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US 4,280,640 AGranted
Integral double-wall container
AssigneePennsylvania Pacific Corporation
InventorPasquale C. Daloisio
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Abstract
An integral double-wall container, made of a synthetic plastic, for handling bulk materials such as liquids and powder, and adapted to be lifted and moved by means of a forklift truck. An integral one-piece double-wall hopper bin for dispensing liquid and powder. A method of making integral double-wall containers and hopper bins by rotational molding.
Claims3
An integral double-wall container comprising
- an outer shell including a front and a rear wall connected by a pair of sidewalls and a bottom panel connecting the bottoms of all walls,
- an inner shell including a front and a rear wall connected by a pair of sidewalls and a bottom panel connecting the bottoms of all walls,
- with the inner bottom panel being smooth and flat and without depressions that might retain contents of the container and make cleaning difficult,
- and a connection between the inner bottom panel and the inner walls being smooth and continuous and integral and without welds and without openings that would permit passage of contents into a false bottom space between said inner and outer shells,
- said container being made of a synthetic plastic,
- said rear inner wall being shorter than said front inner wall,
- said bottom inner panel sloping downwardly to the bottom of said front inner wall,
- and dispensing means at the bottom of said front walls for dispensing the contents from the container as it flows downwardly over the smooth inner bottom panel,
- whereby said container forms an integral one-piece double-wall hopper bin for liquid and for powdered material such as abrasives and the like,
- a discharge opening molded in the outer and inner front walls,
- closure means positioned over the discharge opening for opening and closing the discharge opening to dispense the contents of the hopper bin when desired,
- a slide gate,
- a pair of slide tracks mounted one on each side of the discharge opening with the slide gate slidable therein,
- handle and stop means on said gate for grasping the gate to raise and lower it and for acting as a stop when the gate is closed,
- said handle and stop means including a flange extending outwardly from the top of said gate for grasping as a handle and for abutting the top of said slide tracks to act as a stop.
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