Flexible tank for fluid containerisation

US20120279959A1Inactive Publication Date: 2012-11-08CLIVE SMITH MARTIN +1
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
CLIVE SMITH MARTIN
Publication Date
2012-11-08
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A flexible walled bag, tank (1), or flexitank,for shipping fluids, in particular liquids,disposed within an outer container (12) confines.and supportable by a container floor, side walls and end structures,an upper tank surface being constrained. loaded or biassed, by external restraints,such as depending local spaced intrusions or baffles (22)extending from one side towards the other.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending International Application No. PCT / GB2010 / 051856, filed on Nov. 8, 2010, which claims priority to PCT International Application No. PCT / GB2010 / 051809 filed on Oct. 28, 2010 and British Application No. GB0919497.8 filed on Nov. 9, 2009. The entire contents of each of the above-identified applications are hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention relates to the containerisation of bulk liquid storage and transport and is particularly, but not exclusively concerned with stabilising liquid contents under dynamic loads and thereby reducing stresses upon a container structure. The relative volumetric capacities of bag and container and / or the degree of bag inflation or fill and proportion of residual unoccupied interstitial or intervening space between bag outer and container inner impacts upon bag behaviour under liquid fill and in motion under accelerati...

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