FR2560582A1 - NON-REUSABLE PORTABLE CONTAINER - Google Patents

Abstract

THE CONTAINER IS OF THE NON-REUSABLE TYPE AND IS PARTICULARLY WELL SUITABLE FOR THE STORAGE OF ADVANCE FUEL FOR VEHICLES, PLEASURE BOATS, INDIVIDUAL HEATING BOILERS. IT IS MADE IN A SINGLE PIECE OF SYNTHETIC MATERIAL FORMING A BODY 1 AND A HOLLOW GRIP HANDLE 5. THE CONTAINER IS FILLED BY AN ORIFICE WHICH IS THEN CLOSED BY A SEALED OPERCULE 17. THE USER ALSO HAS AN EMERGENCY CAN, WHICH CANNOT LEAK OR SUFFER. TO USE THE CONTENT AND, THEREFORE, OPEN THE CONTAINER, IT CUT THE HANDLE 5, FOR EXAMPLE BY SAWING IT TO THE RIGHT OF A RUPTURE PRIMER, WHICH CREATES A TIP 11 BY WHICH THE CONTENT IS EMPTY AND AN ORIFICE OF ' AIR INLET THROUGH THE OPEN END OF THE HANDLE 5. THE CONTAINER IS OPENED BY A DEFINITIVE RUPTURE OF THE HANDLE WHICH MAKES IT UNUSABLE FOR A SECOND USE.

Description

NON-REUSABLE PORTABLE CONTAINER

  Of course, we know many containers that are of the non-reusable type, that is to say they are closed after filling

  and that the content can only be achieved by definitive destruction.

  with a cork, operculum etc .: yoghurt pots, metal boots

and others.

  The present invention relates to a container of this type but which is particularly well adapted to its use for liquids

  to be transferred when the container is emptied into another container.

  with a narrow opening requiring the presence of a spout

  pourer or an ad hoc device such as a funnel.

  More specifically, a container according to the invention

  applies to hydrocarbons such as fuels and lubricants.

cants.

  We know, in fact, that it is quite easy to preserve

  sence in a reusable container because the fuel stains that do not fail to occur when filling the can evaporate

  quickly and do not create unpleasant odors for a long time.

  It is not the same for oils or for diesel because they leave traces that do not evaporate quickly and even that create extremely unpleasant odors with regard to diesel.

  Since the oil has no marked smell, it is usual for an automobile to

  list keeps in the trunk of his car a can of new oil or even started because the screw cap generally used to close these

  cans ensures proper closure.

  For diesel fuel, on the contrary, there is practically no

  container which gives satisfaction, in particular because of the odor penetrating

  and virtually indestructible that causes the slightest leak.

  The present invention is a solution to this very particular problem.

  but can, of course, be applied to other cases.

  -2 The container according to the invention is of the non-reusable type and is sold pre-filled, which provides the user with the advantage of avoiding any soiling filling since this filling is done in the factory. When it is empty, the container is discarded and, when it contains fuel, it is not put back in a vehicle

could mess.

  To this end, the subject of the invention is a portable container of the non-reusable type, in particular for hydrocarbons, characterized in that it consists of a single piece which is advantageously made of synthetic material and which is composed of a hollow body and a

  grip handle also hollow communicating with its two ex-

  trenches with the body in two places distant from each other, the

  body having a filling orifice closed by a sealing cap

  after the first and only filling of the container, it must be opened by final rupture of the handle to create, by this

  the only operation, both a hole for emptying the contents of the reci-

  and an air inlet, respectively corresponding to the

two parts of the break.

  According to other features of the invention: - the handle is connected to the body by at least one endpiece which exceeds the contour of the body itself to form a spout after breaking the handle; - The handle has a mark constituting either a starting break or a benchmark of the recommended location for this break;

  the container comprises a detachable instrument adapted to the rup-

  ture of the handle and, in particular, a saw blade; the two places at which the two ends of the handle communicate with the body are located in such a way that the inner faces of the body and of the two ends of the handle respectively are in the extension of one another; - The body having a substantially parallelepipedal shape, the ends of the handle are at two opposite corners of the same face of the body; - the face of the body to which are connected the ends of

the handle is inclined.

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  The invention will be better understood from the detailed description below.

  after made with reference to the description and drawing are given

  as an indicative and non-limiting example.

  Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a container according to the invention after filling and before emptying.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a container conforming

  me to the invention being dumped.

  Figure 3 is a schematic view showing four recipes

  in accordance with the invention stowed for their packaging in

  a crate for shipping.

  Referring to Figure 1, we see that a container according to the invention comprises a substantially parallelepiped body 1 and at least one of the large faces is provided with a rib of

  stiffening. Here, only the face 2 is provided with a sensitive rib 3

  in the form of two Y's opposed by their central branches.

  The small upper face 4 is inclined from top to bottom towards the face 2 and is integral in one piece with the ends 5a and b of a hollow handle 5, these ends 5a and 5b being located in

  the corners of the face 4, so that the handle 5 and its ends

  mites fit exactly in the body contour 1 to only

to form any roughness.

  The handle 5 itself and its ends connected to the face 4 are exactly in the plane on the one hand of the small faces 6 and 7 and on the other hand of the large face 8 opposite to the face 2, as

  this is particularly visible in FIG.

  Naturally, with regard to a container, the body 1 is hollow and here the handle 5 is also so that the above arrangement is provided in such a way that the inner faces of the body 1 of a

  hand and handle 5 on the other hand are exactly in the

one another.

  Here, the ends 5a and 5b of the handle 5 end with

  10 and 11 and there is provided on each of them a circular groove

respectively 12 and 13.

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  -4 - The synthetic material with which one forms in one piece

  the body 1 and the handle 5 is relatively rigid but nevertheless presents

  less a more or less elastic deformability so that the rup-

  5 of the handle 5 to clear a dump opening can practically not be done by breaking. This is the reason why a saw blade 14 is held in place on the face 4 and under the handle 5 for example by means of an adhesive tape 15, this blade 14 serving, after removal of the adhesive tape 15, to sawing the handle 5, either near its end 5a or near its end 5b. For this operation, the grooves 12 or 13 constitute both a breaking primer since the piece is

  less resistance at this point and a guide for the blade 14.

  It can be seen in practice that this operation is very simple and does not require the development of a major effort, unlike what often happens in practice with screw-cap cans which force the user to make an effort to both painful and inconvenient. The entire container is formed: body 1 and handle 5,

  one piece, for example by forming-blowing a synthetic material

  thetic by providing a hole on the face 16 of the body 1 which is opposite to the face 4 (Figure 2). The container is held under an automatic filling machine with its face 16 upwards so that the filling tubes can be above the

hole of the face 16.

  Immediately after filling, the hole is sealed

  by means of a sealed cover 17, then several containers are conditioned.

  For example, by arranging them as shown in FIG. 3 in order to lose as little space as possible. We see in fact that according to this stowage, the containers are placed alternately on the face 8 and on the face 2 so that they are all horizontal and register

  always in a rectangular section, thanks to the asymmetrical arrangement

  handle 5 relative to the median vertical plane of the recess.

  tainer. The sealing of the cover 17 can be achieved by any means

  known and, in particular, as the liquefied gas tanks of

  quets, by welding obtained by causing a strong rotation of the opera-

  flush with the edges of the filler hole.

  These containers full of the desired liquid, for example diesel,

are shipped and put on sale.

  The user can buy one or more containers to keep them as a precaution, in case of fuel breakdown, for example in an automobile, in the boiler room of a house or on a boat etc. Indeed, the container is completely hermetic and we chose

  to constitute a synthetic material opposing any oozing

  such as high density polyethylene.

  The container always remains perfectly clean and does not allow

the release of no smell.

  At the time of use, the adhesive tape 15 is withdrawn to take the saw blade 14 and then the handle 5, for example the

  along the groove 13 which at the same time creates two orifices: an opening

  emptying hole at the top of the nozzle 11 and an air inlet orifice 5b end by the handle 5 and by the end 5a

  which communicates by the tip 10 with the body 1.

  For this, after sawing the handle, it is deformed by twisting as can be seen in Figure 2 which allows easy access to a filling port A, for example the tank of an automobile, because the tip 11 serves as a spout and that the handle 5 can be easily twisted so as not to be a hindrance

compared to the bodywork.

  It is possible, of course, to saw the handle both by the groove 13 and the groove 12, just as it can happen that an energetic and brutal torsion breaks the handle 5 at the right of the groove 12, which does not matter since the tip 10 can be in the upper part of the inclined container and the liquid contained

  flows freely through the tip 11 located lower.

  When the filling orifice A is not very accessible, which is often the case of the one by which oil must be poured into the crankcase of an engine, it is also possible to use the container upside down with respect to the position it occupies in Figure 2, that is to say that the handle serves as a conduit and that the contents of the container flows through the unscored tip 10, the end Sa, by the handle 5 and by the end 5b placed opposite the orifice A. The air then enters the body by borrowing the sawed tip 11 located at a level greater than

that of the tip 10.

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  When the distance between the two ends 5a and 5b is suitably chosen (of the order of 20 to 25 centimeters at least), it is found that when the container is placed in its empty position such as , that that which is represented in FIG. 2, a depression is created at the level of the highest orifice (the orifice 10 in the case of FIG. 2), which prevents any exit from

liquid through this orifice.

  To empty the container, one of the ends of the handle 5 is cut, the body 1 is grasped with one hand, the open end is placed at the desired location (endpiece 11 in the pipe A, FIG. spreading the handle 5 by elastic torsion with the other hand: no liquid comes out of the cut end of the handle which, on the contrary, serves as an air inlet, the liquid flowing perfectly and smoothly by

the lower cleared tip.

  Two grooves 12 and 13 are respectively provided to allow

  The user must choose, at the time of use, to saw the handle either on one side or the other, or even on both sides. If the user saws the handle 5 on the side of the groove 12, the emptying is done through the orifice 10 maintained lower. If it saws the handle 5 on the side of the groove 13, the emptying is done through the orifice 11 maintained lower, on the contrary. from the previous case. This latitude allows the user to choose one or the other of these solutions according to

  the accessibility of the filler opening of the tank of its vehicle

  cule. When the container has been completely emptied of its contents

  becomes unusable and must be discarded.

  It is seen that apart from the particular advantages which it gives at the moment of its use, the container according to the invention is of a particularly practical use since it can be laid flat

  in a position of perfect stability and that it can be easily worn

  by its handle 5, without fear of getting dirty since the container is always clean unless, of course, it has been soiled externally, which is an anecdotal independent possibility

advantages of the invention.

  - 7 - The fact that the container is flat allows the user to hold the

  body 1 with one hand during emptying.

  This ease of storage, portage and use is particularly

  useful for boat users because it is known that access to boats is often inconvenient and that to maintain its equilibrium it is advantageous to carry only objects with handles

  practice. It is the same at sea because of the movements of the

  water, even (and almost certainly) at a standstill.

  It should be noted that a container according to the invention made of

  synthetic material such as high-density polyethylene, is

  particularly well adapted to the conditions of the navigation because the synthetics resist very well to the attacks of the sea water and the marine air. In addition, the density of the entire container and its fuel content is about 0.9 (the density of the seawater varies from one region to another but is always slightly greater than 1) , so that the full container floats instead of flowing as

would do a metal can.

  Note that the location of the blade 14 on the face 4 and under the handle 5 is particularly advantageous to protect the blade 14 and prevent it from being accidentally separated from the container because the handle 5 is a protection against clumsy gestures

  which would be directed up the face 4.

  It follows from the description above that a compliant container has

  the invention is always clean: it is filled at the factory, it is hermetically sealed and can not leak or seep, it empties without flaws especially thanks to the effect of depression in the tip does not clear, it

is thrown as soon as it has served.

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Claims (5)

CLAIM I CAT I ONS   1-portable container of the non-reusable type, especially for hydrocarbons, characterized in that it consists of a single piece which is advantageously made of synthetic material and which is composed of a hollow body (1) and a gripping handle (5) also hollow communicating at both ends (Sa and 5b) with the body (1) in two places distant from each other, the body (1)   comprising a filling orifice closed by a seal (17) sealed   after the first and only filling of the container, the latter having to be opened by final breaking of the handle (5) to create, by this single operation, both a emptying orifice of the contents of the container and an orifice of corresponding air inlet respectively to both parts of the break.   2- container according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle (5) is connected to the body (1) by at least one tip (10 -11) which exceeds the contour of the body (1) itself to constitute   a spout after breaking the handle (5).   3- container according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle (5) has a mark constituting either a breaking primer   (12 - 13) is a benchmark of the recommended location for this rup-   ture. 4- container according to claim 1, characterized in that it carries a detachable instrument adapted to the rupture of the handle (5)   and, in particular, a saw blade (14).   5. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the two places where the two ends (5a and 5b) of the handle (5) communicate with the body (1) are located in such a way that   the inner faces respectively of the body (1) and the two ends   mites (5a and 5b) of the handle (5) are in the extension one the other.   Container according to claim 5, characterized in that the   body (1) having a substantially parallelepipedal shape, the ends   mites (5a and 5b) of the handle (5) are at two opposite corners of the same face (4) of the body (1).   7- container according to claim 6, characterized in that the face (4) of the body (1) to which are connected the ends (5a and b) of the handle (5) is inclined.