Liquid transport system and a liner bag and a method of using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655076-B2
Application number	US-201716324398-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2017
Priority date	Aug 8, 2016
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

The invention discloses a liquid transport system and a liner bag and a method of using the same. The liquid transport system includes a intermediate bulk container and a liner bag, wherein the intermediate bulk container includes a base and a side wall mounted to the base, the base is provided with a valve port, and the liner bag includes a liner bag body and a discharge port. The liner bag body is formed by hermetically welding a front panel and a rear panel along the periphery thereof, and the discharge port is hermetically connected to the liner bag body, and the distance between an edge of the discharge port and a weld line of the liner bag body is set to a minimum. The liner bag is placed in the intermediate bulk container and the discharge port of the liner bag is installed in the valve port. The liner bag is arranged in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, a plane where the weld lines are located is perpendicular to the base. The liquid transport system and liner bag of the present invention are simple to manufacture and facilitate the discharge of liquids, particularly viscous liquids, contained therein.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A liner bag comprising:
a liner bag body, which is formed by hermetically welding a front panel and a rear panel along the periphery thereof, primary weld lines are formed along the entire periphery of the front panel and the rear panel of the liner bag body before the liner bag is filled; and
a discharge port, wherein the discharge port is hermetically connected to the liner bag body,
wherein the liner bag has a volume of more than 250 liters, the liner bag being used with an intermediate bulk container and a minimum distance between an edge of the discharge port and the closest primary weld line of the liner bag body is L, wherein 0≤L≤20 cm or 0≤L≤0.1*D, wherein D is the minimum of lengths and widths of the front and rear panels, and the liner bag is arranged in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, a vertical plane formed by all of the primary weld lines is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the liner, and the liner bag is also arranged in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, the liner bag body is bilaterally symmetrical about the primary weld lines that form the plane.

2. The liner bag according to claim 1 , wherein the front panel and the rear panel are rectangular flexible sheets.

3. The liner bag according to claim 2 , wherein the front panel and the rear panel are both formed by cutting off at least one corner of one of the rectangular flexible sheets.

4. The liner bag according to claim 2 , wherein the front panel and the rear panel are both formed by cutting off two adjacent corners of one of the rectangular flexible sheets, and the two cut lines formed by cutting off the two corners intersect with each other.

5. The liner bag according to claim 1 , wherein a secondary weld line is also formed between at least two primary weld lines, and is connected to the two primary weld lines.

6. The liner bag according to claim 1 , wherein at least one side of the liner bag body includes at least two sections of primary weld lines which are connected to each other at an angle.

7. The liner bag according to claim 6 , wherein the discharge port is located at a bottom of a corner formed by the intersection of the two sections of primary weld lines which are connected to each other at an angle.

8. The liner bag according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the front panel and a size of the rear panel are defined by an area enclosed by all of the primary weld lines.

9. The liner bag according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the front panel is the same as a size of the rear panel.

10. The liner bag according to claim 1 , wherein a distance S between the discharge port and a closest corner of the liner bag body is greater than 20 cm.

11. A liquid transport system comprising an intermediate bulk container and a liner bag, wherein the intermediate bulk container comprises a base and a side wall mounted to the base, the base is provided with a valve port, the liner bag comprises a liner bag body and a discharge port, and the liner bag has a volume of more than 250 liters, wherein:
the liner bag body is formed by hermetically welding a front panel and a rear panel along the periphery thereof, primary weld lines are formed along the entire periphery of the front panel and the rear panel of the liner bag body before the liner bag is filled, the discharge port is hermetically connected to the liner bag body, and a minimum distance between an edge of the discharge port and the closest primary weld line of the liner bag body is L, wherein 0≤L≤20 cm, or 0≤L≤0.1*D, where D is the minimum of lengths and widths of the front and rear panels;
the liner bag is disposed in the intermediate bulk container and the discharge port of the liner bag is installed in the valve port; and
the liner bag is arranged in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, a vertical plane formed by all of the primary weld lines is perpendicular to the base, and the liner bag is also arranged in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, the liner bag body is bilaterally symmetrical about the primary weld lines that form the plane.

12. The liquid transport system according to claim 11 , wherein the front panel and the rear panel are both formed by cutting off at least one corner of a rectangular sheet; or the front panel and the rear panel are both formed by cutting off two adjacent corners of a rectangular sheet, and the two cut lines formed by cutting off the two corners intersect with each other.

13. A method for using a liner bag, comprising:
providing a liner bag comprising a liner bag body, which is formed by hermetically welding a front panel and a rear panel along the periphery thereof, and primary weld lines are formed along the entire periphery of the front panel and the rear panel of the liner bag body before the liner bag is filled, wherein the liner bag has a volume of more than 250 liters; and a discharge port, which is hermetically connected to the liner bag body, and the minimum distance between an edge of the discharge port and the closest primary weld line of the liner bag body is L, wherein 0≤L≤20 cm, or 0≤L≤0.1*D, where D is the minimum of lengths and widths of the front and rear panels;
placing the liner bag in an intermediate bulk container, wherein the intermediate bulk container comprises a base and a side wall mounted to the base, the base is provided with a valve port where the discharge port of the liner bag is installed; and
arranging the liner bag in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, a vertical plane formed by all of the primary weld lines is perpendicular to the base, and the liner bag is also arranged in such a manner that after the liner bag is filled, the liner bag body is bilaterally symmetrical about the primary weld lines that form the plane.

14. The method of using a liner bag according to claim 13 , wherein the front panel and the rear panel are both formed by cutting off at least one corner of a rectangular sheet; or the front panel and the rear panel are both formed by cutting off two adjacent corners of a rectangular sheet, and the two cut lines formed by cutting off the two corners intersect with each other.

Assignees

• Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fang Zhengwei

Classifications

• B65D85/72

  for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials · CPC title

• B67D7/0216

  by squeezing collapsible or flexible storage containers (B67D7/0255 takes precedence; for dispensing beverages on draught B67D1/0001) · CPC title

• B65D90/00

  Component parts, details or accessories for large containers (B65D88/34 - B65D88/78 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D77/065

  Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container · CPC title

• B67D7/00

  Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes (general disposition of plant in stations for supplying fuel to vehicles B60S5/02; for filling or emptying locomotive water tanks, e.g. water columns, B61K11/00; for refuelling aircraft during flight B64D39/00; liquid- handling ground installations specially adapted for fuelling stationary aircraft B64F1/28) · CPC title