IP Library Granted Patent US 8,313,268
Granted Patent B2
US 8,313,268 · App. 12/112,398 · Granted Nov 20, 2012

Method for filling and emptying transport containers with plastics granular material

Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
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Patent No.
US 8,313,268
App. No.
12/112,398
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (14)

1. A method for filling transport containers with plastics granular materials, the method comprising:

inserting a flexible plastics inliner into a transport container, wherein 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, at least one emptying hose connection for emptying plastics granular material from the inliner, and a protective liner;

positioning a cabin and the transport container 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; and

filling the transport container with plastics granular material utilizing the cabin,

wherein clean room conditions prevail in the cabin.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cabin is a transportable cabin that is accessible on foot.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising connecting the cabin to the inliner by slipping the hose connections of the inliner over counterpart nozzles on the cabin and fastening the hose connections to the counterpart nozzles using clamping rings.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein filling the transport container includes conveying the plastics granular material into the inliner using a pneumatic injector coupled to the receiving flexible hose connection.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein dry, dust-free compressed air is used for the conveying.

6. A method for filling transport containers with plastics granular materials, the method comprising:

inserting a flexible plastics inliner into a transport container, wherein 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, at least one emptying hose connection for emptying plastics granular material from the inliner, and a protective liner;

positioning a cabin and the transport container 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;

providing the cabin with dry, dust-free compressed air from the decanting station in such a way that a downwardly directed laminar airflow is produced; and

filling the transport container with plastics granular material utilizing the cabin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2008
From: KORDS, CHRISTIAN; HORL, REINER; FRANZ, ULI, DR.; ZIMMERMANN, RAIMUND; SCHNIESKO, NORBERT
To: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
Reel/Frame 021418/0236 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2007 023 098 · May 16, 2007 · national
DE 10 2007 032 017 · Jul 10, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080296295A1 · Dec 4, 2008