SHIELDING CONTAINER Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: storage and shipping containers for explosive materials. SUBSTANCE: container has base 1 and cover 2 coupled through bolted joint 3. Base 1 and cover 2 are welded structures built up of two layers of armor sheets 4 arranged at 8 deg. to each other. Sheet-to-sheet space is filled with several layers of basalt material 5. Inner surface of cover 2 or its outer surface mounts detachable corrugated shields 6 which form space 7. Shields 6 are attached to cover 2 or to base 1 by means of bolts 8 driven in threaded holes 9 spaced at certain distance apart. EFFECT: improved shielding characteristics of container. 4 cl, 2 dwg