Containers

Abstract

Abstract 1,090,723. Moulded containers; filling containers. IAN AINSLIE & CO. Ltd. Jan. 15, 1965 [Jan. 21, 1964], No. 2612/64. Headings B8D and B8T. A container e.g. a beer barrel, comprises two cup-shaped end members 2, 4 compression moulded from a polyester resin mixture containing glass fibres lying at random, the end members being joined by means of adhesively. coated screw threads, either directly or indirectly through a tubular part 6. The screwthreaded parts may be tapered. As shown, the joints between the part 6 and its adjacent end member are surrounded by a nylon ring 10 under tension, to which is adhered a rubber ring 12. A ring 24 of metal is riveted to integral lugs 30 on the end member 4, and a metal plate riveted to the member 2. A clip 16 is bolted to the container interior as a seating for the lower end of a discharge pipe 22 held at its upper end by a fitting 14. The container interior may be coated with an epoxy-phenolic lacquer. Washing and filling.-Before filling, the container is inverted over a washing nozzle, the pipe 22 and associated fitting 20 having been removed. The container is filled through a pipe (not shown) having a bayonet connection with the fitting 20, the pipe pushing the tube 22 against a spring so that the lower end of the pipe engages a metal contact 40. An electric circuit is thereby established from the supply pipe via the members 22, 40 to a metal strip 42 forming part of the plate 36 which is in electrical contact with the filling-machine. A measured quantity of beer is thereby filled into the container.

Inventors

• 👤 Ainslie Ian

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