TANK-CONTAINER Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: railway, road and water transport. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to containers for storage and transportation of liquids. Proposed tank- container has cylindrical barrel with bottom plates, compartments of level metering and draining and shutoff valves, two rectangular end face frames with upper and lower crossmembers, vertical uprights with load grippers at angles, upper and lower diagonal braces connecting vertical uprights with crossmembers, adapter shells welded to bottom plates and rectangular end face frames, four support beams arranged in pairs at each side of barrel and secured on lower angles of end face frames and barrel, and contact elements. Tank-container is furnished additionally with four stops secured on barrel shell. Upper support beams are rigidly secured at one side to stops and at other side, to upper grippers of frame. Lower support beams are rigidly connected to contact elements and, respectively, to lower load grippers, angle between axis of barrel and lower support beam being 22-23^°. Adapter shell is made in form of cylinder being rigidly connected to frame by means of support shell at one side of container. Compartments of level metering and draining device and shutoff valves are found in one unit located in lower part of barrel. Stops are made in form of brackets to inner surfaces of which upper support beams are rigidly connected. Brackets are provided with trunnions rigidly secured on one of side surfaces of brackets. Invention improves operation reliability of tank-container and prevents discharge of transported liquid into atmosphere, improves manufacturability and cuts down production expenses. EFFECT: improved reliability. 4 cl, 5 dwg