Container for storing and unloading bulk material
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsMichiel Kernkamp, Peter Jaggy
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Abstract
The present invention relates to container (1) for storing and unloading bulk material comprising:—a vessel (2) presenting a closed end (3) and an opened end (4),—a hopper (5) placed inside the vessel (2) and tapering to a discharge outlet in direction of the vessel opened end (4),—a tearable membrane (7) closing the hopper (5) and the vessel (2). The invention relates also to a tank to be refilled by said container and a method for refilling the tank with the container.
Claims18
Container for storing and unloading bulk material, the container comprising:
- a vessel having a closed end and an opened end,
- a hopper inside the vessel and tapering to a discharge outlet in a direction of the opened end, the hopper comprising an outer skirt presenting the same form as the vessel, the skirt being able to fit inside the vessel and to position the hopper inside the vessel, the skirt positioned inside the vessel between an inner wall of the vessel and the tapered portion of the hopper, and
- a tearable membrane closing the hopper and the vessel.
Tank for storing bulk material and capable of being refilled by a container that stores bulk material and comprises a vessel having a closed end and an opened end, a hopper inside the vessel and tapering to a discharge outlet in a direction of the opened end, the hopper comprising an outer skirt presenting the same form as the vessel, the skirt being able to fit inside the vessel and to position the hopper inside the vessel, the skirt positioned inside the vessel between an inner wall of the vessel and the tapered portion of the hopper, and a tearable membrane closing the hopper and the vessel, the tank comprising a refilling opening comprising means for piercing the tearable membrane of the container and for cooperating with the hopper of the container by inserting between the skirt and the tapered portion of the hopper.
Coffee machine that can be refilled by a container comprising a vessel having a closed end and an opened end, a hopper inside the vessel and tapering to a discharge outlet in a direction of the opened end, the hopper comprising an outer skirt presenting the same form as the vessel, the skirt being able to fit inside the vessel and to position the hopper inside the vessel, the skirt positioned inside the vessel between an inner wall of the vessel and the tapered portion of the hopper, and a tearable membrane closing the hopper and the vessel, the coffee machine having a dosing unit comprising means for piercing the tearable membrane of the container and for cooperating with the hopper of the container by inserting between the skirt and the tapered portion of the hopper.
Container for storing and unloading bulk material, the container comprising:
- a vessel having a closed end and an opened end,
- a hopper inside the vessel and tapering to a discharge outlet in a direction of the opened end,
- a cylinder connected to the tapered portion of the hopper, the cylinder comprising a cylinder outlet that forms the discharge outlet, and the cylinder outlet is substantially in a same plane as the opened end of the vessel, and
- a tearable membrane closing the hopper and the vessel.
Method for refilling a tank with a container for storing and unloading bulk material comprising a vessel having a closed end and an opened end, a hopper inside the vessel and tapering to a discharge outlet in a direction of the opened end, and a tearable membrane closing the hopper and the vessel, the tank having a refilling opening comprising means for piercing the tearable membrane of the container and for cooperating with the hopper of the container, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning an outer skirt of the hopper inside the vessel to position the hopper inside the vessel, the skirt presenting the same form as the vessel and being positioned inside the vessel between an inner wall of the vessel and the tapered portion of the hopper;
- positioning the container and the tank refilling opening so that the container tearable membrane faces the tank refilling opening,
- pushing the container against the tank refilling opening or the tank refilling opening against the container in order to break the container tearable membrane by inserting the refilling opening of the tank between the outer skirt of the hopper and the tapered portion of the hopper, and
- turning the assembly of the container and the tank so that bulk material flows by gravity into the tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.