Container
AssigneeMauser-Werke GmbH
InventorGunther Pies
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Abstract
A container, in particular a drum, having at least one bung in the top head and a central head surface arched inwardly and an adjoining outer head surface sloping obliquely to the shell or wall of the container. The bung is arranged in a funnel-shaped elevation on the top head and a drainage channel is provided in the transition region between the central and outer head surfaces. The channel has a continual slope toward the bung to direct liquid to the bung when the container is inverted.
Claims5
In a container having a shell and at least one bung in a top head with a central head surface arched inward and an outer head surface, adjoining the arched central head surface, tapering off obliquely to the shell of the container and forming a raised transition region between the central head surface and the outer head surface when the container is viewed in an upright position, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a funnel-shaped elevation disposed in the top head in the transition region and connecting the bung to the central and outer head surfaces;
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- (b) a drainage channel in said raised transition region, said drainage channel being depressed at a lower elevation relative to said transition region when said container is in an inverted position and having a continual downward slope beginning in a portion of the transition region farthest from the bung and emptying into the funnel-shaped elevation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.