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US 5,054,636 AGranted
Drum storage system utilizing detachable blocks
OwnerKarl Netzerinventor
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Abstract
A clamping device for detachably joining together drums to be stored one above the other and/or side by side is formed as a block-shaped clamping device consisting of flexible material and containing at least two open incisions. Preferably, the clamping is of approximately cubic shape and the open incisions respectively become wider as viewed toward the inside. The widened zones have preferably cross-section shaped like arcuate segments.
Claims5
A drum storgage system comprising:
- a plurality of drums of substantially equal diameter and height, each drum having an upper rim and a lower rim, the drums being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns and having an uppermost set and lowermost set of drums so that for each two adjacent drums of a row the lower rims of the two adjacent drums are juxtaposed each other and the upper rims of the two adjacent drums are juxtaposed each other, and for each two adjacent drums of each column the lower rim of one drum overlies the upper rim of another, adjacent drum;
- a plurality of first blocks, each first block having a body made of flexible material and having a first set of three projections on one side which forms a first set of two clips and a second set of three projections on an opposite side which forms a second set of two clips, one first block being provided at each pair of juxtaposed upper rims and each pair of juxtaposed lower rims to clamp together the juxtaposed lower rims and the juxtaposed upper rims of the adjacent drums of each row, and the coresponding lower rim of a drum in one column with the corresponding upper rim in the same column, and
- a plurality of second blocks, each second block consisting of a base and a first set of three projections on one side which forms a first set of two clips, one second block being provided at each pair of juxtaposed lower rims of the lowermost set of drums to clamp together adjacent lower rims of the lowermost set of drums and at each pair of juxtaposed upper rims of the adjacent drums of the uppermost set of drums to clamp together adjacent upper rims of the uppermost set of drums.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.