Convertible container for fluent or solid cargo
AssigneeBoeing Commercial Airplane Company
InventorsGilbert J. Nash, Gerhard E. Seidel
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Abstract
An intermodal cargo container capable of being quickly and easily converted between a solid storage mode and a fluent storage mode is disclosed. Shell sections adapted to be either removed from, or pivoted within, an outer container are provided to support an impermeable liner in the fluent storage mode. Elements of both the inner and outer container may be of conventional construction for surface transport or of lightweight construction suitable for air as well as surface transport.
Claims12
A cargo container convertible between a solid storage mode and a fluent storage mode comprising
- top, bottom and side walls forming a generally rectangular outer container;
- an end wall at each end of said outer container substantially closing said outer container;
- an inner container mounted within said outer container, said inner container comprising at least two curved circumferentially divided shell sections and means to releasably attach said sections to each other to form an open-ended cylinder, said end walls substantially closing said cylinder ends
- support means pivotally mounted to said outer container and detachably mounted to said inner containner whereby said support means can be easily detached from said inner container during conversion from fluent to dry mode.
A container as defined in claim 10 wherein at least one of said support means is detachably mounted to said bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.