SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING AND DISPENSING GRANULAR MATERIALS

摘要

A system (10) for transporting and dispensing fluent materials consists of a shipping container (20) disposed with a supply of fluent material, and having a bottom wall (202) with an outlet aperture, the outlet aperture being occluded by a normally disabled transfer valve (25); a base container (30) adapted for sealed attachment to the bottom wall (202) of the shipping container (20), the base container (30) having a top wall equipped with a means for enabling (35) the normally disabled transfer valve (25), when the base container (30) is properly attached to the shipping container (20), and a bottom wall which tapers downwardly to an opening with a valve (40) for dispensing particulate material at a controlled rate when the valve (40) is opened. A remotely operable metering valve is also disclosed as a substitute for the valve (40) in the base container opening.