Abstract: A plastic tank for liquids formed as a rectangular-solid or cubic container has four sidewalls, an upper base with a filling socket, a lower base, and an outlet socket, the outlet socket being formed on the lower section of a sidewall for connection to a tapping valve. The upper corner regions between the sidewalls and the upper base of the container and/or the lower corner regions between the sidewalls and the lower base of the container have at least one indentation or projection each.

Abstract: A tubular rivet connection is provided for assembling a transport and storage container that has a support frame, an inner plastic container with a filling socket and a discharge socket, and an exterior jacket. The support frame for the inner container has corner and center legs mounted on a base frame. The top of the support frame and the exterior jacket are attached to the corner legs and center legs by the tubular rivet connection that has a tubular rivet stem connected to a first component; the tubular rivet stem is formed as a monolithic part of the first component or is a separate part welded to the first component. A second component to be riveted to the first component has a rivet hole. A free end of the tubular rivet stem that projects past the second component after insertion into the rivet hole is deformed to a driven head.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes a parallelepiped-shaped or cubic inner container of plastic, a closable filling socket, and a draining socket for a draining fitting with a plastic housing, a flexible inner sheathing of plastic material which can be placed in the inner container and is provided with a filling socket, a discharge socket, an outer casing of metal grating or sheet metal and a pallet-like underframe for supporting the inner container. A threaded sleeve of plastic material is welded onto the drain socket of the inner container.

Abstract: A plastic screw cap includes two cap halves, which are produced as plastic injection-molded parts and have an internally threaded segment and an inwardly directed ring shoulder segment. The two halves of the screw cap can be pushed together, for example, on the inlet connection of the valve body of a flap valve by tongue-and-groove joints. One cap half has two hook-like ends, each of which is provided with an inwardly sloped clamping sidepiece and a groove for receiving the tongues formed on the two ends of the other half of the screw cap.

Abstract: A plastic outlet valve for containers for liquids has a valve housing having an inlet socket and a union nut for securing the inlet socket on an outlet socket of a container. An anti-twist device in the form of an outer annular cam arrangement with locking cams is arranged on the inlet socket of the valve housing. The locking cams interlock with locking cams of an inner annular cam arrangement of the outlet socket of the container. As an alternative, an adapter ring with inner and outer locking cams is provided. The adapter ring is slipped onto the insertion end of the inlet socket of the valve housing. The inner locking cams engage matching external longitudinal grooves of the inlet socket of the valve housing, and the outer locking cams engage matching inner longitudinal grooves provided on the outlet socket of the container.

Abstract: The screw cap of plastic for closing a filling and/or removal opening of a container for the transport and storage of liquids is equipped with a plug, in which a venting and aerating device is integrated. The screw cap has a sealing cap; and a protective cover, which completely covers the screw cap and protects the screw cap against contamination.

Abstract: A labeling plate, which is to be fastened to the outside surface of the outer cage of a shipping and storage tank for liquids, has an upper and lower frame section and two lateral frame sections, which project outwardly beyond the labeling area of the labeling plate and frame the labeling surface. The labeling areas of the labeling plates of two storage tanks standing side by side on a loading surface are kept spaced apart by the frame sections, so that damage to the labels pasted on the labeling areas of the labeling plates is avoided.

Abstract: A tapping valve with a plastic valve housing for shipping and storage tanks for liquids, which are equipped with an inner tank with a filling socket and a drain socket for connecting the tapping valve, an outer jacket of a metal cage or sheet metal, and a pallet-like metal support frame. The tapping valve is screwed by means of the inlet socket of the valve housing onto a connecting flange, which is designed as a threaded flange, is made of an electrically conductive plastic material, and is welded onto the drain socket of the inner tank. The connecting flange of the valve housing is connected with the support frame or the outer jacket of the shipping and storage tank by an electric grounding conductor.

Abstract: A wide mouth plastic barrel with a removable lid and a clamping ring closure is manufactured by extruding a plastic tube into a blow mold and by producing a closed preform. The preform is finish-blown to a barrel body, wherein the blowing air for finish-blowing a barrel body with a closed lid is introduced through a blow nozzle inserted into an intermediate ring of the barrel body and the blowing air for finish-blowing a barrel body with a bung lid is introduced through a bung hole by a blow nozzle and optionally through a blow nozzle in the intermediate ring. After removal from the blow mold, the lid is separated from the barrel body by cutting out the intermediate ring. A seal is inserted into the barrel lid, and the barrel lid is fastened by the clamping ring on a projection of the basic barrel member.

Abstract: A screw cap of plastic material has a cap disk and an outer cap rim located adjacent at a right angle to a circumference of the cap disk. The cap rim has an internal thread for closing a filling and/or removal socket of a container for transporting and storing liquid, and a central bung socket arranged retracted in the cap disk, wherein the bung socket has an internal thread for screwing in a bung plug. The bung plug has a cylindrical threaded sleeve with an external thread for screwing in a threaded bore of the bung plug of the cap, and a sealing end provided with a conical multiple seal of sealing rings which, when the bung plug is screwed in, are pressed against a conical inner sealing surface of a sealing projection located adjacent the threaded bore of the bung socket of the screw cap.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids, which can be used as a single-use or multiple-use container, has as its principal components an exchangeable parallelepiped-shaped inner container of plastic material with a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, a lower and an upper bottom, a filling socket integrally formed on the upper bottom and closable by means of a cover, and a discharge socket to be connected to a discharge fitting, wherein the discharge socket is integrally formed or welded to an indentation in the lower portion of the front wall. The container further includes an outer casing constructed as a grate casing with intersecting horizontal and vertical grate rods of metal for receiving the inner container, and an underframe constructed as a pallet with skids.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes a parallelepiped-shaped or cubic inner container of plastic, a closable filling socket, and a draining socket for a draining fitting with a plastic housing, a flexible inner sheathing of plastic material which can be placed in the inner container and is provided with a filling socket, a discharge socket, an outer casing of metal grating or sheet metal and a pallet-like underframe for supporting the inner container. A threaded sleeve of plastic material is welded onto the drain socket of the inner container.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes an inner container of plastic material with a closable filling socket and a draining socket for connection to a removal fitting, an outer casing of metal mesh or sheet metal, and an underframe constructed as a skid pallet or frame pallet which is configured to be manipulated by a lifting truck, a shelf operating device, or similar transport device. The skid pallet being equipped with a bottom resting with support legs on a metal skid and two outer skids for supporting the inner container, and the frame pallet being equipped with a base frame and support legs for the bottom. The bottom of the underframe is an injection molded article of plastic material provided with longitudinal and transverse corrugations serving as a support for the inner container and for stiffening the bottom.

Abstract: A wide-neck drum of thermoplastic material has a removable cover and a clamping ring closure. The drum is provided with an arrangement of a bung socket of a filling and discharge bung of the cover which is outwardly offset relative to the center point of the bung cover. The bung is provided at a flat or slightly curved bottom which has an upwardly protruding cover rim for fastening the bung cover on the drum opening rim.

Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids includes an inner container of plastic material, an outer casing of a metal mesh or sheet metal, and a pallet-like underframe. The container is configured for manipulation by a transport means. A bottom of sheet metal rests on corner and middle legs for supporting the inner container equipped with a closable filling socket and a drain socket for connection to a removal fitting, wherein the inner container has a drain bottom with a middle draining groove which extends with a slight downward inclination from the rear wall of the container to the drain socket arranged at the end wall of the container for connection of the removal fitting.

Abstract: A carrying handle mount on a plastic container has a mounting plate of plastic material. A carrying handle is connected to the mounting plate. A securing plate of plastic material is connected to the plastic container, wherein the mounting plate is connected by screwing to the securing plate. An overtightening protection device for the mounting plate is provided to protect the mounting plate from overtightening when screwing the mounting plate onto the securing plate. An anti-rotation device for the mounting plate is provided for protecting the mounting plate from becoming detached from the securing plate.

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: In a method for manufacturing a plastic container for liquids, the container is blow-molded to have a securing segment on an outer side of the recess of the front wall for centering and securing the finish-blowmolded container in a welding machine and to have a round depression in the outer side of the recess that has a diameter matching a nominal width of the dispensing valve. The bottom of the round depression is cut by a cutting tool that is centered in the round depression for producing the discharge opening of the container. A fastening flange of the intake socket of the dispensing valve is fused to an outer edge of the discharge opening. Alternatively, a dispensing socket of plastic material having an outer thread is fused to the outer edge of the discharge opening and the dispensing valve is secured on the dispensing socket by a union nut.

Abstract: A method for producing a tapping valve formed as a plastic injection-molded part for plastic or metal shipping and storage tanks for liquids, wherein, in a first process step, the screw cap for screwing the valve onto the outlet connection of a liquid tank is produced in a first injection mold, the screw cap is then placed in a second injection mold, and in a second process step, the valve body is produced in the second injection mold in such a way that the inlet connection of the valve body passes through the opening of the ring shoulder and the threaded hole of the screw cap with clearance, and the collar of the inlet connection of the valve body is located inside the screw cap. In a second method, the valve body and its inlet connection are injection-molded as separate parts in a first process step, and in a second process step, the inlet connection, with a screw cap slipped onto it, is welded onto the valve body.