Receptacles – Freight containers
Patent
1998-09-17
2000-05-23
Pollard, Steven
Receptacles
Freight containers
220 412, 22059228, B65D 2500
Patent
active
060656255
ABSTRACT:
A freight container in the form of a tractor-trailer or intermodal container which is convertible for selectively carrying solid freight or bulk liquid freight including a housing, a plurality of collapsible tanks in the housing, liquid outlets in the tanks and conduits in communication with the liquid outlets located entirely within the housing and an opening in the housing proximate the outlets of the conduits. A liquid washing assembly is permanently mounted on the tanks both in the expanded and collapsed conditions of the tanks. Guide structure is provided in association with the frame of the collapsible tanks for guiding the frame in a perfectly vertical direction both when the tanks are being expanded and being collapsed. The upper and lower edges of the tank sides are bolted and clamped to their associated frames. Hot air ducts encircle the liquid conduits in the bases of the tanks.
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Bonerb James J.
Bonerb Thomas J.
Bounerba David
Converta-Vans, Incorporated
Gastel Joseph P.
Pollard Steven
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