ES1071570U

ES1071570U - Protective elements for metal drums (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Info

Publication number: ES1071570U
Application number: ES200930687U
Authority: ES
Inventors: Pedro Ruiz Monton; Jose Luis Perez Corcuera; Josu Mirena Alberdi Arteche; Jose Ramon Alvarez Ircio; Jose Angel Tella Cardalliaguet
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-11-23
Filing date: 2009-11-23
Publication date: 2010-03-11
Anticipated expiration: 2019-11-23
Also published as: ES1071570Y

Abstract

Protective elements for metal drums, said drums (1) of the type having a cylindrical side wall (2), an upper base (3) and a lower base (4) and having respective flanges (5) and (6) that starting perpendicularly from its upper (3) and lower (4) bases are prolongation of the side wall (2) of the drum (1), and a plurality of peripheral bulges (7) distributed equidistantly and parallel to said flanges (5) and (6) along the side wall (2) of the drum (1), characterized in that they comprise first protective elements (8) in the shape of a ring with a groove (9) of larger dimensions than the flanges (5) and (6) covering the entire length of the first element (8), said first elements (8) being configured to fit on the flanges (5) and (6) protruding both longitudinally and transversely from the contour of the drum (1). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Elementos protectores para bidones metálicos.Protective elements for drums metallic

Field and object of the invention

La invención se engloba dentro del campo de los recipientes para transporte de fluidos, concretamente bidones metálicos, que se transportan manipulando dichos recipientes bien por medios manuales o por medios mecánicos y más concretamente se refiere a una pluralidad de elementos protectores de zonas específicas de los citados bidones.The invention falls within the field of containers for transporting fluids, specifically drums metallic, which are transported by handling said containers well by manual means or by mechanical means and more specifically refers to a plurality of zone protective elements specific to the mentioned drums.

State of the art

En la actualidad esta extendido el uso de bidones para el trasporte de fluidos contenidos en su interior. Dichos bidones son cuerpos cilíndricos huecos, que comprenden una pared lateral de revolución y sendas de bases de cierre de las aberturas de la citada pared, disponiéndose rebordes para la unión de las citadas bases con la pared lateral. Además se suelen disponer de una serie de abultamientos en la pared lateral como elementos de refuerzo de dicha pared.Currently the use of drums for the transport of fluids contained inside. Said drums are hollow cylindrical bodies, which comprise a side wall of revolution and paths of closing bases of the openings of said wall, with flanges for joining of the aforementioned bases with the side wall. They are also usually have a series of bulges on the side wall as reinforcement elements of said wall.

Normalmente y dependiendo del tamaño del bidón y de la carga que se transporte los citados bidones se manipulan bien manualmente o por medios mecánicos teniendo que portar dichos bidones y desplazarlos de un sitio a otro y a diferentes alturas, ocurriendo en ocasiones que accidentalmente el bidón se puede caer mientras se está portando impactando sobre el suelo pudiendo producir desperfectos en el mismo a través de los citados rebordes los cuales sobresalen del contorno principal del bidón y pudiéndose producir además deterioros en el propio bidón si el impacto es importante, llegando a producirse incluso fugas en el mismo.Normally and depending on the size of the drum and of the cargo that is transported the mentioned drums are handled well manually or by mechanical means having to carry such drums and move them from one place to another and at different heights, Occasionally the drum may accidentally fall while he is behaving impacting on the ground being able to produce damage in it through the mentioned flanges which protrude from the main contour of the drum and being able to also cause damage to the drum itself if the impact is important, even leaking in it.

Adicionalmente, estos bidones al ser cilíndricos se transportan a veces de forma manual por simple rodadura de la pared lateral cilíndrica sobre el propio suelo con lo que se produce también un deterioro de dicha pared lateral y en especial de los abultamientos utilizados como refuerzo antes mencionados.Additionally, these drums being cylindrical they are sometimes transported manually by simple rolling of the cylindrical side wall on the ground itself with what it also causes deterioration of said side wall and especially of the bulges used as reinforcement mentioned above.

Por todo ello, se ha detectado una necesidad de proporcionar una pluralidad de elementos protectores de, por un lado, los rebordes de los bidones y por otro de los abultamientos de la pared lateral del bidón.For all these reasons, a need for provide a plurality of protective elements of, by a side, the flanges of the drums and on the other of the bulges from the side wall of the drum.

Este objetivo se consigue por medio de la invención tal y como está definida en la reivindicación 1, en las reivindicaciones dependientes se definen realizaciones preferidas de la invención.This objective is achieved through the invention as defined in claim 1, in the dependent claims defined preferred embodiments of the invention.

Description of the invention

La presente invención se refiere a elementos protectores para bidones metálicos, siendo dichos bidones del tipo de los que disponen de una pared lateral cilíndrica, una base superior y una base inferior y comprenden sendos rebordes que partiendo perpendicularmente de sus bases superior e inferior son prolongación de la pared lateral del bidón, y que disponen además de una pluralidad de abultamientos periféricos paralelos a los mencionados rebordes distribuidos equidistantes a lo largo de la pared lateral del bidón. Concretamente la invención se refiere a primeros elementos protectores con forma de aro con una hendidura que cubre toda la longitud del primer elemento, la cual es de mayores dimensiones que los rebordes, estando configurados dichos primeros elementos para encajar, mediante la citada hendidura, en los rebordes del bidón, sobresaliendo tanto longitudinalmente como transversalmente del contorno del mismo.The present invention relates to elements protectors for metal drums, said drums being of the type of those with a cylindrical side wall, a base upper and lower base and comprise two flanges that starting perpendicularly from its upper and lower bases are extension of the side wall of the drum, and which also have of a plurality of peripheral bulges parallel to the mentioned equidistant distributed flanges along the side wall of the drum. Specifically the invention relates to first hoop-shaped protective elements with a slit which covers the entire length of the first element, which is of larger than the flanges, said configurations being configured first elements to fit, by means of the aforementioned slit, in drum flanges, protruding both longitudinally and transversely of the contour of it.

Adicionalmente, se podrán disponer segundos elementos protectores con forma de anillo que dispongan de un escalonamiento de dimensiones tales que dichos segundos elementos puedan encajar en cada abultamiento del bidón.Additionally, seconds may be available ring-shaped protective elements that have a staggering dimensions such that said second elements can fit in each bulge of the drum.

De esta manera, gracias a los citados primeros y segundos elementos se dota al bidón de una serie de protecciones contra impactos y para evitar daños graves durante la rodadura de los mismos sobre el suelo.In this way, thanks to the first and second elements the drum is provided with a series of protections against impacts and to avoid serious damage during the rolling of The same on the ground.

Los primeros elementos protectores podrán tener una sección transversal sustancialmente semicircular, y la hendidura correspondiente una sección transversal redondeada.The first protective elements may have a substantially semicircular cross section, and the corresponding slit a rounded cross section.

Finalmente, tanto los primeros como los segundos elementos protectores podrán estar fabricados en un material polimérico, pudiéndose añadir al mismo, aditivos para la mejora de las propiedades mecánicas de resistencia al impacto, resiliencia y resistencia a la intemperie y elasticidad del material base.Finally, both the first and second protective elements may be made of a material polymeric, being able to add to it, additives for the improvement of the mechanical properties of impact resistance, resilience and weather resistance and elasticity of the base material.

Description of the drawings

A continuación se pasa a describir de manera muy breve una serie de dibujos que ayudan a comprender mejor la invención y que se relacionan expresamente con unas realizaciones de dicha invención que se presentan como ejemplos ilustrativos y no limitativos de ésta.Then it goes on to describe very brief a series of drawings that help to better understand the invention and that expressly relate to embodiments of said invention which are presented as illustrative examples and not Limitations of this one.

La figura 1 representa una vista en perspectiva de un bidón que incorpora los primeros elementos protectores objeto de la presente invención.Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a drum that incorporates the first protective elements object of the present invention.

La figura 2 representa una vista en sección de parte del bidón de la figura 1, según un plano de corte radial que pasa por el eje de revolución del bidón.Figure 2 represents a sectional view of part of the drum of figure 1, according to a radial cutting plane that passes through the axis of revolution of the drum.

La figura 3 representa una vista a gran escala del detalle B de la figura 2.Figure 3 represents a large-scale view of detail B of figure 2.

La figura 4 representa una vista en perspectiva de un bidón que incorpora los segundos elementos protectores objeto de la presente invención.Figure 4 represents a perspective view of a drum that incorporates the second protective elements object of the present invention.

La figura 5 representa una vista en sección de parte del bidón de la figura 4, según un plano de corte radial que pasa por el eje de revolución del bidón.Figure 5 represents a sectional view of part of the drum of figure 4, according to a radial cutting plane that passes through the axis of revolution of the drum.

La figura 6 representa una vista a gran escala del detalle C de la figura 5.Figure 6 represents a large-scale view of detail C of figure 5.

Description of an embodiment of the invention

Tal y como se aprecia en las figuras 1 y 4, el bidón (1) sobre el que se montan los elementos protectores objeto de la presente invención tiene una pared lateral (2) cilíndrica, una base superior (3) y una base inferior (4). Tanto en la base inferior (3) como la superior (4) se disponen respectivos rebordes (5) y (6), los cuales son prolongación de la propia pared lateral (2), cuyos bordes han sido curvados para definir dichos rebordes tal y como se puede apreciar en la figura 2.As can be seen in figures 1 and 4, the drum (1) on which the object protective elements are mounted of the present invention has a cylindrical side wall (2), an upper base (3) and a lower base (4). Both at the base lower (3) as upper (4) are arranged respective flanges (5) and (6), which are prolongation of the side wall itself (2), whose edges have been curved to define said flanges as can be seen in figure 2.

Los primeros elementos protectores (8), se sitúan encajados en los rebordes (5), y (6) para lo cual tienen forman de aro disponiendo de una hendidura (9) para su inserción por simple encaje en los citados rebordes. Con el fin de cubrir la totalidad de la superficie de los rebordes que tienen forma curvada, la sección transversales de los primeros elementos protectores (8) es igualmente curvada para evitar que haya bordes angulados que puedan herir al manipulador del bidón.The first protective elements (8), are placed embedded in the flanges (5), and (6) for which they have they form a ring having a slit (9) for insertion by simple fit in the mentioned flanges. In order to cover the entire surface of the curved edges, the cross section of the first protective elements (8) It is also curved to avoid angled edges that they can hurt the drum manipulator.

Adicionalmente, este tipo de bidones (1) cuenta, tal y como se puede apreciar en las figuras 3 a 6, con abultamientos (7) anulares que se disponen paralelamente a las bases (3) y (4) del bidón, los cuales tienen la misión principal de rigidizar al mismo y que suelen constituir la superficie de directa de contacto durante la rodadura del bidón en el suelo. Para evitar el dañado excesivo de dichos abultamientos (7) se disponen segundos elementos protectores (10) de forma anular que se adaptan a la forma específica del abultamiento en cada caso para encajar con apriete en los mismos. Los elementos protectores, en esta realización de la invención tienen sendos escalonamientos (11) que determinan una sección transversal de dichos elementos en forma de "C" de ramas laterales muy abiertas para que el encaje en los abultamientos (7) sea lo más solidario posible.Additionally, this type of drums (1) counts, as can be seen in figures 3 to 6, with annular bulges (7) that are arranged parallel to the bases (3) and (4) of the drum, which have the main mission of stiffen it and that usually constitute the direct surface of contact during the rolling of the drum on the ground. To avoid the excessive damage of said bulges (7) are available seconds ring-shaped protective elements (10) that adapt to the specific form of bulge in each case to fit with press on them. The protective elements, in this embodiment of the invention have two steps (11) that determine a cross section of said elements in the form of "C" of very open lateral branches to fit the bulges (7) be as supportive as possible.

Como material ventajoso para la fabricación de ambos, primeros y segundos, elementos protectores se ha pensado en utilizar materiales poliméricos que gracias a la utilización de aditivos dispongan de buenas propiedades mecánicas, concretamente las referentes a la resistencia al impacto, resiliencia, resistencia a la intemperie y elasticidad, no descartándose otros materiales no poliméricos de características mecánicas similares.As an advantageous material for the manufacture of both, first and second, protective elements have been thought of use polymeric materials that thanks to the use of additives have good mechanical properties, specifically those related to impact resistance, resilience, resistance weathering and elasticity, not discarding other materials not Polymers of similar mechanical characteristics.

Claims

1. Protective elements for metal drums, said drums (1) being of the type that have a cylindrical side wall (2), an upper base (3) and a lower base (4) and comprise two flanges (5) and (6) that starting perpendicularly from its upper (3) and lower (4) bases are an extension of the lateral wall (2) of the drum (1), and a plurality of peripheral bulges (7) distributed equidistant and parallel to the mentioned flanges (5) and (6) along the side wall (2) of the drum (1), characterized in that they comprise first ring-shaped protective elements (8) with a groove (9) larger than the flanges (5) ) and (6) covering the entire length of the first element (8), said first elements (8) being configured to fit the flanges (5) and (6) protruding both longitudinally and transversely from the
drum outline (1).

2. Protective elements according to claim 1, characterized in that they comprise second ring-shaped protective elements (10) having steps (11) in their cross-section, of dimensions such that said second elements (10) fit into each bulge (7 ) of the drum (1).

3. Protective elements according to claim 1, characterized in that the first protective elements (8) have a substantially semicircular cross-section, and the slit (9) has a rounded cross-section.

4. Protective elements according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that both the first (8) and the second protective elements (10) are made of a polymeric material and because additives are added to improve the mechanical properties of impact resistance, resilience and weather resistance and elasticity of the base material.