Patent ID: 6832693
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A transport and storage container for liquids, comprising:an inner container of plastic material having an upper bottom with a fill socket, two sidewalls, a front wall having an outlet socket arranged within a lower edge area of the front wall and configured to receive a removal fitting, a back wall, and a lower bottom configured as a drainage bottom having a central, flat drainage channel extending at a downward slant from the back wall to a bottom sump provided within the lower bottom and adjoining the outlet socket; an outer mantle comprised of a metal grate or a sheet metal; a pallet-shaped underframe comprising a support bottom, configured to receive the lower bottom of the inner container, and comprising corner legs and center legs connected to the support bottom, wherein the underframe is configured to be handled by transport devices; wherein the front wall of the inner container has an inwardly projecting dome-shaped bulge, wherein the outlet socket and the removal fitting are arranged within the bulge; comprising two forward bottom portions arranged on opposite sides of the bulge, wherein the two forward bottom portions ascend from the lower bottom toward the front wall and the corner and sidewall areas adjoining the front wall, wherein the two forward bottom portions form drainage surfaces for draining residual liquid from a forward bottom area of the inner container via the bottom sump into the outlet socket when emptying the transport and storage container for removing residual liquid, and wherein the two forward bottom portions comprise connecting edges between the lower bottom and the drainage surfaces, wherein the connecting edges extend slantedly to the drainage channel and in the direction to the outlet socket.