Abstract: Systems and methods for protected transportation of agricultural commodities to preserve quality and prevent moisture damage of the commodities due to increase in moisture content or to condensation during shipping in containers are provided. The protected transportation is accomplished through the use of a thin, lightweight hermetic liner inside a shipping container. The liner is sealed at a first end and open at a second end, and the liner is positioned within the shipping container with the sealed first end at a back end of the shipping container and the second open end at a front, open end of the shipping container. A top portion of the liner is held to the ceiling of the shipping container via an attachment mechanism or via inflation of the liner and/or ribs in the liner. The bagged or bulk commodity is introduced through the open end and into the liner. The liner is then hermetically sealed, and the container is closed. After shipping, the agricultural commodity may be removed by unsealing the liner.

Abstract: A stackable collapsible container for flowable materials. The container has a flexible outer skin and rigid support, having a top frame and bottom frame connected by poles. The top frame and bottom frame are designed for mating engagement when the containers are stacked, as well as for mating engagement when the containers are broken down for transport. The top frame and bottom frame are provided with similar perimeters to prevent undesired movement and contact between adjacent top frame when the containers are filled and transported.

Abstract: A pallet container for the storage and transport of liquid or free-flowing goods, includes a thin-walled inner container of thermoplastic material, a tubular lattice frame closely surrounding the inner plastic container in the form of a support jacket, and a bottom pallet upon which the inner plastic container rests and with which the tubular lattice frame is securely fixed. The inner plastic container includes for withdrawal of liquid goods at the lower side, approximately in mid-section in a side wall near its bottom a blown, calibrated tubular pipe for allowing attachment of a closeable discharge fitting which is fixedly welded with its tubular housing to the calibrated tubular pipe of the inner container.

Abstract: The application relates to shipping container systems that include a large multi-layered flexible container (“flexitank”) disposed inside a large rigid shipping container which has an open end with one or more doors capable of an open or closed position, and further including one or more bulkhead assemblies, one of the bulkhead assemblies interposed between the flexitank and the open end of the rigid container and/or the doors. In at least one specific embodiment, the bulkhead assembly includes a first brace disposed vertically along a portion of the first side wall inner surface; a second brace disposed vertically along a portion of the second side wall inner surface; and a bulkhead panel member extending horizontally between the first brace and the second brace. In other embodiments, bulkhead assemblies may utilize generally curved or “swept” bulkhead bars, which do not require vertical braces.

Abstract: A stackable, collapsible container for flowable materials. The container utilizes an outer container and a flexible inner liner retained by a base, a top and a plurality of support poles. The support poles are retained in a plurality of holes in the base provided with a plurality of wedges to secure the holes against lateral movement. Providing wedges within tapered holes facilitates the compression molding of the depth of holes required for adequately supporting the support poles.

Abstract: A generally cuboid shaped container for storage or transport of bulk liquids including a textile bag having four side walls and a bottom face, all made of woven fabric, a frame attached to the bag and comprising a plurality of hoops, each hoop subtending a different vertically aligned corner of the bag; means retaining the hoops to the walls; and a collapsible bladder housed within the bag and sized and shaped such that a filled bladder substantially fills the bag. The frame has rigid members linking the top of each hoop to the tops of the other hoops to prevent the hoop tops from spreading apart from each other.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids has a pallet-shaped support frame of metal or of an electrically conducting plastic material. An exchangeable inner container of plastic material is supported on the support frame and has four sidewalls, a bottom, and a top. The inner container further has an upper closable fill socket and a lower outlet socket with a tapping fixture or an upper closable tapping socket. An outer jacket surrounds the inner container and is made of grade bars of metal or sheet metal. The inner container has a single-layer or multi-layer body. The inner container has integral electrically conducting sections comprised of an electrically conducting plastic material, wherein the electrically conducting sections form electrical connections between an inner surface and an outer surface of the inner container.

Abstract: A liner for a container has an upper wall, a bottom wall as well as a front wall, a rear wall and side walls interconnecting the upper wall and the bottom wall. Straps extending over the front wall are provided, which straps are provided with extensions extending outside the front wall, which extensions can be attached to inner walls of the container with their free ends.

Abstract: A container system having a bulkhead liner and method of using the bulkhead liner includes a pliable body with an exterior surface and an interior surface forming a cavity therein. At least one loading aperture is formed through the exterior and interior surfaces for loading a product in the cavity. When filled with the product, the pliable body substantially assumes a shape complementary to the shipping container shape. In one aspect of the invention, a lattice having a plurality of straps is affixed to the exterior surface to resist an expansion force exerted by the product from within the cavity. At least one load-bearing band is situated within the cavity of the pliable body shrouded by a sheath to protect the product from contamination by external elements to which the load-bearing band may be exposed. The load-bearing band is freely movable within the sheath to prevent damage to the pliable body when the product fills the cavity and imparts an expansion force against the pliable body.

Abstract: A method for the filling and optionally emptying transport containers with plastics granular materials is disclosed. A flexible plastics inliner is inserted into a transport container. A front side of the inliner includes at least one receiving flexible hose connection for filling the inliner with plastics granular material, at least one discharge hose connection for discharging blown in conveying air from the inliner, and at least one emptying hose connection for emptying plastics granular material from the inliner. The front side of the inliner also includes a protective liner. The cabin and the transport container are positioned at a decanting station, the cabin being adapted to transfer plastics granular material from the decanting station and decant the transferred plastics granular material into the transport container through the receiving hose connection. The transport container is then filled with plastics granular material utilizing the cabin.

Abstract: A method for thermally insulating a container with a thermally reflective liner.

Abstract: A thermally reflective liner for providing thermal insulation within a container. The liner includes four long panels which are joined along their long sides forming a tube of approximately rectangular cross section; an end panel which seals the end of the tube; a tie for closing the tube, such that total thermal insulation can be provided to the enclosed space within the liner; a plurality of loops provided along the long seams of the liner; and at least one piece of webbing material which can be threaded between the plurality of loops on the liner and a plurality of hooks on the container to retain the liner within the container, such that an air gap is provided between the sides and top of the liner and the container.

Abstract: A shipping container for flowable material including a large rigid shipping container and a flexible tank. The shipping container has a substantially rectangular cubic configuration with common attachment regions. The flexible tank is positionable within the rigid shipping container. The flexible tank includes a generally rectangular cubic configuration. At least certain dimensions of the flexible tank corresponding to dimensions of the large rigid shipping container so that the flexible tank has a generally form fit retention within the large rigid shipping container. The flexible tank further comprises a film which together with a plurality of seals defines a substantially rectangular cubic cavity. A dispensing means is provided which extends through the film for selectively placing the cavity in fluid communication with an outside dispenser. The film comprises a layer comprising a co-extruded blend of HDPE and TPE, to, in turn minimize oxygen transmission within the film.

Abstract: An extended, box-like, metal, industrial size, rapidly deployable, food, medicine and water container employing an intermodal shipping container, or other similar article of manufacture, for safely and reliably transporting and/or storing relatively large quantities of food, medicine and potable water for a substantial period of time (7+days), useful for such delivery/storage in emergencies, disasters, etc. The container includes a potable water tank and compartments for the storage of food and/or medicine.

Abstract: A bulk container liner assembly for use in conjunction with a bulk material cargo container comprises structure incorporated therein such that restraint forces are impressed upon or transmitted to the back or rear wall member of the bulk material cargo container liner, along linearly seamed loci, so as to effectively prevent the back or rear wall member of the bulk material cargo container liner from experiencing or undergoing any outward bulging thereof under the influence of the hydrostatic head load forces generated internally within the bulk material cargo container liner as a result of the charging of bulk cargo material into the interior portion of the bulk material cargo container liner.

Abstract: The invention concerns a fitment apparatus which includes: a flange having first opening; at least one projection assembly containing at least one second opening in which the projection assembly is attached to the flange such that said first opening and said second opening form a channel; and at least one engagement structure mounted on the projection assembly for detachably securing the fitment apparatus to an interface. The invention also concerns an interchangeable fitment system which includes: a container; and an interface detachably engaged to the container in which the interface has a notch having predetermined dimensions for receiving a first fitment apparatus and a second fitment apparatus. The first and second fitment apparatuses each have an opening corresponding to the predetermined dimensions in which the perimeter of the opening of the second fitment apparatus is not equal to the perimeter of the opening of the first fitment apparatus.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids has a support frame of electrically conducting metal or plastic material. An inner plastic container is positioned on the support frame and has an electrically conducting exterior layer for electrically grounding the outer surface of the inner container. The inner container has an outlet socket with an electrically conducting outer layer arranged near the bottom. The outlet socket is formed as a unitary part of the inner container and has an outer cylindrical end drawn inwardly to form an inner ring with an annular electrically conducting inner layer that is in contact with liquid in the inner container for electrically grounding the interior of the inner container. The electrically conducting inner and outer layers of the outlet socket and the external container layer form a homogenous electrically conducting layer providing inner and outer electric grounding.

Abstract: A template for carrying bulk cargo in an active container. The template includes a folding template body; a template connecting piece and a discharge door, the template body having at least a portion thereof which connects by the connecting piece to form the folding template body; and multiple template locks on the template body, each template lock having a locking bar and a lock head. The template body is fixed to upright post of a doorframe of the container by inserting the locking bars of the template locks into the doorframes. Sealing members are provided on two sides of the template body. The discharge door is located at a lower end of the template body. The template makes it possible to load bulk granule and powdered form goods directly into an existing container, without altering the container, thus reducing manpower and damage to the goods during loading, unloading, and transporting.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes a pallet-like underframe of electrically conductive material for supporting an exchangeable inner container of plastics material with four side walls, a lower and an upper bottom, a closeable fill socket integrally formed with the upper bottom and an outlet socket with a removal fitting integrally formed at a lower portion of a side wall, an outer casing formed of vertically and horizontally extending metal crate rods, and a single-piece or multi-piece support insert with four side walls of an electrically conductive material arranged between the inner container and the outer casing. Wall elements of the support insert are provided with a structure having a plurality of adjacent structure elements, such as hexagons, circles, honeycombs, trapezoids, lozenges, squares and rectangles.

Abstract: The invention consists of non-self supporting containment bag used in conjunction with a dumpster container. The bag has a zipper or other sealable means, and a series of pick-up or attachment loops or handles may also be attached to the outer bag material. The bag may additionally have an internal lining to resist leakage of fluids or wet materials stored in the container.

Abstract: A method for packaging coca beans and like bean-shaped natural products, wherein the cocoa beans are packaged in ventilating, at least partially relatively form-retaining and stackable packaging devices. Packaging devices for cocoa beans or like bean-shaped, natural products, which packaging device comprises a frame and a sack-shaped element suspendible therein, wherein a filling opening is provided for bringing the products into at least the sack-shaped element and wherein the frames with filled sacks are stackable.

Abstract: Collapsible container, preferably a collapsible bulk container, for the transport and storage of fluent and particle bulk goods. The bulk container includes a carrying base member which is provided with skids, collapsible side walls, preferably a so called liner in the form of a bag shaped inner layer and a lid. The side walls are moveably attached to the base member via hinges and that adjacent side walls are joinable. The lid is provided with one or more profiles, which profiles are intended to exert pressure on a part of the upper side of a filled liner, whereby the possibility for the liner to move in relation to the collapsible container during transport is reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pallet container with a thin-walled inner receptacle preferably made from thermoplastic material for the storage and transport of liquid or free-flowing goods, wherein the plastic container is closely surrounded by an outer cage jacket of crossed hollow bars which are configured with dimples by means of which bending points in the cage jacket are established so that when the pallet container is subjected to drops from certain heights, the cage jacket incurs a plastic deformation, thereby preventing fracturing or tearing of the hollow bars from the cage jacket.

Abstract: A suspension system for a bulk material cargo container liner comprises a pair of vertically oriented suspension straps fixedly mounted upon opposite side, upper front nose corner regions of the bulk material cargo container liner. Each one of the suspension straps comprises a plurality of fastener grommets located predetermined distances beneath an upper edge portion of their respective suspension strap. In this manner, regardless of the elevational at which a bulk material cargo container liner support is fixedly disposed within a bulk material cargo container, the bulk material cargo container liner will be disposed at a proper elevational level within the bulk material cargo container so as to facilitate the proper inflation of the bulk material cargo container liner within the bulk material cargo container.

Abstract: A mobile accommodation unit in container form for use as mobile hospital or mobile control or command center or the like has a box-shaped main box element and at least one secondary box element. In a transport state, the secondary box element is telescoped into the main box element. For setting up an accommodation unit of increased floor area, the secondary box element can be pulled out of a lateral opening of the main box element. In order to provide a continuous floor surface, after the secondary box element has been pulled out, the main box element has a movable floor element, which can be lifted relative to a basic floor element so as to equalize the floor levels of the main box element and the secondary box element.

Abstract: An inflatable bulk material cargo container liner has a plurality of inflatable air bags integrally incorporated therein. The inflatable air bags have substantially right triangular configurations when disposed in their inflated states such that hypotenuse portions of the inflatable air bags are inclined downwardly with respect to the bottom surface portion of the bulk material cargo container liner. When the inflatable air bags are inflated, the bulk material cargo load can be discharged from the bulk material cargo container liner without the need for tilting the bulk material cargo container and the liner contained therein. In addition, the bulk material cargo container, can be used as a silo or storage facility wherein the air bags can be inflated to predetermined degrees so as to cause predetermined portions of the bulk cargo load to be discharged as desired.

Abstract: The present invention describes an inliner (1) which is used for transporting lysine in containers.

Abstract: A liner for a shipping container includes a bottom section formed to substantially cover a bottom of the shipping container and to extend partially up an end anti side walls of the shipping container. A side section is formed to substantially cover end and side walls of the shipping container. The bottom and side sections are formed of moisture proof, flexible material with the bottom section having a greater thickness than the side section. A lower edge of the side section is affixed to an upper edge of the bottom section to provide a complete moisture barrier between the inside of the liner and the container. Reinforced corners are affixed to the bottom section with a total thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the bottom section. A lip is formed at a rear edge of the bottom section with a total thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the bottom section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a freight container (1) for air transport containing a floor element (8) and a container structure, which is arranged on said floor element and which has lateral walls (2, 3, 4, 6), a roof wall (7) and a loading opening (5). The lateral walls and roof wall contain or are comprised of wall linings (21, 22, 23, 24), which are composed of surface parts, in particular, of sheet metal elements. The loading opening (5) is delimited up to the adjacent wall faces by terminating longitudinal edges. Two wall faces that abut against one another/at an angle form a longitudinal edge. One or more longitudinal edges and/or terminating longitudinal edges of the container structure contain a reinforcing structure (25), whereby the reinforcing structure contains or is comprised of one or more surface parts (30, 41), which can be reshaped once or a number of times and which are joined via joining zones in order to form the reinforcing structure.

Abstract: A suspension system for a bulk material cargo container liner comprises a pair of vertically oriented suspension straps fixedly mounted upon opposite side, upper front nose corner regions of the bulk material cargo container liner. Each one of the suspension straps comprises a plurality of fastener grommets located predetermined distances beneath an upper edge portion of their respective suspension strap. In this manner, regardless of the elevational at which a bulk material cargo container liner support is fixedly disposed within a bulk material cargo container, the bulk material cargo container liner will be disposed at a proper elevational level within the bulk material cargo container so as to facilitate the proper inflation of the bulk material cargo container liner within the bulk material cargo container.

Abstract: A flexible liner for shipping containers is provided and includes a flexible sack made of impermeable plastic material configured and dimensioned to be places in standard containers, and fastening means that will keep the flexible liner suspended from the superior part of the container.

Abstract: A bulk container liner for use in conjunction with bulk material cargo containers comprises a woven reinforcement sheet integrally secured upon a rear wall surface of the bulk container liner for effectively forming a bulkhead structure therewith in order to provide the rear portion of the bulk container liner with enhanced strength and load resistance within the rear door region of the bulk material cargo container. Support ropes, straps, or cables are also operatively connected to upper regions of the bulk container liner so as to facilitate the erection and support of the bulk container liner within the bulk material cargo container, particularly during cargo unloading operations which conventionally comprise the tilting of the bulk material cargo container around the lower rear edge portion thereof.

Abstract: A storage bag for storage and transport of a material includes an internal layer, an external layer, and an intermediate layer. The internal layer defines an interior space for storing the material and is resistant to interaction with the material. The external layer is perforation resistant. The intermediate layer is positioned between the internal layer and the external layer. Each of the layers is configured as a bag with an opening. An inlet for loading and discharge of the material into and from the interior space is provided and the internal, intermediate, and external layer openings are coupled to the inlet to allow the entrance of material into the interior space. The internal layer includes four sheets of triple layer co-extruded polyethylene. The intermediate layer is a non-woven geotextile and the external layer is a non-woven geotextile of high density polyethylene.

Abstract: A cargo container apparatus and methods of loading cargo. The cargo container apparatus includes a cargo container having first and second opposing side frame portions connected by connecting members and a plurality of liners forming floor and wall portions of the cargo container. The cargo container apparatus also includes a cargo container transporter having a base portion, an elevatable platform, a pair of side support rails, and front and rear ramps. Methods of transporting in a cargo hold are also provided. The methods include expanding a cargo container from a collapsed position, connecting a liner to a lower portion of the expanded container to form a floor, and loading cargo into the expanded cargo container.

Abstract: A flexible container for liquid transport made of a flexible material includes a top face portion, a bottom face portion, and a peripheral face portion connecting the top face portion and the bottom face portion. An air tight, water resistant slide fastener is openably/closably mounted to the peripheral face portion of the container. A liquid stirring port is provided at the top face portion, and a liquid injecting and ejecting port are provided at a lower end of a rear face portion of the peripheral face portion. Container suspending pieces and bottom face portion fixing pieces are mounted at the top face portion of the container and at four corners of the bottom face portion. During washing, the container can be washed reliably and efficiently while the inside of the spread out container can be visually checked by efficiently utilizing the air tight, water resistant slide fastener, liquid stirring port, liquid injecting and ejecting port, and container suspending pieces, and bottom face port fixing pieces.

Abstract: The invention concerns a liner comprising six faces, one of which corresponds to the container door. At least one fabric strip is stitched only over part of the face corresponding to the door and only over part on the inside of two adjacent vertical faces. On the other hand, the intermediate section of the strip are stitch-free and form reserves leaving free the vertical ridges constituting the joint between said adjacent faces and said face corresponding to the door.

Abstract: A reusable and returnable container for holding product therein during shipment and then being returned for reuse comprises a body having at least two opposing and moveable side structures, which are configured for being selectively moved into an erected position for shipment and moved into a collapsed position for reducing the size of the container for return. A dunnage structure spans between the side structures and is operably coupled to the side structures for moving to an erected position for receiving product when the side structures are erected and moving to a collapsed position in the body when the side structures are collapsed so that the dunnage remains with the container when returned. The dunnage structure has an open end facing at least one side structure of the body, and the side structure defines an open area which is in alignment with the dunnage structure open end for accessing the dunnage structure and transferring product into and out of the dunnage structure from a side of the container.

Abstract: A container for storing, handling and transporting bulk material is disclosed. The container comprises a flexible bag which has a top portion provided with a filling inlet for filling the bag, and a bottom portion provided with a discharging outlet for discharging the bag. The container also comprises a frame for supporting and containing the bag and several stretchable bands connected to the frame for upwardly and resiliently biasing side walls of the bag. The biasing mechanism is automatically engaged during the unloading process of the bag, thus eliminating practically any human intervention.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a flexible liner for shipping bulk load inside shipping containers which is basically constituted of a flexible sack or bag made of impermeable plastic material, preferably of impermeable propylene, which is sized to be placed in standard containers, that will be able to provide the safe transport of bulk loads, and which uses fastening means that will keep suspended the flexible liner from the superior part of the container, and said container having an optional wall as roof, a floor wall, left and right side walls, a closed front wall and a back wall that may comprise an or more doors, while the flexible liner to be placed inside said container also comprises part of the optional roof wall, part of floor wall, parts of left and right side walls, part of closed front wall and part of back wall, by which the loading of said flexible liner may be performed, and said flexible liner of this invention is characterized by the fact of using means of retention of said part of the back

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liner for use in a box-like cargo container for transportation of powder, granular or other flowable products, said liner comprising top and bottom walls, two side walls and first and second end wall portions, a discharge opening at the lower portion of said first end wall through which the contents of the liner are discharged, displacement means for guiding the contents towards said discharge opening, said displacement means comprising at least one inflatable, flexible bag having an essentially triangular or trapezoid shape substantively abutting said first end wall, and a first essentially triangular or trapezoid portion supporting the outside surface of the floor and a second essentially triangular portion supporting the adjacent side wall portion of the liner, said bag comprising three corners positioned substantively at the edge of the end wall and the side wall portion, the end wall and the bottom wall portion, and the side wall and the bottom wall portion.

Abstract: A container assembly for transporting bulk materials that includes a molded, one-piece completely integral non-metallic container insert and a frame supporting the container insert. The container insert can be molded of polyolefin. It can include walls having varying thicknesses, a bottom wall having a thickness greater than the side walls, and/or reinforcing structures molded within the walls. The container assembly can be constructed to provide a fixed truck box or dump truck box.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids has a pallet underframe to be handled by various transport devices. A parallelepipedal or cubic inner container of plastic material with a closeable fill and outlet opening or a closeable fill and removal opening is provided. A metal cage rests against the inner container and is formed of crossing horizontal and vertical cage rods of metal. The flexible inner container has an inner envelope of a plastic foil and an outer envelope of a woven material. The inner container is fastened to at least one of an upper frame of the metal cage and a protective cover of the metal cage. The inner envelope is positioned in the outer envelope of the inner container.

Abstract: A liquid container includes a tote having a through outlet and a false bottom member or under-tote cavity member. The false bottom member is storable in the tote, and the under-tote cavity member is attachable to the tote. A locking collar is provided for interfacing with the through hole. The locking collar is removable from the through hole. The false bottom and the under-tote cavity member facilitate access to an evacuation member attached to a liner stored within the tote.

Abstract: Container (10) has a plastic bag (26) filled with a particulate material and sealed within the plastic bag (26). A rear bulkhead (42) at the rear end of the container is positioned adjacent the plastic bag (26) and a tubular discharge fitting (50) is mounted on bulkhead (42). A vacuum unloading device (58) has a pair of rigid conduits (60), (62) secured to each other in a perpendicular relationship. Unloading device (58) is arranged for connection to discharge fitting (50) by coupling (66) and adaptor (72). Upon slitting or puncturing of the plastic bag (26) and tilting of the front end of container (10) about the rear end thereof above the angle of repose of the particulate material being unloaded, the particulate material is discharged by gravity into the vacuum unloading device (58). The particulate material is drawn by a vacuum through conduit (60) into pneumatic conduit (62) for transport to a suitable storage facility.

Abstract: A collapsible container for storing and transporting a liquid having a substantially rectangular base section, two end sections and two opposite side sections pivotally connected to each their respective side of the four sides of the base section, a top section pivotally connected to a side section or an end section, and a liner for storing the liquid. The sections are arranged to pivot in relation to each other between a first position in which they in rows are extending mainly parallel across each other and a second position in which they jointly are defining a chamber for containing the liner. The collapsible container has a locking mechanism to lock the end sections and the side sections together in the second position in such a way that they in this position only can be pivoted in over the base section.

Abstract: A bulk cargo container is disclosed for storing, transporting or processing solid or liquid bulk materials. The bulk cargo container includes a vessel suitable for containing the bulk material and a supporting frame assembly having a generally horizontally disposed support member attachment. In an exemplary embodiment, the vessel is formed of fiber reinforced plastic material and includes a container portion and a support member. The container portion is formed into at least one hopper having a discharge opening therein suitable for discharging bulk material contained within the vessel. The vessel is supported from the support member attachment via the support member so that the weight of the bulk material is carried in tension by the fiber reinforced plastic material of the vessels shell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a collapsible container liner comprising side walls defining an interior space said liner having an upper and a lower portion, at least one of said walls (15) comprising an opening communicating with at least one discharge tube (14) being incorporated in the lower portion of said liner, said discharge tube or discharge tubes (14) being fitted with releasable sealing means (114), said sealing means being accessible and releasable from the outside of said discharge tube, said sealing means surrounding and tightening said discharge tube in its closed position, said sealing means providing access to the interior of the liner when released. Due to the relatively simple technical provisions of the embodiment of the invention, the possibility of utilising a closed-system discharge of a loaded liner is obtained.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids has a flexible inner container of an inner envelope of plastic material and an outer envelope of a woven material. The container also has a cage of crossing horizontal and vertical cage rods of metal as well as a pallet underframe of metal. The flexible inner container is suspended from cover rods connected at the upper frame of the cage of the transport container. The outflow socket of the inner container is detachably connectable with a holding device on the cage of the transport container.

Abstract: A container including a four sided base having a trough extending part of the way across the base upper face, a nozzle support at the mouth of the trough to support a linear bag nozzle in the trough mouth with a liquid discharging bore portion of the nozzle below the level of the upper face of the base, four container side panels for erection at the four sides of the base with one of the side panels has a nozzle panel. A nozzle aperture in the nozzle panel positioned so as to be aligned with the trough mouth when the nozzle panel is erected on the base and a releasable nozzle retainer on the nozzle panel.

Abstract: A method for heat-sealing a sheet of heat-resisting polymer to a heat-resisting polymeric fitment, which enables the fabrication of a containment and delivery system for a bulk quantity of meltable adhesive, wherein a rigid container is lined by a heat-resisting flexible envelope, with a heater interposed between them. Ports are sealed to the envelope to permit the filling and draining of molten adhesive.