Container

• US 4,390,282 A
• Filed: 08/21/1980
• Issued: 06/28/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Willem J.H. Bake
• Original Assignee: Willem J.H. Bake
• Inventors: Bake, Willem J. H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coe, Philip R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Simone, Timothy F.
• Application Number:
  US06/180,104
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 366/2, 366/8, 366/9, 366/16-19, 366/21, 366/32, 366/33, 366/37, 366/41, 366/150, 366/177, 366/180, 366/181, 366/40, 222/129, 222/162, 222/558, 141/242, 141/100, 141/9, 298/8 H, 298/29, 298/30
• US Class Current: 366/40
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 7/0053 Storage containers, e.g. hoppers, silos, bins B28C7/0084 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 7/0069 having compartments
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 9/04 the plant being mobile, e.g. mounted on a carriage or a set of carriagesB28C5/42, B28C9/004, B28C9/006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/16 for carrying mixed concrete, e.g. having rotatable drums concrete-mixing apparatus specially adapted for being mounted on vehicles with provision for mixing during transport B28C5/42
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/582 having a rotational motion

Abstract

Containers for providing predetermined quantities of cement and aggregate to be transported to a site for on site mixing of concrete. The containers have two compartments which are self closing due to the weight of the contents, one compartment containing cement and the other aggregate. When placed on a ring-like support the compartments release their contents. The hopper of the concrete mixer provides support to permit the opening of the container mouths and has a water spray curtain to prevent the fine cement powder to be taken away by the wind, with the water spray providing the correct amount of water for the concrete.

Claims

1. A self-discharging container comprising, in combination:

a plurality of container portions movably associated with each other for relative movement between a contents-containing closed position and a contents-discharging open position; and

auxiliary support means operatively associated with said container portions for automatically effecting said relative movement to said contents-discharging position in response to at least partial support of said container weight by said auxiliary support means.

2. A self-discharging container comprising, in combination:

a frame defining a supporting stand;

a plurality of container portions suspended from said supporting stand and means connecting said container portions for relative movement to a contents-containing closed position under the suspended weight of said container portions and the contents thereof; and

auxiliary support means connected with at least one of said container portions for effecting relative movement therebetween to contents-discharging open position in response to at least partial support of the container by said auxiliary support means.

3. A self-discharging container as defined in claim 2 wherein each container portion defines a separate compartment for containing a particular material.

4. A self-discharging container as defined in claim 3 wherein each compartment is of hopper-like form and is provided with a bottom opening, said container portions in the closed position thereof interengaging to close off all of said bottom openings.

5. A portable container for separately storing predetermined quantities of cement and aggregate respectively, said quantities being proportioned so as to form, in mixed association with a predetermined quantity of water, cement of a desired quality, comprising in combination:

a pair of hopper-like compartments, each having a bottom opening;

a stand for suspending said compartments and means movably interconnecting said compartments whereby, when suspended, the compartments forcibly come together to close off said bottom openings; and

bottom support means on at least one of said compartments for effecting relative movement therebetween to uncover said bottom openings in response to placement of at least some of the weight on said bottom support means.

6. A self-discharging container for making concrete, comprising in combination:

a pair of hopper-like compartments each having a bottom opening, said compartments being shaped such that one compartment is supported by the other to close off said bottom openings;

a stand suspending said one compartment whereby said compartments normally are in condition in which said bottom openings are closed-off; and

means for taking at least a portion of the weight of said other compartment to effect relative movement between the compartments and open said bottom openings thereof.

7. A compartmented container assembly adapted separately to store measured quantities of at least two different materials while allowing discharge of such materials in commingled fashion, comprising in combination:

a container assembly having a plurality of separate compartments for receiving measured amounts of said different materials, each compartment having a bottom discharge mouth, first support means carried by said assembly for suspending said compartments and automatically closing off said discharge mouths thereof, and second support means on said assembly adapted to seat upon an inlet of a receptacle with said discharge mouths in registered position with respect to such inlet for automatically opening said discharge mouths to commingle said different materials while discharging them into the receptacle upon which the assembly is supported.