Drum for Transporting and/or Storing Batteries and the Use of such a Drum
AssigneeBebat Vzw
InventorHendrick Hendrickx
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Abstract
A drum for transporting and/or storing batteries, the drum having an internal storage space having a volume, and the drum being provided with a lid to close off the storage space The lid is provided with one or more openings for venting gas from the storage space to the atmosphere. One or more openings have a total surface area of at least 1.0 square centimeter per liter volume of the storage space. On an outside of the lid is at least one sheet of foil which covers a first group of two or more of said openings, in which the sheet of foil is connected to the lid completely around the first group of openings.
Claims20
A drum for transporting and/or storing batteries, comprising:
- an internal storage space, the storage space having a volume;
- and
- a lid to close off the storage space,
- wherein the lid is provided with two or more openings for venting gas from the storage space to the atmosphere, and
- wherein on the outside of the lid at least one sheet of foil is present which covers a first group of the two or more openings, wherein the sheet of foil is connected to the lid completely around the first group of openings.
A drum for transporting and/or storing batteries, comprising:
- an internal storage space, the storage space having a volume;
- and
- a lid to close off the storage space,
- wherein the lid is provided with one or more openings for venting gas from the storage space to the atmosphere,
- wherein a layer of gas-permeable flame-retardant material extends across the one or more openings, the flame-retardant material being made of steel fibers or mineral fibers, and
- wherein the lid comprises at least three layers at the location of the one or more openings, wherein a first layer and a second layer are both provided with said one or more openings, wherein a third layer is formed by the layer of flame-retardant material, wherein the layer of flame-retardant material is provided between the first layer and the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.