A valve assembly has a stationary valve body and a valve member that is movable relative to the valve body at least from a closed position, in which the valve member cooperates with a valve seat to completely obstruct a fluid path formed through the valve body, to an open position, which allows fluid to flow through the fluid path. The valve member has a disc- or ball-shaped rigid component that is overmolded with a flexible component and at least partially encompasses the rigid component in a circumferential direction to form a ring gasket section.

The present invention relates to a cuboid-shaped flexible inliner from a plastics film, having an upper filling connector and a lower removal connector, the cuboid-shaped flexible inliner for a pallet container for storing and for transporting liquid or free-flowing filling materials, having a thin-walled rigid internal container from a thermoplastic plastics material, a tubular lattice frame, and a rectangular base pallet on which the plastics-material internal container bears and to which the tubular lattice frame is fixedly connected cuboid-shaped flexible inliner in the a lower removal region has a corresponding wall recess, directed inward and adapted to the protective-housing-shaped molding of the rigid plastics-material container, having a flexible removal connector molded thereon, which is configured so as to bear completely in an exact fit on the internal surface of the molding that protrudes in a protective-housing manner into the interior of the rigid plastics-material container.

A bulk material shipping container including a pallet, a compartment mounted on the pallet, a material unloading assembly, and a material loading assembly.

Packaging assembly for the transport of coffee in the form of roasted beans, comprising: at least one impermeable bag, impermeable at least to oxygen and water vapour; said at least one impermeable bag being flexible and sealable in a watertight manner to prevent the introduction of fluids or gases; at least one unidirectional valve sealingly applied to said at least one impermeable bag which only allows gas to escape from the impermeable bag preventing the entry of gas into the impermeable bag, wherein said at least one unidirectional valve makes it possible to achieve an over-pressure inside the impermeable bag variable from 3 to 60 mbar.

A cap with refill capability and the ability to track various aspects of the tote, cap, and equipment has been developed for use on chemical totes. It provides the ability to refill the tote without removing the cap and remove water from the fluid and air in the hose.

A transport and storage container (10) for liquids comprising a pallet-type understructure (29) for a plastic inner container (11) and a cage (22) having horizontal bars (23) and vertical bars (24) made of metal for housing the inner container, lower ends (27) of the vertical bars having a connecting portion (40), which is formed by deformation and has a trough-shaped recess (43), for being welded to a lower edge profile of the cage (22), wherein, to define a bending portion (58), the vertical bars (24) have another trough-shaped recess (59), which is disposed adjacent to the connecting portion (40) and which has a recess opening (60) formed on the inside (32) of the vertical bars (24), which faces the inner container (11), and a trough bottom (62) formed by a flattened portion of the hollow profile (45).

A pallet container for storage and for transportation of liquid or free-flowing contents has a thin-walled, rigid plastic inner container composed of thermoplastic material, having a tubular lattice frame, which, in the form of a supporting jacket, tightly encloses the plastic inner container and which is composed of horizontal and vertical tubular bars which are welded to one another, and having a rectangular bottom pallet, on which the plastic inner container bears and to which the tubular lattice frame is firmly connected.

The container (10) has a lid structure (18) comprising two lid panels (20t) and (20f). The first lid panel (20t) forms at least a part of the top wall (14). The second lid panel 20f forms at least part of one of the side walls (16d). When the container (10) is in the erected condition the lid structure (18) can have one of, and be moved between, a: closed configuration; top load configuration; and, trout load configuration. The front load configuration has two variants. In a first front load configuration the first and second lid panels (20t and (20f) remain connected to each other and are moved so that they are in a substantial face to face relationship. In the second front load configuration the second lid panel (20f) is pivoted to lie on top of the first lid panel (20t).

Reusable, flexible, lightweight, low cost flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) for the delivery of granular proppant material for fracing that will allow the transport of higher weights of proppant, such as sand, per truck load. The invention includes a container made of a high strength, flexible material with a top opening for loading and deploying the proppant. The container can be lifted and deployed with a fork truck or crane. Alternatively, proprietary deployment systems, such as a conveyor system, can be used to quickly and efficiently deploy the proppant from the container at a desired site.

A pallet container (10). having a thin-walled rigid internal container (12) including a thermoplastic plastics material, a tubular lattice frame (14), as a supporting jacket tightly enclosing the plastics-material internal container (12), and a rectangular base pallet (16) on which the plastics-material internal container (12) bears and to which the tubular lattice frame (14) is fixedly connected. cuboid plastics-material internal container (12) has a protective-housing-shaped molding (26 and a cuboidal flexible inliner (28) including a plastics-material film is inserted in the rigid plastics-material internal container (12), the inliner at the top being connected to the filling connector (30) and at the bottom being connected to the removal connector (32) with removal fitting (24) of the rigid plastics-material internal container (12). The cuboid-shaped flexible inliner (28) in the lower removal region has a corresponding wall recess (34)—having a flexible removal connector (42) molded thereon.