Multi-compartment drum
First Claim
1. A multi-compartment storage drum comprising:
- a pair of separably united hemi-cylindrical drum segments;
each said drum segment including upper and lower semicircular end panels which are joined to, and spaced apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical exterior side wall section and a planar interior side wall section, whereinsaid end panels and said interior and exterior side wall sections of each said drum segment collectively establish a compartment to hold a volume of pourable material, and whereinsaid interior side wall sections of said drum segments are disposed closely adjacent to one another when said drum segments are united so that said drum has a generally cylindrical shape by virtue of said exterior hemi-cylindrical exterior side wall sections,said closely adjacent interior side wall sections establishing a longitudinally diametrical parting plane of said storage drum, and wherein said storage drum further comprises,circumferentially paired roll stops outwardly extending from said exterior side wall sections of said drum sections and asymmetrically straddling said longitudinally diametrical parting plane; and
bung holes formed in each of said end panels and disposed closely adjacent said parting plane such that said bung holes are oriented substantially vertically with respect to one another when said drum is resting on one set of said paired roll stops and such that said vertical orientation of said bung holes may be reversed by rolling said storage drum along said side wall sections until said drum rests upon another set of paired roll stops.
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Abstract
A longitudinally bisected storage drum includes a pair of hemi-cylindrical drum segments each being formed by a pair of semicircular end panels which are joined to, and spaced-apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical wall section and a substantially rectangular planar wall section. The planar wall section of one drum segment defines a longitudinally oriented re-entrant groove which unites with a longitudinally oriented tongue protruding from the planar wall section of the other drum segment. Therefore, when the tongue and groove are united with one another, an overall cylindrical drum structure will result. The closely adjacent planar wall sections of each drum segment establish a diametrical parting plane when the tongue and groove are united with one another while the hemicylindrical wall segments are provided with longitudinally spaced-apart and outwardly protruding pairs of roll stops close to this parting plane. Thus, by simply reversing the vertical orientation of bungholes formed in each of the upper end panels (e.g., by rolling the drum along its cylindrical side wall until the it rests upon the other set of roll stops), the contents within the hemi-cylindrical drum segments can selectively be dispensed by positioning that segment'"'"'s bunghole in the lower vertical position relative to the other bunghole.
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1. A multi-compartment storage drum comprising:
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a pair of separably united hemi-cylindrical drum segments; each said drum segment including upper and lower semicircular end panels which are joined to, and spaced apart by, a side wall having a hemi-cylindrical exterior side wall section and a planar interior side wall section, wherein said end panels and said interior and exterior side wall sections of each said drum segment collectively establish a compartment to hold a volume of pourable material, and wherein said interior side wall sections of said drum segments are disposed closely adjacent to one another when said drum segments are united so that said drum has a generally cylindrical shape by virtue of said exterior hemi-cylindrical exterior side wall sections, said closely adjacent interior side wall sections establishing a longitudinally diametrical parting plane of said storage drum, and wherein said storage drum further comprises, circumferentially paired roll stops outwardly extending from said exterior side wall sections of said drum sections and asymmetrically straddling said longitudinally diametrical parting plane; and bung holes formed in each of said end panels and disposed closely adjacent said parting plane such that said bung holes are oriented substantially vertically with respect to one another when said drum is resting on one set of said paired roll stops and such that said vertical orientation of said bung holes may be reversed by rolling said storage drum along said side wall sections until said drum rests upon another set of paired roll stops. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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