Convertible freight container

Details Convertible freight container Convertible freight container

1996-05-29

2000-01-18

Pollard, Steven

Receptacles

Freight containers

220 412, 22049505, B65D 500

Patent

active

060150556

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. Also, the bases of the tanks include pipe structure which permits the bases to be of relatively small depth.

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