within the interior volume is limited.
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A method, comprising:
- forming a magnetic coupling between a portion of a flexible container and a rigid shipping container to define an interior volume within the flexible container;
- conveying a bulk material into the interior volume of the flexible container;
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- reducing a pressure within the interior volume such that a pressure differential between the interior volume and a volume outside of the interior volume is sufficient to overcome the magnetic coupling.
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A method, comprising:
- contacting a magnetic portion of a flexible container to a side wall of a rigid shipping container to define an interior volume within the flexible container;
- conveying a bulk material into the interior volume of the flexible container;
- and
- moving the flexible container from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration such that the magnetic portion of the flexible container is spaced apart from the side wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.