Depuration system
AssigneeSaeplast Iceland Ehf
InventorDagur OSKARSSON
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Abstract
The invention relates to a container assembly comprising a container for depuration of mollusks and a drain canal unit. The assembly provides a closed circulation of water via a circulation route that has an entry portion between the floor of the container and the drain canal unit, a circulation channel between the corner of the container and a drain canal unit, and a drain canal within the drain canal unit. Also provided is a drain canal unit for use in stackable containers that provides circulation of water within a container assembly.
Claims18
A container assembly comprising:
- a. at least one drain canal unit adapted to be operatively engaged in an interlocked fashion with a container near a corner thereof, the drain canal unit comprising at least one drain canal that has at least one entry opening and at least one spout at its lower end, for insertion into and through the floor of a container so that the at least one entry opening, when the drain canal unit is interlocked with the container, faces a corner of the container;
- b. a container having four upright side walls and adapted to receive at least one drain canal unit so that the drain canal unit is engaged in an interlocked fashion with two adjacent side walls of the container in proximity to a corner thereof and wherein the container is further adapted to receive the drain canal unit spout into and through an opening in the container floor so that a substantially water-tight seal is formed therebetween;
- so that when a drain canal unit is engaged with a corner of the container, at least one circulation channel between the drain canal unit and the corner of the container is formed;
- whereby the engaged at least one drain canal unit and the container form at least one circulation route, wherein each circulation route has an entry portion, between the drain canal unit and the floor of the container, a corner channel portion comprising at least one circulation channel, between the drain canal unit and a container corner, and a drain channel portion, within the drain canal unit;
- so that water within the body of the container can circulate through the entry portion into the corner channel portion and be drained through the drain canal unit to exit the container assembly via its spout.
A drain canal unit, for use in stackable containers to allow circulation of water within individual containers in a stack of containers and drainage into adjacent containers in a stack, the drain canal unit comprising
- an elongated body that has at least one spout extending from its lower end and that is adapted to fit into and through an opening in a container floor to provide a water-proof seal therebetween;
- wherein the elongated body comprises a first surface that, when the drain canal unit is engaged with a container, faces the body of the container, a second surface that, when the drain canal unit is engaged with a container, faces a corner of the container, and wherein the first and second surfaces are interconnected by side surfaces that are adapted to fit into slots on respective side walls of the containers to provide an interlocked connection therebetween;
- wherein the elongated body is at least partially hollow to provide a drain canal that is fluidly connected to the spout and that has at least one entry opening on the second surface of the drain canal body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.