Transportable technical container for chemical liquids

Abstract

Transportable technical container for chemical liquids provided with a container body at least provided with a base wall, with an opposite upper wall and with perimeter walls, said container body realizing a containment chamber, wherein the technical container is provided with a grip handle and with a threaded cylindrical mouth closable by a threaded closing cap, wherein the height of each perimeter wall is in any case lower than the width and length dimensions both of the base wall and of the upper wall in such a way that the technical container assumes a substantially flattened shape so as to be able to be positioned in the space present below a professional oven of the known type.

Claims

1. A transportable container for chemical liquids, the transportable container comprising: a container body having a base wall, an upper wall opposite to said base wall, and a plurality of perimeter walls extending between said base wall and said upper wall, said container body defining a containment chamber therein, a height of each of said plurality of perimeter walls between said base wall and said upper wall being less then a width or a length of either of said base wall and said upper wall; a grip handle extending outwardly for a distance from one of said plurality of perimeter walls; a threaded cylindrical mouth positioned in a recess in said upper wall and extending outwardly and upwardly therefrom, said recess extending from said upper wall downwardly toward said one of said plurality of perimeter walls, an outer periphery of said threaded cylindrical mouth positioned inwardly of a plane extending across an outer face of said one of said plurality of perimeter walls, said base wall being inclined downwardly from another perimeter wall opposite said one of said perimeter walls toward said one of said perimeter walls such that a fluid in said container body flows towards said threaded cylindrical mouth when said base wall is on a horizontal surface; and a closing cap removably affixed to said threaded cylindrical mouth.

2. The transportable container of claim 1, said threaded cylindrical mouth positioned adjacent to said one of said plurality of perimeter walls.

3. The transportable container of claim 1, said base wall having a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending downwardly therefrom, said plurality of reinforcing ribs having bottoms that are coplanar with each other.

4. The transportable container of claim 3, said upper wall having a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending upwardly therefrom and arranged longitudinally parallel to said plurality of reinforcing ribs of said base wall.

5. The transportable container of claim 1, said upper wall having a plurality of reinforcing ribs that extend upwardly therefrom.

6. The transportable container of claim 5, said plurality of reinforcing ribs being parallel to each other.

7. The transportable container of claim 1, said base wall having a hollow formed therein corresponding in location to a location of said threaded cylindrical mouth at said upper wall of said container.

8. The transportable container of claim 1, a right side wall and a left side wall of said plurality of perimeter walls defining a longitudinal support step.

9. The transportable container of claim 1, said grip handle extending outwardly of an inset portion of said one of said plurality of perimeter walls such that an end of said grip handle opposite said inset portion is within the plane extending across the face of said one of said plurality of perimeter walls and is within a width of said container, said container being formed entirely of a plastic material.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows an axonometric three-quarter view from above of the technical container according to the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 shows a plan orthogonal projection view from above of the technical container according to the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 shows a front orthogonal projection view of the technical container according to the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 shows a side orthogonal projection view of the technical container according to the present invention.

(5) FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal section view of the technical container according to the present invention.

(6) FIG. 6 shows an axonometric three-quarter view from above of two technical containers according to the present invention in which one container is stacked on top of the other.

(7) FIG. 7 shows a view of the technical container according to the present invention with replaceable capsule function before the positioning below the oven.

(8) FIG. 8 shows a view of the technical container according to the present invention with replaceable capsule function partially positioned below the oven and with which the priming pipe of the washing device of the oven has been associated.

(9) FIG. 9 shows a view of the technical container according to the present invention with replaceable capsule function completely positioned below the oven.

(10) FIG. 10 shows a view of the technical container according to the present invention which is positioned, in an extractable way, within a suitable technical compartment with which the oven is provided.

(11) FIG. 11 shows a view of two technical containers according to the present invention which are positioned, adjacent to each other being extractable, within a suitable technical compartment with which the oven is provided.

(12) FIG. 12 shows a view of the two technical containers of FIG. 11 completely positioned inside the technical compartment of the oven.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(13) With reference to the representations as in FIGS. 1 to 12 as well, a technical container is described (1) of the transportable type for chemical liquids particularly for containing detergent liquids used for cleaning ovens particularly intended for the foodservice industry, said technical container (1) is preferably made of plastic material and is intended to be used to contain chemical liquids and in particular detergent liquids and/or rinse aids or other liquids usable in the automatic washing systems of professional ovens, the material of construction also possibly being other than plastic material provided that it complies with the intended purposes of the present solution, which require said technical container (1) to be in any case suitable for containing chemical liquids of the corrosive type, said material of construction of the technical container (1) also having to comply at least with the required resistance characteristics for obtaining the type approval of the analogous containers intended for containing and transporting corrosive chemical liquids. In the embodiment example, which is described and which has to be considered as a basic solution, said technical container (1) is nearly parallelepiped shaped in such a way as to be preferably compliant with what is particularly represented in FIGS. 1 to 5, and is structured in such a way as to comprise a container body (2) which realizes a containment chamber (3) whose internal volume is determined in relation to the expected contingent requirements and which is usually between 0.5 liters and 10 liters, said capacity, however, being also able to be smaller or greater than what has been indicated to suit specific needs of destination and use.

(14) In more detail as to the described embodiment example, as in FIGS. 1 to 5, said container body (2) is made in such a way as to comprise at least one base wall (21), an opposite upper wall (22) and some perimeter walls (23, 24, 25, 26) which in the described embodiment as particularly in FIGS. 1 and 2, consist of a front perimeter wall (23), of a right side perimeter wall (24), of a left side perimeter wall (25) and of a bottom perimeter wall (26) opposite to the front perimeter wall (23), wherein said perimeter walls (23, 24, 25, 26), enclosing the perimeter of the container body (2), connect the base wall (21) to the upper wall (22), wherein it is provided that the height of each perimeter wall (23, 24, 25, 26), which is given by the distance between the base wall (21) and the upper wall (22), is in any case lower than the width and length dimensions both of the base wall (21) and of the upper wall (22) in such a way that the technical container (1) assumes a substantially flattened shape so as to be able to be positioned in the space present below a professional oven (100) as is particularly shown in FIGS. 8 to 12, the distance between the base wall (21) and the upper wall (22) being remarkably limited, wherein the base wall (21) of the container body (2) acts as a ground support surface when the technical container (1) is to be put in an operating condition for the feeding of the automatic washing system of the oven (100).

(15) Furthermore, in order to be able to advantageously make the technical container (1) of the present invention handy, the container is provided with at least one grip handle (4) which is intended to enable its transport, said grip handle (4), in the described embodiment example and preferably, being placed in correspondence of the front part of the perimeter wall (23), being preferably made in such a way as to not protrude with respect to the maximum length and width of the container body (2) in such a way that the grip handle (4) in the described embodiment example as in particular in FIGS. 1 to 3 ideally completes the perimeter of the shape of the technical container (1).

(16) In more detail as to the described embodiment example, the technical container (1) according to the present invention in correspondence of the upper wall (22) is provided with a threaded cylindrical mouth, of the known type and not shown, which is protruding with respect to a suitable recessed seat (221) placed on a recess (222) with which the upper wall (22) of the container body (2) is provided near a zone close to the front perimeter wall (23). Even in more detail, the threaded cylindrical mouth with which the container body (2) of the technical container (1) of the present invention is provided is made in such a way as to be suitably protruding with respect to the provided recess (222), said threaded cylindrical mouth preferably being, with respect to the horizontal plane, inclined forward in the direction of the front perimeter wall (23) although not extending beyond the vertical plane of the corresponding portion of the front perimeter wall (23). The threaded cylindrical mouth, in a known way similarly to what is provided for analogous containers of liquids, is tightly closable by means of a threaded closing cap (5) of the known type, the latter being of the type intended to be used on containers for corrosive liquids.

(17) In order to allow that, when the technical container (1) is in an operating condition, that is to say, when it is in a horizontal position with the base wall (21) resting on a plane, the liquid which is contained inside the container body (2) is forced to flow towards the front portion of the container body (2), which coincides with the zone in which the threaded cylindrical mouth is positioned, it is provided that the base wall (21) of the container body (2), as shown in FIG. 5, is shaped in such a way as to be totally or partly inclined in the direction of the zone of the container body (2) in which the threaded cylindrical mouth is located. Furthermore, in order to compensate for the inclination of the base wall (21), the latter is provided with suitable protruding lower reinforcing ribs (6) which are conveniently made in such a way as to act both as a reinforcement and as a compensation for the inclination of the base wall (21) in such a way as to allow the technical container (1) to be kept horizontal with respect to the support surface. In more detail, the lower reinforcing ribs (6), which in the described embodiment are arranged longitudinally, are arranged parallel to each other, being positioned in such a way as to be able to cooperate with upper reinforcing ribs (7) with which the upper wall (22) of the container body (2) is provided to maintain the stacking stability of two or more technical containers (1) which are to be superimposed to one another, as is particularly shown in FIG. 6. The upper reinforcing ribs (7), as it is shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, are protruding, arranged longitudinally and parallel to each other, being preferably of a rounded shape.

(18) Furthermore, in order to enable the stacking of one technical container (1) on top of the other, the base wall (21), in correspondence of the part opposite to that in which the threaded cylindrical mouth of the upper wall (22) is located, is provided with a suitable hollow (211) so as to allow to superimpose one technical container (1) on the other without the threaded cylindrical mouth and the threaded closing cap (5) of the technical container (1) placed below interfering with the base wall (21) of the container body (2) of the technical container (1) placed on top, wherein said hollow (211) with which the base wall (21) of the container body (2) is provided contributes to increasing stacking stability. Moreover, in order to allow the technical container (1) to be sliding, being hanging therefrom, on some suitable guides (101) placed below the professional oven (100), both the right side perimeter wall (24) and the left side perimeter wall (25) are shaped in such a way as to provide a longitudinal support step (8).

(19) Thanks to the described embodiment, the technical container (1) of the present invention can be positioned, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 12, below the professional oven (100), it being able to act as a replaceable tank of the detergent liquid for feeding the washing device of the professional oven (100), on said technical container (1) it being possible to position the cap with the priming pipe (102) of the washing device of the professional oven (100) thus avoiding to occupy space outside the professional oven (100) as instead would occur if a container for chemical liquids of the known type were used.

(20) In detail the representations as in FIGS. 7 to 9 illustrate a possible positioning of the technical container (1) acting as a removable capsule which is positioned below the oven (100) showing in an essential way different positioning phases wherein in a first phase the technical container (1) as shown in FIG. 7 is positioned horizontally near the oven (100) in such a way as to be able to safely remove the threaded closing cap (5); in a second phase, as shown in FIG. 8, after the removal of the threaded closing cap (5), the cap with the priming tube (102) of the washing device of the oven (100) is associated with the threaded cylindrical mouth of the technical container (1), and wherein in a third phase, as shown in FIG. 9, the technical container (1) is positioned completely below the oven (100).

(21) In more detail, the representations as in FIGS. 10 to 12 show a possible positioning of the technical containers (1) acting as a removable capsule according to the present invention which are positioned in a suitable compartment with which the oven (100) is provided, illustrating said positioning of the technical containers (1) placed on suitable guides (101) with which the compartment below the cooking chamber of the oven (100) is provided, wherein FIG. 11 shows a possible positioning of two adjacent technical containers (1) feeding a washing system which requires the use of several cleaning liquids.

REFERENCE

(22) (1) technical container

(23) (2) container body

(24) (21) base wall

(25) (211) hollow

(26) (22) upper wall

(27) (221) recessed seat

(28) (222) recess

(29) (23) front perimeter wall

(30) (24) right side perimeter wall

(31) (25) left side perimeter wall

(32) (26) bottom perimeter wall

(33) (3) containment chamber

(34) (4) grip handle

(35) (5) threaded closing cap

(36) (6) lower reinforcing ribs

(37) (7) upper reinforcing ribs

(38) (8) longitudinal support step

(39) (100) oven

(40) (101) guides

(41) (102) priming pipe