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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Dean Hartley, Beatrice, NE (US);
Scott T. Meints, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Dean Hartley, Beatrice, NE (US);
Scott T. Meints, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/06 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An intermediate bulk container (IBC) for storing and offloading materials comprises a portable tank including a bottom wall having a bottom discharge outlet. A discharge assembly comprises a sweep elbow and an outlet valve. The sweep elbow has an inlet connected to the discharge outlet and an outlet connected to the outlet valve. A bottom interior surface of the sweep elbow proximate the sweep elbow outlet is substantially even with a valve opening inside the outlet valve.