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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Andrew J. Hinkle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Craig C. Menzemer, Akron, OH (US);
Janet C. Swearingen, Delmont, PA (US);
Charles I. Fuller, Monroeville, PA (US);
David S. Bennett, Davenport, IA (US);
Daniel D. Roup, Davenport, IA (US);
James T. Burg, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A container module for intermodal transportation and temporary storage of dry flowable product includes a pressure tank supported by hanger plates welded to end frames of a support frame defining a standardized container envelope. The pressure tank has a wall with a flat top center section and short flat side sections joined by upper cylindrical intermediate sections and lower cylindrical sections below the flat side sections which blend into a plurality of intersecting, downwardly discharging hoppers. Elongated beam members extending along each side of the support frame tie the hoppers together to resist bending of the suspended tank.