Patent ID: 6102228
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B61D,B65D,E04B

Abstract:
A device for connecting two or more ISO type containers in a horizontal or vertical level, said device comprising:a substantially ribbon-shaped elastic sealing means encircling an aperture between the containers to be connected, and is arranged to a land surface;fastening means to force the sealing means to a land surface;a support means is arranged at each container and at each aperture of the same to be connected with another container, and is fixed to or integral with each container and encircling the aperture between the same to establish a land surface facing the internal space of the respective container, said sealing means being elongate and being wider than the width of a wall section through two containers arranged against each other, thus establishing a continuous sealing, which, viewed in the lateral cross section of the sealing, extending from the first land surface of the first container, over the aperture between the containers, and over to the other land surface of the second container and along the entire perimeter of the aperture between the containers;first and second clamping means, each comprising an integral and substantially frame shaped means, or separate elongate means having at least a substantially level surface, shaped to bear sealingly against an elongate edge of the sealing means arranged against a first and second land surface, respectively; andfastening means arranged to force and hold said first and second clamping means towards their respective land surface and establish a liquid and gas tight connection between each of the clamping means and land surfaces and thus between said first and second container.