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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Udo Schutz, Selters, DE;
Protechna S.A., Fribourg/Schweiz, CH;
Abstract
A pallet container (1) which may be used as a one-way of multi-way container to transport and store fluids, includes a blow molded fluid container (2) made of plastic which has a drain bottom (3) and a flexible inner liner (4) made of plastic foil or a composite metal-plastic foil. A pallet (5) which is designed as a floor pan (6) made of sheet metal or plastic which has a drain bottom (7) designed to serve as a form-fitted receptacle for the fluid container (2), as well as a metal grid casing (8) or sheet metal casing which encloses the fluid container (2). The fluid container (2) is sealed with a removable closure (12) which allows a simple and fast insertion of the inner liner (4) in the fluid container (2). To facilitate the insertion and removal of the inner liner into and/or from the fluid container, the same may be equipped with an integrally molded hinged cover, and it is possible to divide the fluid container into two halves after the blow molding.