Storage and transport containers
AssigneeWes Ltd.
InventorNicholas J. Tanner
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Abstract
A five sided steel box with a honeycomb member therein formed by corrugated sheets and defining a plurality of hexagonal elongate recesses. Spacers on the outer faces of the walls of the box have tie bars secured transversely thereto and the ends of the bars are welded to protective hoops. A door closes and seals the box and comprises a framework, a panel mounted on the framework by means of clamping screws or parallelogram linkage and coil springs, and a seal between the panel and the open side of the box. The framework is preferably hinged to protective hoops of the box at one side and provided with a latch arrangement at the other.
Claims10
A storage and transport container for elongate articles comprising:
- a member of generally honeycomb section defining a plurality of elongate recesses, five walls forming a parallelipipedal box with one open side and surrounding said member of honeycomb section, spacer members secured to the outer faces of said side walls, tie bars secured to said spacer members, protective hoops encircling said box and secured to said tie bars so that each tie bar extends between an adjacent pair of said hoops;
- and a door serving to close and seal said open side of said box;
- said spacer members being of elongate configuration, each of top hat section with two flanges forming a brim of the top hat section welded to said walls of said box;
- said tie bars extending perpendicularly to said elongate spacer members and to said hoops, with a middle portion of each of said tie bars welded to a web of the respective top hat section spacer member which forms a crown thereof and with the ends of each tie bar welded to respective ones of two adjacent ones of said hoops.
A storage and transport container for elongate articles comprising a member of generally honeycomb section defining a plurality of elongated recesses, five walls forming a parallelipipedal box surrounding said member of honeycomb section, elongated spacer members, each of top hat section with two base flanges forming a brim of said top hat section spot-welded to a wall of said box, said top hat section further comprising side flanges secured to said two base flanges and a crown flange secured to said side flanges;
- tie bars secured to said crown flanges of said spacer members, protective hoops encircling said box and secured to said tie bars, and a door to close and seal said open side of said box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.