| 摘要 |
<p>An enclosed vessel assembly for transporting and storing unpackaged material is disclosed. An aluminum vessel (10) is inserted into an openable end of a conventional steel shipping container (400), and secured therein such that unpackaged goods may be efficiently and inexpensively transported and stored using such containers. The aluminum vessel (10) includes a rigid, elongated, closed-ended, cylindrical aluminum body (12) having having a rear end (16) which is accessible through the openable end of the shipping container (400). Disposed on the rear end (16) of the body (12) of the vessel (10) are a fill pipe through which unpackaged materials may be loaded into the vessel assembly, a conical discharge assembly (13) for enabling a pneumatic tank trailer to be connected thereto to extract unpackaged materials from the vessel assembly, and at least one vent (22) for facilitating the extraction of goods through the discharge assembly using a pneumatic tank trailer.</p> |
