Apparatus for the transport and management of liquid bearing waste
OwnerThomas Gesualeinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for the transport and management of liquid bearing waste, such as sludge and ash, having a container body which tapers inwardly from the top to the bottom so that the majority of the container is able to be nested vertically within an empty container of similar construction. The container has a pair of elongated support rails longitudinally affixed thereto, the support rails and each of the container sidewalls having a pair of apertures transversely therethrough to enable lifting and manipulation of the containers by apparatus such as a forklift. A modified forklift is also provided adapted to tilt its blades downwardly to a substantially vertical angle to enable tipping the containers for emptying.
Claims8
A system for the transport and management of bulk material including:
- a container having an open top and a closed bottom;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls between said top and said bottom, said sidewalls being tapered inwardly downward from said top to said bottom, each of said sidewalls having a pair of spaced apertures therethrough, each aperture in each sidewall being in transverse alignment with an aperture in the opposing sidewall so that said container may be lifted or manipulated by a forklift after insertion of forklift blades through the apertures of both said sidewalls;
- a pair of opposing end panels, each said end panel being leak resistently affixed to said bottom and between said opposing sidewalls, said end panels being tapered inwardly downward from said top to said bottom so that a leak resistent container body is formed by said sidewalls, said end panels and said bottom;
- and a pair of elongated support rails, said support rails being affixed longitudinally to said container body, said support rails each having a pair of apertures transversely therethrough, the apertures of each said support rail being in transverse alignment with the apertures through the other support rail so that said container may be lifted or manipulated by a forklift after insertion of forklift blades through the apertures of both said support rails, said container being progressively smaller from said top to said bottom so that said container is able to be vertically nested within another container of similar construction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.