CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND OFFLOADING BY OVERTURNING OF BULK CARGOES Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B65D88/00 

FIELD: packaging industry.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to a transport container and can be used for transportation and temporary storage of bulk materials. The invention solves the problem of improving usability of the container in mechanisation of the process of opening and closing the cover of the container. The container for transportation, storage and offloading by overturning of bulk cargoes comprises a rectangular housing with a bottom, side walls and a cover consisting of two halves. At that the cover halves are made sliding, component in the form of longitudinally located plates interconnected hingedly according to the invention. The extreme cover plates from the side walls are pivotally connected to shafts of circular or octagonal shape, which are made with the ability to rotate in the upper part of the end walls and rolling the cover halves in a roll, and from the outer side, on the end wall the shaft of one of the cover halves is provided with a sprocket cooperating by means of chain transmission with a drive sprocket located on the same axis with the driving gear located with the ability to rotate and driven by a handle or an external drive. At that the driving gear is in engagement with a driven gear on the axis of which the drive sprocket is located cooperating by means of a chain with the sprocket on the shaft axis of the second half of the cover.

EFFECT: improvement of usability of the container in mechanisation of opening and closing the cover of the container.

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