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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1981
Kimiaki Ohtawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasuo Fukada, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A container for conveying a pulverized or granular material includes a bottomed container vessel adapted to be rotated upside down and having an upwardly narrowing tapered section in its upper portion, an opening section formed above the tapered section, and a valve for blocking the flow of pulverized or granular material through the opening section provided within the opening section. The pulverized or granular material can be charged into the container vessel through the opening section while the container vessel is held in a normal upright condition, and the pulverized or granular material can be discharged from the container vessel through the opening section while the container vessel is held upside-down.