Intermediate bulk container and valve opening/closing device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9897230-B2
Application number	US-201314422133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2013
Priority date	Aug 16, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

The present invention discloses a valve opening/closing device for an intermediate bulk container. the container comprises a base, side plates, and a valve provided on the base. Wherein the valve opening/closing device comprises a handle, a motion-transferring device, and a valve opening/closing mechanism, wherein the handle is mounted on the side plate and connected to the motion-transferring device, and the motion-transferring device is used to transfer the force applied on the handle to the valve, so as to open or close the valve. For the valve opening/closing device of the present invention, the operating handle is provided at an appropriate position at the side plate of the container, thereby avoiding bending over or squatting on the ground, etc when opening or closing the valve, facilitating use. In addition, the operating moment can be adjusted through adjusting the transmission ratio of the motion-transferring device, which makes it easy to control the operating force.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An intermediate bulk container, comprising:
a base;
a side plate;
a valve provided on the base; and
a valve opening/closing device, wherein
the valve opening/closing device comprises a handle, a motion-transferring device, and a valve opening/closing mechanism,
the opening/closing mechanism is a valve stem, the handle is mounted on the side plate and connected to the motion-transferring device, and the motion-transferring device is mounted on the side plate and used to transfer the force applied on the handle to the valve, so as to open or close the valve,
the motion-transferring device comprises a transmission rod, a driving gear, a reversing gear, a driven gear, and a connection rod,
one end of the transmission rod is connected to the handle and the other end of the transmission rod is connected to the driving gear,
one end of the connection rod is connected to the valve opening/closing mechanism and the other end of the connection rod is connected to the driven gear, and
the driving gear is engaged with the reversing gear and the reversing gear is engaged with the driven gear.

2. The intermediate bulk container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the valve stem is connected to the connection rod.

3. The intermediate bulk container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the handle is mounted on the side plate of the container though a handle fixing base and can rotate around a vertical axis.

4. An intermediate bulk container, comprising:
a base;
a side plate;
a valve provided on the base; and
a valve opening/closing device, wherein
the valve opening/closing device comprises a handle, a motion-transferring device, and a valve opening/closing mechanism, and
the opening/closing mechanism is a valve stem, the handle is mounted on the side plate and connected to the motion-transferring device, and the motion-transferring device is mounted on the side plate and used to transfer the force applied on the handle to the valve, so as to open or close the valve,
the motion-transferring device comprises a transmission rod, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, a belt, and a connection rod,
one end of the transmission rod is connected to the handle and the other end of the transmission rod is connected to the driving pulley,
one end of the connection rod is connected to the valve opening/closing mechanism and the other end of the connection rod is connected to the driven pulley, and
the driven pulley is driven by the driving pulley through the belt.

5. An intermediate bulk container, comprising:
a base;
a side plate;
a valve provided on the base; and
a valve opening/closing device, wherein
the valve opening/closing device comprises a handle, a motion-transferring device, and a valve opening/closing mechanism, and
the opening/closing mechanism is a valve stem, the handle is mounted on the side plate and connected to the motion-transferring device, and the motion-transferring device is mounted on the side plate and used to transfer the force applied on the handle to the valve, so as to open or close the valve,
the motion-transferring device comprises a steel rope, a pulley assembly, a rack assembly, a reversing gear, a driven gear, and a connection rod,
the steel rope is connected to the handle and the pulley assembly, and can move synchronously with the rotation of the handle,
the steel rope is further connected to the rack assembly so that the rack assembly can move synchronously with the movement of the steel rope,
one end of the connection rod is connected to the valve opening/closing mechanism and the other end of the connection rod is connected to the driven rod, and
the rack assembly is engaged with the reversing gear and the reversing gear is engaged with the driven gear.

6. The intermediate bulk container as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the handle is provided with a grip, a steel rope slot and a rotation axle, and can rotate around the rotation axis of the rotation axle,
the rack assembly comprises a rack and a rack seat, wherein the steel rope is connected to the rack through steel rope fixing heads and can slide along a slot of the rack seat.

7. The intermediate bulk container as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the handle is provided with a grip and a steel rope limiting block, and
the steel rope limiting block limits movement of the steel rope relative to the handle and functions as a slid member, thus the handle can slid along the slot of the side plate and the steel rope can move synchronously when the handle slides.

8. An intermediate bulk container, comprising:
a base;
a side plate;
a valve provided on the base; and
a valve opening/closing device, wherein
the valve opening/closing device comprises a handle, a motion-transferring device, and a valve opening/closing mechanism, and
the handle is mounted on the side plate and connected to the motion-transferring device, and the motion-transferring device is used to transfer the force applied on the handle to the valve, so as to open or close the valve,
the motion-transferring device comprises a transmission rod, a driving gear, a reversing gear, a driven gear, and a connection rod,
one end of the transmission rod is connected to the handle and the other end of the transmission rod is connected to the driving gear,
one end of the connection rod is connected to the valve opening/closing mechanism and the other end of the connection rod is connected to the driven gear, and
the driving gear is engaged with the reversing gear and the reversing gear is engaged with the driven gear.

9. An intermediate bulk container, comprising:
a base;
a side plate;
a valve provided on the base; and
a valve opening/closing device, wherein
the valve opening/closing device comprises a handle, a motion-transferring device, and a valve opening/closing mechanism, and
the handle is mounted on the side plate and connected to the motion-transferring device, and the motion-transferring device is used to transfer the force applied on the handle to the valve, so as to open or close the valve,
the motion-transferring device comprises a transmission rod, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, a belt, and a connection rod,
one end of the transmission rod is connected to the handle and the other end of the transmission rod is connected to the driving pulley,
one end of the connection rod is connected to the valve opening/closing mechanism and the other end of the connection rod is connected to the driven pulley, and
the driven pulley is driven by the driving pulley through the belt.

Assignees

• Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co Ltd
• Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gong Kai
• Liao Qingxin

Classifications

• F16K31/535

  for rotating valves (F16K31/54 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16K31/60 Primary

  Handles {(form, features or function of taps or faucet handles for domestic plumbing installations E03C1/04)} · CPC title

• B65D19/06

  with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components · CPC title

• B65D2519/00805

  Means for facilitating the removal of the load · CPC title

• B65D77/0466

  the containers being mounted on a pallet · CPC title