US4890764A
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Stationary or mobile container for containing or shipping substances that are toxic, dangerous, contaminated or, in any case, harmful to health and the environment
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-03-14
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Granted: 1990-01-02
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Expires: 2009-03-14
Abstract
Abstract The stationary or mobile container makes possible containing or shipping of solid, liquid, powdery, granular or gaseous substances and in particular that are toxic, dangerous, polluted or, in any case, harmful to health and the environment. It comprises an outside wall (1), for example of metal, a protective inside wall in one or more layers (2, 3), unattackable or in any case inert with respect to the substances contained in it, self-sealing in case of perforation or tearing of outside wall (1) and elastically deformable to compensate for the change in volume caused by deformations of the container in case of impact so that the inside pressure remains almost constant and, an optional expanding additional container (4) connected by a check valve (5) to protective inside wall (2, 3).
Inventors
- 👤 Alberto Rossini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 00:50
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D81/00; B65D81/24; B65D81/26; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/917; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/8593; Y10T137/86187
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
Stationary or mobile container for containing or shipping of solid, liquid, powdery, granular or gaseous substances and in particular that are toxic, dangerous, polluted or in any case harmful to health and the environment characterized by a mechanically resistant outside wall (1) of any shape, size and material, by an protective inside wall in one or more layers (2, 3), unattackable or, in any case, inert with respect to the substances contained in it, nonconducting, self-sealing in case of perforation or tearing of outside wall (1) and elastically deformable to compensate for the change in volume caused by deformations of outside wall (1) in case of impact so that the inside pressure remains almost constant and, for the same purpose, characterized by an optional expanding additional container (4, 4', 4") connected by a check valve (5) to protective inside wall (2, 3).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
Stationary or mobile container for containing or shipping of solid, liquid, powdery, granular or gaseous substances and in particular that are toxic, dangerous, polluted or in any case harmful to health and the environment characterized by a mechanically resistant outside wall (1) of any shape, size and material, by an protective inside wall in one or more layers (2, 3), unattackable or, in any case, inert with respect to the substances contained in it, nonconducting, self-sealing in case of perforation or tearing of outside wall (1) and elastically deformable to compensate for the change in volume caused by deformations of outside wall (1) in case of impact so that the inside pressure remains almost constant and, for the same purpose, characterized by an optional expanding additional container (4, 4', 4") connected by a check valve (5) to protective inside wall (2, 3).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
Container according to claim 1, wherein said protective inside wall consists of one or more layers (2, 3) able to prevent escape or losses of the contents of the container and to absorb the infiltrations or small losses of liquid substances that may occur through a possible residual section of the opening of the tear in the self-sealing layer even after self-sealing, in this way totally preventing the escape of the liquid to the outside of the container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
Container according to claim 2, wherein said protective inside wall (2, 3) consists of one or more spongy, absorbent, self-sealing layers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
Container according to claim 1, wherein said protective inside wall (2, 3) does not adhere or adheres only partly to outside wall (1) of the container to allow the elastic deformation of said protective inside wall (2, 3) inside outside wall (1).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
Container according to claim 1, wherein in case of impact, the excess pressure is balanced by transferring the part of the container due to the deformation into outside expanding additional container (4, 4', 4") through a check valve (5); said additional container being made of a material that can be elastically expanded.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
Container according to claim 5, wherein said outside expanding container (4', FIG. 3) is made to fold.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
Container according to claim 5, wherein said outside expanding container (4", FIG. 4) expands in spherical shape.
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