US20050189357A1 - Transport tank and transporting method thereof - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transport tank to be transported with containing a cargo in a transport inner bag, and more specifically, a transport tank having a pressure inner bag for preventing the transport inner bag from moving in a tank body of the transport tank during transportation, and transporting method thereof.
- a tank container In cargo transportation by sea, railroad, road and so forth, a tank container is generally used for liquid materials (cargo).
- a 20 foot container (hereinafter referred to as a tank container) which conforms to the ISO Standards is ordinarily used, for example.
- the tank container has 20 foot length, 8 foot width, and 8 foot height, so that about 20 tons of liquid can be filled therein.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. S61-104983 discloses that an inner bag or liner bag made of soft synthetic resin to have the chemical resistance is loaded in the tank produced from the general steel plate.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-354292, Japanese Utility-Model Laid-Open Publication No. S61-48190, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. S50-4615, and Japanese Utility-Model Laid-Open Publication No. S57-46492 also disclose to load the inner bag in the tank in order to save the trouble for washing the inside of the tank.
- an envelope type inner bag is easily produced only by welding the both ends of the tubular film.
- This type of inner bag prevents the liquid from directly contacting with the inside of the tank by joining supply-discharge openings of the inner bag and the tank. Therefore, changing the inner bag makes it unnecessary to wash the inside of the tank.
- the inner bag may move during transportation and the movement varies depending on whether the inner bag is in an approximately fully loaded condition where an amount of the cargo reaches the transport tank volume or it is in a non-fully loaded condition. Namely, if the tank is transported in the non-fully loaded condition, the cargo moves in the inner bag, and at the same time, the inner bag moves in the tank. Consequently, the inner bag may be ruptured, the supply-discharge opening may crack, or the cargo may not be discharged due to twist or inversion of the inner bag. Accordingly, some kind of measure has been required.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a transport tank in which a transport inner bag hardly moves if the transport tank is transported with the transport inner bag which is not fully loaded with a cargo, and a transporting method thereof.
- At least one second inner bag is disposed between a first inner bag containing a cargo and an inner surface of the tank body.
- the second inner bag will expand by filling of filler for holding the cargo to prevent the first inner bag from moving in said tank body during transportation.
- the first and second inner bags are made from a synthetic resin.
- the cargo is any of gasses, liquids, and powder and granular materials, which is put into the first inner bag after or while pre-filling the filler in the second inner bag.
- the size of the second inner bag adapts to the amount of the cargo, if the second inner bag has the approximately same size as the tank body, it expands when the cargo is discharged from the first inner bag.
- the second inner bag will expand by the filler to prevent the first inner bag from moving in the tank body during transportation, so that it is possible to settle such drawbacks as the breakage of the first inner bag due to the movement or the discharge failure of the cargo due to twist or inversion of the cargo during the transportation of the first inner bag which is not fully loaded with the cargo.
- a specific amount of the filler is preliminarily filled in the second inner bag to arrange the shape of the second inner bag before or while containing the cargo in the first inner bag, so that the folded second inner bag is not sandwiched between the first inner bag and the inner surface of the tank body when the cargo is put into the first inner bag. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the filling failure due to the sandwiched portion at the time of filling the filler in the second inner bag or to prevent the second inner bag from being ruptured.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of a tank container having a transport tank to which the present invention is applied;
- FIG. 2A is an explanatory view of the size of a transport inner bag fitting in a tank body of the transport tank, wherein a plan view of the tank body and the transport inner bag is shown;
- FIG. 2B is an explanatory view of the size of the transport inner bag fitting in the tank body, wherein a longitudinal cross-sectional surface of the tank body in a longitudinal direction is shown;
- FIG. 2C is an explanatory view of the size of the transport inner bag fitting in the tank body, wherein a longitudinal cross-sectional surface of the tank body in a width direction is shown;
- FIGS. 3A, 3B , 3 C and 3 D are schematic perspective views showing procedure for producing the transport inner bag
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of a pressure inner bag
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view, partly in section, showing a filler supply-discharge opening, a connector and a connecting hose of the pressure inner bag;
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the procedure for producing the transport inner bag
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing procedure for welding an inner bag supply-discharge opening
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where an inner bag supply-discharge opening is attached to a tank supply-discharge opening;
- FIG. 9A is a perspective view showing process for welding one end of a tubular film
- FIG. 9B is a perspective view showing process for venting air from the tubular film
- FIG. 9C is a perspective view showing process for welding the other end of the tubular film after the air venting
- FIG. 10A is an enlarged plan view showing a welding line of the inner bag body, wherein the inner and outer tubular films are thermally welded all together into four layer;
- FIG. 10B is an enlarged plan view showing the welding line of the inner bag body, wherein the inner and outer tubular films are thermally welded all together into four layer after the end of the inner tubular film have been thermally welded into two layer;
- FIG. 10C is an enlarged plan view showing the weld line of the inner bag body, wherein the ends of the inner and outer tubular films are thermally welded together into two layer;
- FIGS. 11A, 11B , 11 C, 11 D and 11 E are explanatory views showing process for folding the transport inner bag to contain it in a packaging bag.
- a twenty-foot ISO container 10 is constituted of a tank body 11 and a rectangular parallelepiped frame 12 for holding the tank body 11 .
- a hatch 13 is formed at the top face of the tank body 11 .
- the maintenance and filling of liquid are performed through the hatch 13 .
- a lid 14 is locked by a locking member in order to prevent the lid 14 covering the hatch 13 from opening.
- a tank supply-discharge opening 15 is formed in one end of a lower portion of the tank body 11 .
- a foot valve 16 is fixed through a flange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15 .
- a transport inner bag 20 is loaded in a lower portion of the tank body 11 , while a pressure inner bag 19 is loaded in an upper portion thereof.
- These inner bags 19 , 20 are brought into the tank body 11 from the hatch 13 by an operating person to set in the tank body 11 .
- the transport inner bag 20 upswells in the tank body 11 by pouring the liquid as cargo therein from the tank supply-discharge opening 15 through the foot valve 16 , so that the transport inner bag 20 operates as a lining to the tank body 11 .
- the pressure inner bag 19 is filled with air supplied through a filling hose 17 and a filler supply-discharge opening 18 , and presses the transport inner bag 20 against the tank body 11 , thus, the transport inner bag 20 hardly moves during transportation. As the transport inner bag 20 stands still in the tank body 11 against the movement of the liquid in transporting, the transport inner bag 20 is not ruptured.
- the transport inner bag 20 is constituted of an inner bag body 21 having an envelope shape and an inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 to be fitted in the tank supply-discharge opening 15 . Since the transport inner bag 20 is formed to the envelope shape, the inner bag body 21 can be easily formed as shown in FIGS. 3A-3D .
- a tubular film 23 is cut into a predetermined length after being drawn from a film roll 24 which is the roll of the tubular film 23 , and then both end portions 23 a and 23 b of the tubular film 23 are closed by thermally welding or the like (see FIGS. 9A and 9C ).
- a longitudinal cross-sectional surface including a central line CL 1 extending in the longitudinal direction of the tank body 11 is referred to as a longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the longitudinal direction
- a longitudinal cross-sectional surface including a central line CL 2 extending in the width direction of the tank body 11 is referred to as a longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the width direction
- a line CL 3 shown in FIG. 2B is a central line extending in a height direction of the tank body 11 .
- the tank body 11 is formed to a tubular shape whose both ends are closed to be placed transversally, while the transport inner bag 20 is formed to the envelope shape. Therefore, if the transport inner bag 20 is smaller than the appropriate size corresponding to the size of the tank body 11 , a predetermined filling capacity is not ensured. To make matters worse, the smaller inner bag creates a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the tank body 11 and the transport inner bag 20 where the transport inner bag 20 together with the liquid can move to damage the welded portion of the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 and the welded lines of the both ends of the transport inner bag 20 .
- the transport inner bag 20 is larger than the appropriate size corresponding to the size of the tank body 11 , the raw material of the transport inner bag 20 is wasted. Moreover, if an extra portion such as the end portion of the transport inner bag 20 is under the liquid filled in the transport inner bag 20 , the extra portion is sandwiched between the inner bag body 21 filled with the liquid and the peripheral surface of the tank body 11 due to the weight of the liquid. As a result, it becomes impossible to fill liquid furthermore. If the liquid is kept filled while the extra portion is sandwiched, the internal pressure of the transport inner bag 20 rises to possibly damage the transport inner bag 20 .
- the size of the envelope type transport inner bag 20 is limited within a specific range based on the size of the tank body 11 for the purpose of preventing the filling failure and the damage of the transport inner bag 20 .
- the length of the transport inner bag 20 is IL
- the width thereof is IW
- the inner peripheral length (first inner peripheral length) of the tank body 11 in the longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the longitudinal direction is TLt
- the inner peripheral length (second inner peripheral length) of the tank body 11 in the longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the width direction is TLr
- IL and IW preferably satisfy the following conditions:
- the size of the transport inner bag 20 is limited based on the inner peripheral length of the tank body 11 , so that the tank body 11 may have different shapes than tube such as an elliptical shape or others.
- the distance L1 is limited within a range 0.44 ⁇ IW ⁇ L1 ⁇ 0.50 ⁇ IW based on the width IW of the transport inner bag 20 , so that it is possible to position the central positions in the longitudinal direction of the tank body 11 and the transport inner bag 20 with each other if the transport inner bag 20 is attached to the tank body 11 with reference to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 , which is formed in the end of the lower portion of the tank body 11 .
- the extra portions in both ends of the transport inner bag 20 can be distributed approximately evenly in the tank body 11 . Accordingly, the extra portion of the transport inner bag 20 dose not build up on one side to be sandwiched between the tank body 11 and the inner bag body 21 , so that the filling failure and the damage of the transport inner bag 20 are eliminated.
- the pressure inner bag 19 is constituted of an inner bag body 19 a having an envelope shape and a filler supply-discharge opening 18 .
- the pressure inner bag 19 is formed into the envelope shape having the same size as the transport inner bag 20 shown in FIG. 2 , since the liquid as the cargo is not filled in the pressure inner bag 19 unlike the transport inner bag 20 , the pressure inner bag 19 has a single-layer structure, and in addition, has the filler supply-discharge opening 18 instead of the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 .
- the filler supply-discharge opening 18 is constituted of a cylindrical body 18 a made of a synthetic resin.
- a welding flange portion 18 b is formed in an end of the filler supply-discharge opening 18
- an attachment female screw 18 c is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the other end.
- a bottom attachment screw 51 a of a hose connector 51 having a valve 50 is screwed into the filler supply-discharge opening 18 through the attachment female screw 18 c .
- a hose connection opening 51 b and a cap attachment screw 51 c are formed above the hose connector 51 .
- the hose connection opening 51 b uses a snap type connection to hold the end of the hose removably.
- the valve 50 is closed by rotating a handle 50 a at the time of removing the filling hose 17 from the hose connector 51 .
- a cap 52 is fitted in the cap attachment screw 51 c .
- a screw type of the hose connection opening may be used instead of the snap type.
- various embodiments may be applied to the present invention.
- the pressure inner bag 19 may be formed in a multilayer structure to have two or more layers.
- the tubular film 23 is drawn from the film roll 24 to be put on a work table 25 , and then cut into the length IL by a cutter 26 or the like.
- the tubular film 23 is made from LLDPE (linear low density polyethylene), and wound into a roll shape to be stored. Since the transport inner bag 20 is doubled in the present embodiment, it is necessary to form the two tubular films 23 by cutting the tubular film 23 twice into the length IL.
- the thickness of a single layer of the tubular film 23 is 120 ⁇ m. Since the tubular film 23 of the present embodiment has two layers, the entire thickness of the tubular film 23 is 240 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of the film is preferably 80-500 ⁇ m, especially 100-300 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 3C in doubling the tubular film 23 , one tubular film is inserted into another tubular film. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3D , a hole 27 corresponding to the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is opened on only the upper two layers of films by a punch or a cutter.
- the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is constituted of a supply-discharge mouth 22 a having a truncated conical and cylindrical shape, a welding flange 22 b and an attachment flange 22 c which are attached to both the ends of the supply-discharge mouth 22 a , and integrally formed by using LLDPE for example.
- the welding flange 22 b and the inner bag body 21 are thermally welded by a thermal welding apparatus (not shown) to form welding lines 28 and 29 .
- a thermal welding apparatus not shown
- FIG. 8 when the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is inserted to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 from the inside of the tank, the attachment flange 22 c protrudes outside the flange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15 to be fixed firmly to the flange 15 a.
- an attachment flange 30 a of an inner bag suction preventing member 30 and the foot valve 16 are attached to the flange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15 , so that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is attached firmly to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 .
- the supply-discharge mouth 22 a is formed along the inner peripheral surface of the tank supply-discharge opening 15 .
- the thermally welding apparatus 33 is constituted of a receiving stage 33 a and a welding head 33 b .
- the heat is applied to the end portion 23 a , which is held by the welding head 33 b and the receiving stage 33 a after the welding head 33 b has been moved down.
- thermal welding lines 35 a and 35 b of 5 mm in width are formed linearly at an interval of 5-10 mm.
- one or three or more thermal welding lines may be formed.
- a corrugated thermal welding line may be applied to the present embodiment instead of the linear one. If the plural thermal welding lines are formed, all lines may be formed together, or each line may be formed one by one.
- a thermal welding line 36 a is formed by welding the one end portion of the inner tubular film 23 into two layer, and then a thermal welding line 36 b is formed by welding the one end portion of both the inner and outer tubular films 23 into four layer.
- the thermal welding line 36 b is positioned outside the thermal welding line 36 a .
- thermal welding lines 37 a and 37 b are formed by welding each end portion of the tubular film 23 into two layer separately wherein the inner tubular film is slightly shorter in length than the outer one.
- the thermal welding line may be welded at a time, if the length of the welding head 33 b is limited, the thermal welding line may be welded sequentially every length of the welding head 33 b .
- ultrasonic welding or other welding method may be applied to the present embodiment instead of the thermal welding by using the heat-sealing type thermal welding apparatus 33 .
- a pressing roller 38 is rotated on the work table 25 from the welded end portion 23 a toward the other end portion 23 b to vent air 39 in the doubled tubular film 23 .
- the air may be vented by folding the inner bag body 21 from one end side to the other end side. Since the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is attached close to the other end portion 23 b so as to protrude from the inner bag body 21 , the air between the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 and the other end portion 23 b is vented by using a small roller for avoiding the supply-discharge opening 22 .
- the other end portion 23 b of tubular film 23 is welded by the thermal welding apparatus 33 as well as the case of the end portion 23 a .
- the transport inner bag 20 shown in FIG. 1A is completed.
- a positioning mark 45 is recorded thereon along a central line extending in the longitudinal direction of the transport inner bag 20 by using an oil-based ink or the like.
- the inner bag body 21 is folded, and then contained in a packaging bag 40 as shown in FIG. 11E .
- the positioning mark 45 is formed linearly in the present embodiment, the shape or size of the positioning mark is not limited especially.
- the inner bag body 21 with the supply-discharge opening 22 directed downward is folded inward along inward folding lines 21 e in parallel with the positioning mark 45 so as to make both the side edge portions 21 a and 21 b approach the central line.
- the inward-folded portions are folded inward again along inward folding lines 21 f in parallel with the central line extending in the longitudinal direction so as to make the inward folding line 21 e approach the central line.
- the inner bag body 21 is double folded. Subsequently, as shown in FIG.
- the inner bag body 21 is folded plural times along the inward folding lines 21 g toward the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 from both the end portions 21 c and 21 d of the inner bag body 21 , so that the inner bag body 21 is folded into a small size as shown in FIG. 11D .
- the inner bag body 21 may be rewound from the one end to be a roll shape instead of being folded inward along the inward folding lines 21 g .
- the transport inner bag 20 is put in the packaging bag 40 as shown in FIG. 11E . Since the inner bag body 21 is double folded along the inward folding lines 21 e and 21 f , it can be contained compactly. Note that the inner bag body 21 may be folded once or three times and above along the central line extending in the longitudinal direction.
- the inner bag body 21 is folded such that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is directed outside the inner bag body 21 , the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 can be inserted to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 easily.
- the inner bag body 21 is folded inward along the inward folding lines 21 g , so that the inner bag body 21 can be expanded easily in the longitudinal direction of the tank body 11 in a state that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is set in the tank supply-discharge opening 15 .
- the inner bag body 21 is folded inward along each of the inward folding lines 21 e and 21 f in a state that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is directed downward, the inner bag body 21 is expanded by itself by filling the liquid from the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 .
- the filler supply-discharge opening 18 is attached instead of the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 .
- the filler supply-discharge opening 18 is attached so as to correspond to the position of the hatch 13 of the tank body 11 , so that it becomes possible to attach and remove the filling hose 17 and also open and close the valve 50 at the hatch 13 .
- the method of loading the transport inner bag 20 and the pressure inner bag 19 in the tank body 11 is explained.
- the inner bags 19 , 20 in the packaging bag 40 are brought into the tank body 11 by the operating person, and then the transport inner bag 20 is taken out from the packaging bag 40 .
- the positioning mark 45 is recorded linearly on the transport inner bag 20 so as to correspond to the central line CL 1 extending in the longitudinal direction of the tank body 11 .
- the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is inserted in the tank supply-discharge opening 15 so as to conform the positioning mark 45 to the central line CL 1 .
- the attachment flange 22 c is attached firmly to the flange 15 a .
- the inner bag body 21 folded along the inward folding lines 21 g is unfolded in the longitudinal direction of the tank body 11 , and then the folded portions along the inward folding line 21 f are unfolded. Both the side edge portions which are folded along the inward folding lines 21 e are not unfolded. Since the approximately overall width of the inside of the tank body 11 is covered by the inner bag body 21 of which the both side edge portions are folded along the inward folding lines 21 e , even if the both side edge portions are unfolded, they are folded again by their weight.
- the pressure inner bag 19 is lapped over the unfolded transport inner bag 20 to be unfolded in the same manner as the transport inner bag 20 .
- the filling hose 17 is connected with the filler supply-discharge opening 18 of the pressure inner bag 19 .
- the filling hose 17 is inserted inside the tank body 11 through the hatch 13 .
- the operating person goes outside the tank body 11 from the hatch 13 to finish the loading operation for the inner bags 19 , 20 .
- the inner bag suction preventing member 30 and the foot valve 16 are attached to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 from the outside of the tank body 11 .
- the liquid as the cargo is filled from the tank supply-discharge opening 15 .
- the filling speed is 50 liters per minute, for example.
- the inner bag body 21 is extended in the longitudinal direction in the tank body 11 , so that the inner bag body 21 upswells by filling the liquid in the inner bag body 21 smoothly.
- the both side edge portions of the inner bag body 21 which are folded inward, are gradually unfolded with the filling of the liquid, so that the end portions of the inner bag body 21 are not accidentally caught between the inner bag body 21 and the tank body 11 by the weight of the portion in which the liquid is filled. Therefore, the inner bag body 21 upswells smoothly by the filling of the liquid.
- the fully loaded condition about 20 tons of liquid is contained in the inner bag body 21 ; however, the present embodiment premises the transportation in the non-fully loaded condition, 10 tons of liquid is contained in the inner bag body 21 for an example of the non-fully loaded conditions.
- the air is put up to 10-20% of the filling capacity, for example, in the pressure inner bag 19 before or at the same time as the onset of the liquid filling in the transport inner bag 20 .
- the pre-filling of the pressure inner bag 19 is performed in order to arrange the shape of the pressure inner bag 19 so that the pressure inner bag 19 avoids to be sandwiched between the transport inner bag 20 and the inner surface of the tank body 11 due to the filling of the liquid.
- the filling of the air is temporarily stopped at the time of reaching the pre-filling amount. After the predetermined transportation amount, 10 tons of liquid for example, has been flowed in the transport inner bag 20 , the air is filled again in the pressure inner bag 19 .
- the air is stopped filling after a gap between the inner surface of the tank body 11 and the transport tank 20 has been filled by the air.
- the filling hose 17 is removed after closing the valve 50 , and the cap 52 is placed on the filler supply-discharge opening 18 . After that, the hatch 13 is closed, and then the filling operation for the tank body 11 is finished.
- the air to be preliminarily filled in the pressure inner bag 19 maybe equal to or slightly exceed the capacity which subtracts the predetermined transportation amount from the capacity of the tank body 11 before the liquid filling in the transport inner bag 20 .
- the liquid is filled in a state that the valve 50 is slightly open to discharge the extra air in the pressure inner bag 19 while the liquid is filled in the transport inner bag 20 .
- an air vent valve such as a one-way valve may be provided instead of or in addition to the valve 50 .
- the inner bag body 21 is loaded in the tank body 11 to extend in the longitudinal direction, and its side edge portions are folded inward toward the central line extending in the width direction of the inner bag body 21 . That prevents the air from entering the inner bag body 21 and the inner bag body 21 can be used for the anaerobic liquid.
- the inner bag body 21 and the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 are made from LLDPE having high chemical resistance, the tank body 11 has more choices in material. Furthermore, it is unnecessary to line the inner peripheral surface of the tank body 11 with fluorocarbon resin such as polytetrafluoroethylene.
- the inner bag body 21 When the inner bag body 21 dwindles to close with the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 after the remaining amount of the liquid is reduced, the inner bag body 21 may be accidentally sucked into the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 to cover the opening 22 .
- the inner bag body 21 In order to prevent the inner bag body 21 from covering the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 in discharging the liquid from the tank supply-discharge opening 15 , when the liquid is discharged from the tank supply-discharge opening 15 , a passage between the inner bag body 21 and the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is ensured by the inner bag suction preventing member 30 .
- the inner bag suction preventing member 30 is integrally constituted of a semi-spherical end 30 b arranged to protrude toward the inside of the tank body 11 , a tubular portion 30 d whose peripheral surface has plural continuous holes 30 c , and the attachment flange 30 a provided on the base of the tubular portion 30 d .
- the semi-spherical end 30 b protrudes toward the inside of the inner bag body 21 , so that the residual liquid in the inner bag body 21 can be surely discharged through the continuous holes 30 c without the inner bag body 21 stick to the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 .
- the inner bags 19 , 20 are made from LLDPE, they may be made from LDPE (low-density polyethylene), OP (biaxially oriented polypropylene) and other synthetic resin.
- the inner bag body 21 is doubled in the present embodiment, it may have a multilayer or single-layer structure.
- the tank body 11 may have different shapes than tube such as an elliptical shape or others.
- the inner bags 19 , 20 may be used not only for the tank container, but also for a tanker lorry and so forth.
- the present invention is not limited only to the inner bag having an envelope shape in the above embodiment, but is also applicable to a cylindrical shape or other shapes.
- the pressure inner bag 19 has the same size as the transport inner bag 20 capable of carrying 1-19 tons of cargo in the non-fully loaded condition
- the pressure inner bags may be provided with, for example, four sizes accommodating to 1-5 tons, 5-10 tons, 10-15 tons and 15-19 tons of cargo in accordance with the transportation amount.
- the pressure inner bag 19 the size of which is unnecessarily large is not required, so that it is possible to prevent the material thereof from being wasted.
- not only one pressure inner bag but plural ones may be used in the present invention. In this case, plural filling hoses are connected to each inner pressure bag 19 when the liquid as the cargo is filled.
- the pressure inner bag 19 and the transport inner bag 20 may be folded together in a state that the pressure inner bag 19 is lapped over the transport inner bag 20 not as loading these inner bags separately. Thereby, the folding and the loading of the inner bag can be performed at a time, so that the operation time is reduced in comparison with the case in which these operations are performed separately.
- the portions of these inner bags may be temporally attached each other by a two-sided adhesive tape.
- the air is used as the filler in the above embodiment; however, gas emission from a track engine or inert gas such as nitrogen gas may be used.
- the air may be filled by connecting a cartridge directly instead of using the filling hose.
- gasses not only gasses but also liquids such as water or powder and granular materials made of a synthetic resin foam may be used as the filler.
- the cargo is not limited to only the liquids, but powdery or granular cargo may be applied to the present embodiment.
- the back pressure may be applied to the cargo by expanding the pressure inner bag, which has the approximately same capacity as the tank body, when the cargo is discharged from the tank body. Thereby, the cargo having high viscosity can be discharged smoothly and rapidly.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a transport tank to be transported with containing a cargo in a transport inner bag, and more specifically, a transport tank having a pressure inner bag for preventing the transport inner bag from moving in a tank body of the transport tank during transportation, and transporting method thereof.
- 2. Description of the Prior Arts
- In cargo transportation by sea, railroad, road and so forth, a tank container is generally used for liquid materials (cargo). As the tank container, a 20 foot container (hereinafter referred to as a tank container) which conforms to the ISO Standards is ordinarily used, for example. The tank container has 20 foot length, 8 foot width, and 8 foot height, so that about 20 tons of liquid can be filled therein.
- In the container transportation to use this kind of tank container, it is necessary to wash the inside of the tank after transportation, and in addition, to produce the tank by using a high quality stainless steel plate with chemical resistance. In order to solve the problems, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. S61-104983 discloses that an inner bag or liner bag made of soft synthetic resin to have the chemical resistance is loaded in the tank produced from the general steel plate. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-354292, Japanese Utility-Model Laid-Open Publication No. S61-48190, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. S50-4615, and Japanese Utility-Model Laid-Open Publication No. S57-46492 also disclose to load the inner bag in the tank in order to save the trouble for washing the inside of the tank.
- However, with respect to the prior art inner bag to be used in the tanks and tank containers, it is so difficult to produce appropriate inner bags for large tanks including the 20 foot container that there has no practical application. Namely, it has been difficult to produce the inner bag fitting in the cylindrical 20 foot container easily and affordably. The ideal inner bag to fit within the tank container properly would be a cylindrical-shaped inner bag having approximately the same shape as the tank container. However, it is necessary to prepare circular lid films, and in addition, to weld the circular lid films on both ends of a tubular film. To make matters worse, since the circular lid film has to be welded not in a two-dimensional direction, but in a three-dimensional direction, the exclusive guide apparatus for welding the circular lid film is required.
- In contrast, an envelope type inner bag is easily produced only by welding the both ends of the tubular film. This type of inner bag prevents the liquid from directly contacting with the inside of the tank by joining supply-discharge openings of the inner bag and the tank. Therefore, changing the inner bag makes it unnecessary to wash the inside of the tank.
- However, the following problem occurs in process of developing the above-mentioned inner bag. The inner bag may move during transportation and the movement varies depending on whether the inner bag is in an approximately fully loaded condition where an amount of the cargo reaches the transport tank volume or it is in a non-fully loaded condition. Namely, if the tank is transported in the non-fully loaded condition, the cargo moves in the inner bag, and at the same time, the inner bag moves in the tank. Consequently, the inner bag may be ruptured, the supply-discharge opening may crack, or the cargo may not be discharged due to twist or inversion of the inner bag. Accordingly, some kind of measure has been required.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a transport tank in which a transport inner bag hardly moves if the transport tank is transported with the transport inner bag which is not fully loaded with a cargo, and a transporting method thereof.
- In order to achieve the above object, at least one second inner bag is disposed between a first inner bag containing a cargo and an inner surface of the tank body. The second inner bag will expand by filling of filler for holding the cargo to prevent the first inner bag from moving in said tank body during transportation.
- According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first and second inner bags are made from a synthetic resin. The cargo is any of gasses, liquids, and powder and granular materials, which is put into the first inner bag after or while pre-filling the filler in the second inner bag. Although the size of the second inner bag adapts to the amount of the cargo, if the second inner bag has the approximately same size as the tank body, it expands when the cargo is discharged from the first inner bag.
- According to the present invention, the second inner bag will expand by the filler to prevent the first inner bag from moving in the tank body during transportation, so that it is possible to settle such drawbacks as the breakage of the first inner bag due to the movement or the discharge failure of the cargo due to twist or inversion of the cargo during the transportation of the first inner bag which is not fully loaded with the cargo. In addition, a specific amount of the filler is preliminarily filled in the second inner bag to arrange the shape of the second inner bag before or while containing the cargo in the first inner bag, so that the folded second inner bag is not sandwiched between the first inner bag and the inner surface of the tank body when the cargo is put into the first inner bag. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the filling failure due to the sandwiched portion at the time of filling the filler in the second inner bag or to prevent the second inner bag from being ruptured.
- The above and other subjects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments when read in association with the accompanying drawings, which are given by way of illustration only and thus are not limiting the present invention. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a front view of a tank container having a transport tank to which the present invention is applied; -
FIG. 2A is an explanatory view of the size of a transport inner bag fitting in a tank body of the transport tank, wherein a plan view of the tank body and the transport inner bag is shown; -
FIG. 2B is an explanatory view of the size of the transport inner bag fitting in the tank body, wherein a longitudinal cross-sectional surface of the tank body in a longitudinal direction is shown; -
FIG. 2C is an explanatory view of the size of the transport inner bag fitting in the tank body, wherein a longitudinal cross-sectional surface of the tank body in a width direction is shown; -
FIGS. 3A, 3B , 3C and 3D are schematic perspective views showing procedure for producing the transport inner bag; -
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a pressure inner bag; -
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view, partly in section, showing a filler supply-discharge opening, a connector and a connecting hose of the pressure inner bag; -
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the procedure for producing the transport inner bag; -
FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing procedure for welding an inner bag supply-discharge opening; -
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where an inner bag supply-discharge opening is attached to a tank supply-discharge opening; -
FIG. 9A is a perspective view showing process for welding one end of a tubular film; -
FIG. 9B is a perspective view showing process for venting air from the tubular film; -
FIG. 9C is a perspective view showing process for welding the other end of the tubular film after the air venting; -
FIG. 10A is an enlarged plan view showing a welding line of the inner bag body, wherein the inner and outer tubular films are thermally welded all together into four layer; -
FIG. 10B is an enlarged plan view showing the welding line of the inner bag body, wherein the inner and outer tubular films are thermally welded all together into four layer after the end of the inner tubular film have been thermally welded into two layer; -
FIG. 10C is an enlarged plan view showing the weld line of the inner bag body, wherein the ends of the inner and outer tubular films are thermally welded together into two layer; and -
FIGS. 11A, 11B , 11C, 11D and 11E are explanatory views showing process for folding the transport inner bag to contain it in a packaging bag. - In
FIG. 1 , a twenty-foot ISO container 10 is constituted of atank body 11 and arectangular parallelepiped frame 12 for holding thetank body 11. Ahatch 13 is formed at the top face of thetank body 11. The maintenance and filling of liquid are performed through thehatch 13. At the time of transporting, alid 14 is locked by a locking member in order to prevent thelid 14 covering thehatch 13 from opening. A tank supply-discharge opening 15 is formed in one end of a lower portion of thetank body 11. Afoot valve 16 is fixed through aflange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15. - A transport
inner bag 20 is loaded in a lower portion of thetank body 11, while a pressureinner bag 19 is loaded in an upper portion thereof. Theseinner bags tank body 11 from thehatch 13 by an operating person to set in thetank body 11. The transportinner bag 20 upswells in thetank body 11 by pouring the liquid as cargo therein from the tank supply-discharge opening 15 through thefoot valve 16, so that the transportinner bag 20 operates as a lining to thetank body 11. In addition, the pressureinner bag 19 is filled with air supplied through a fillinghose 17 and a filler supply-discharge opening 18, and presses the transportinner bag 20 against thetank body 11, thus, the transportinner bag 20 hardly moves during transportation. As the transportinner bag 20 stands still in thetank body 11 against the movement of the liquid in transporting, the transportinner bag 20 is not ruptured. - As shown in
FIG. 2A , the transportinner bag 20 is constituted of aninner bag body 21 having an envelope shape and an inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 to be fitted in the tank supply-discharge opening 15. Since the transportinner bag 20 is formed to the envelope shape, theinner bag body 21 can be easily formed as shown inFIGS. 3A-3D . InFIG. 3B , atubular film 23 is cut into a predetermined length after being drawn from afilm roll 24 which is the roll of thetubular film 23, and then both endportions tubular film 23 are closed by thermally welding or the like (seeFIGS. 9A and 9C ). - In
FIG. 2A , a longitudinal cross-sectional surface including a central line CL1 extending in the longitudinal direction of the tank body 11 (B-B arrowed cross-section) is referred to as a longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the longitudinal direction, while a longitudinal cross-sectional surface including a central line CL2 extending in the width direction of the tank body 11 (C-C arrowed cross-section) is referred to as a longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the width direction. A line CL3 shown inFIG. 2B is a central line extending in a height direction of thetank body 11. - The
tank body 11 is formed to a tubular shape whose both ends are closed to be placed transversally, while the transportinner bag 20 is formed to the envelope shape. Therefore, if the transportinner bag 20 is smaller than the appropriate size corresponding to the size of thetank body 11, a predetermined filling capacity is not ensured. To make matters worse, the smaller inner bag creates a gap between the inner peripheral surface of thetank body 11 and the transportinner bag 20 where the transportinner bag 20 together with the liquid can move to damage the welded portion of the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 and the welded lines of the both ends of the transportinner bag 20. Whereas, if the transportinner bag 20 is larger than the appropriate size corresponding to the size of thetank body 11, the raw material of the transportinner bag 20 is wasted. Moreover, if an extra portion such as the end portion of the transportinner bag 20 is under the liquid filled in the transportinner bag 20, the extra portion is sandwiched between theinner bag body 21 filled with the liquid and the peripheral surface of thetank body 11 due to the weight of the liquid. As a result, it becomes impossible to fill liquid furthermore. If the liquid is kept filled while the extra portion is sandwiched, the internal pressure of the transportinner bag 20 rises to possibly damage the transportinner bag 20. - In the present embodiment, the size of the envelope type transport
inner bag 20 is limited within a specific range based on the size of thetank body 11 for the purpose of preventing the filling failure and the damage of the transportinner bag 20. When the length of the transportinner bag 20 is IL, the width thereof is IW, the inner peripheral length (first inner peripheral length) of thetank body 11 in the longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the longitudinal direction is TLt, and the inner peripheral length (second inner peripheral length) of thetank body 11 in the longitudinal cross-sectional surface in the width direction is TLr, the following conditions are satisfied: -
- 0.47 TLt≦IL≦0.6·TLt; and
- 0.47 TLr≦IW≦0.6·TLr.
- IL and IW preferably satisfy the following conditions:
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- 0.49 TLt≦IL≦0.55 TLt; and
- 0.49 TLr≦IW≦0.58 TLr.
- As above-mentioned, the size of the transport
inner bag 20 is limited based on the inner peripheral length of thetank body 11, so that thetank body 11 may have different shapes than tube such as an elliptical shape or others. - The inner bag supply-
discharge opening 22 is provided on the central line extending in the longitudinal direction at a position apart from one end of the transportinner bag 20 by the distance L1=1750 mm or adjacent thereto. The distance L1 is limited within a range 0.44·IW≦L1≦0.50·IW based on the width IW of the transportinner bag 20, so that it is possible to position the central positions in the longitudinal direction of thetank body 11 and the transportinner bag 20 with each other if the transportinner bag 20 is attached to thetank body 11 with reference to the tank supply-discharge opening 15, which is formed in the end of the lower portion of thetank body 11. Thereby, the extra portions in both ends of the transportinner bag 20 can be distributed approximately evenly in thetank body 11. Accordingly, the extra portion of the transportinner bag 20 dose not build up on one side to be sandwiched between thetank body 11 and theinner bag body 21, so that the filling failure and the damage of the transportinner bag 20 are eliminated. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , the pressureinner bag 19 is constituted of an inner bag body 19 a having an envelope shape and a filler supply-discharge opening 18. Although the pressureinner bag 19 is formed into the envelope shape having the same size as the transportinner bag 20 shown inFIG. 2 , since the liquid as the cargo is not filled in the pressureinner bag 19 unlike the transportinner bag 20, the pressureinner bag 19 has a single-layer structure, and in addition, has the filler supply-discharge opening 18 instead of the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22. - As shown in
FIG. 5 , the filler supply-discharge opening 18 is constituted of acylindrical body 18 a made of a synthetic resin. Awelding flange portion 18 b is formed in an end of the filler supply-discharge opening 18, while an attachmentfemale screw 18 c is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the other end. A bottom attachment screw 51 a of ahose connector 51 having avalve 50 is screwed into the filler supply-discharge opening 18 through the attachmentfemale screw 18 c. A hose connection opening 51 b and acap attachment screw 51 c are formed above thehose connector 51. - The hose connection opening 51 b uses a snap type connection to hold the end of the hose removably. The
valve 50 is closed by rotating ahandle 50 a at the time of removing the fillinghose 17 from thehose connector 51. After removing the fillinghose 17, acap 52 is fitted in thecap attachment screw 51 c. Note that a screw type of the hose connection opening may be used instead of the snap type. In addition, with regard to the shape and structure of the filler supply-discharge opening 18, thevalve 50 and thehose connector 51 and the attaching method for them, various embodiments may be applied to the present invention. Moreover, the pressureinner bag 19 may be formed in a multilayer structure to have two or more layers. - Next, the procedure for producing the transport
inner bag 20, which is shown inFIG. 6 , is explained. As shown inFIGS. 3A and 3B , thetubular film 23 is drawn from thefilm roll 24 to be put on a work table 25, and then cut into the length IL by acutter 26 or the like. Thetubular film 23 is made from LLDPE (linear low density polyethylene), and wound into a roll shape to be stored. Since the transportinner bag 20 is doubled in the present embodiment, it is necessary to form the twotubular films 23 by cutting thetubular film 23 twice into the length IL. The transportinner bag 20 of the present invention is used for the 20 foot container, so that the first inner peripheral length TLt≈15500 mm, and the second inner peripheral length TLr≈7100 mm, while IL=8300 mm and IW=3900 mm based on the above-mentioned appropriate size range. The thickness of a single layer of thetubular film 23 is 120 μm. Since thetubular film 23 of the present embodiment has two layers, the entire thickness of thetubular film 23 is 240 μm. The thickness of the film is preferably 80-500 μm, especially 100-300 μm. - As shown in
FIG. 3C , in doubling thetubular film 23, one tubular film is inserted into another tubular film. Subsequently, as shown inFIG. 3D , ahole 27 corresponding to the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is opened on only the upper two layers of films by a punch or a cutter. The inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is located at the center in the width direction and apart fromother end portion 23 b by the distance L1=1750 mm. - As shown in
FIG. 7 , when the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is attached to theinner bag body 21, theopening 22 is thermally welded to a peripheral edge of thehole 27. At this time, only the upper two layers of the films are thermally welded. The inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is constituted of a supply-discharge mouth 22 a having a truncated conical and cylindrical shape, awelding flange 22 b and anattachment flange 22 c which are attached to both the ends of the supply-discharge mouth 22 a, and integrally formed by using LLDPE for example. Thewelding flange 22 b and theinner bag body 21 are thermally welded by a thermal welding apparatus (not shown) to formwelding lines FIG. 8 , when the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is inserted to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 from the inside of the tank, theattachment flange 22 c protrudes outside theflange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15 to be fixed firmly to theflange 15 a. - As shown in
FIG. 8 , anattachment flange 30 a of an inner bagsuction preventing member 30 and thefoot valve 16 are attached to theflange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15, so that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is attached firmly to the tank supply-discharge opening 15. The supply-discharge mouth 22 a is formed along the inner peripheral surface of the tank supply-discharge opening 15. - As shown in
FIG. 9A , in welding the one end portion of thetubular film 23, all four layers of films in theend portion 23 a of thetubular film 23 are thermally welded simultaneously by thethermally welding apparatus 33 to seal theend portion 23 a. Thethermally welding apparatus 33 is constituted of a receivingstage 33 a and awelding head 33 b. The heat is applied to theend portion 23 a, which is held by thewelding head 33 b and the receivingstage 33 a after thewelding head 33 b has been moved down. - As shown FIGS. 10A-C, two stripes of
thermal welding lines FIG. 10B , athermal welding line 36 a is formed by welding the one end portion of the innertubular film 23 into two layer, and then athermal welding line 36 b is formed by welding the one end portion of both the inner and outertubular films 23 into four layer. Thethermal welding line 36 b is positioned outside thethermal welding line 36 a. InFIG. 10C ,thermal welding lines tubular film 23 into two layer separately wherein the inner tubular film is slightly shorter in length than the outer one. Although the thermal welding line may be welded at a time, if the length of thewelding head 33 b is limited, the thermal welding line may be welded sequentially every length of thewelding head 33 b. Note that ultrasonic welding or other welding method may be applied to the present embodiment instead of the thermal welding by using the heat-sealing typethermal welding apparatus 33. - As shown in
FIG. 9B , apressing roller 38 is rotated on the work table 25 from the weldedend portion 23 a toward theother end portion 23 b to ventair 39 in the doubledtubular film 23. Instead of rotating thepressing roller 38, the air may be vented by folding theinner bag body 21 from one end side to the other end side. Since the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is attached close to theother end portion 23 b so as to protrude from theinner bag body 21, the air between the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 and theother end portion 23 b is vented by using a small roller for avoiding the supply-discharge opening 22. - As shown in
FIG. 9C , theother end portion 23 b oftubular film 23, in which the air has been vented, is welded by thethermal welding apparatus 33 as well as the case of theend portion 23 a. Thereby, the transportinner bag 20 shown inFIG. 1A is completed. Apositioning mark 45 is recorded thereon along a central line extending in the longitudinal direction of the transportinner bag 20 by using an oil-based ink or the like. Theinner bag body 21 is folded, and then contained in apackaging bag 40 as shown inFIG. 11E . Although thepositioning mark 45 is formed linearly in the present embodiment, the shape or size of the positioning mark is not limited especially. - As shown in
FIG. 11A , theinner bag body 21 with the supply-discharge opening 22 directed downward is folded inward alonginward folding lines 21 e in parallel with thepositioning mark 45 so as to make both theside edge portions FIG. 11B , the inward-folded portions are folded inward again alonginward folding lines 21 f in parallel with the central line extending in the longitudinal direction so as to make theinward folding line 21 e approach the central line. Thereby, theinner bag body 21 is double folded. Subsequently, as shown inFIG. 11C , theinner bag body 21 is folded plural times along theinward folding lines 21 g toward the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 from both theend portions inner bag body 21, so that theinner bag body 21 is folded into a small size as shown inFIG. 11D . Theinner bag body 21 may be rewound from the one end to be a roll shape instead of being folded inward along theinward folding lines 21 g. After folding theinner bag body 21 into the small size, the transportinner bag 20 is put in thepackaging bag 40 as shown inFIG. 11E . Since theinner bag body 21 is double folded along theinward folding lines inner bag body 21 may be folded once or three times and above along the central line extending in the longitudinal direction. - As aforementioned, since the
inner bag body 21 is folded such that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is directed outside theinner bag body 21, the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 can be inserted to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 easily. In addition, theinner bag body 21 is folded inward along theinward folding lines 21 g, so that theinner bag body 21 can be expanded easily in the longitudinal direction of thetank body 11 in a state that the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is set in the tank supply-discharge opening 15. Furthermore, since theinner bag body 21 is folded inward along each of theinward folding lines discharge opening 22 is directed downward, theinner bag body 21 is expanded by itself by filling the liquid from the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22. - Although the pressure
inner bag 19 is produced by a procedure similar to thetransport tank 20, the doubling of thetubular film 23 and the recording of thepositioning mark 45 are not required and would be omitted. The filler supply-discharge opening 18 is attached instead of the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22. The filler supply-discharge opening 18 is attached so as to correspond to the position of thehatch 13 of thetank body 11, so that it becomes possible to attach and remove the fillinghose 17 and also open and close thevalve 50 at thehatch 13. - Next, the method of loading the transport
inner bag 20 and the pressureinner bag 19 in thetank body 11 is explained. First, theinner bags packaging bag 40 are brought into thetank body 11 by the operating person, and then the transportinner bag 20 is taken out from thepackaging bag 40. Thepositioning mark 45 is recorded linearly on the transportinner bag 20 so as to correspond to the central line CL1 extending in the longitudinal direction of thetank body 11. After thefoot valve 16 has been removed from theflange 15 a of the tank supply-discharge opening 15, the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is inserted in the tank supply-discharge opening 15 so as to conform thepositioning mark 45 to the central line CL1. Thereby, theattachment flange 22 c is attached firmly to theflange 15 a. Second, theinner bag body 21 folded along theinward folding lines 21 g is unfolded in the longitudinal direction of thetank body 11, and then the folded portions along theinward folding line 21 f are unfolded. Both the side edge portions which are folded along theinward folding lines 21 e are not unfolded. Since the approximately overall width of the inside of thetank body 11 is covered by theinner bag body 21 of which the both side edge portions are folded along theinward folding lines 21 e, even if the both side edge portions are unfolded, they are folded again by their weight. - Next, the pressure
inner bag 19 is lapped over the unfolded transportinner bag 20 to be unfolded in the same manner as the transportinner bag 20. Subsequently, as shown inFIG. 5 , the fillinghose 17 is connected with the filler supply-discharge opening 18 of the pressureinner bag 19. As shown inFIG. 1 , the fillinghose 17 is inserted inside thetank body 11 through thehatch 13. After that, the operating person goes outside thetank body 11 from thehatch 13 to finish the loading operation for theinner bags FIG. 8 , the inner bagsuction preventing member 30 and thefoot valve 16 are attached to the tank supply-discharge opening 15 from the outside of thetank body 11. - The liquid as the cargo is filled from the tank supply-
discharge opening 15. The filling speed is 50 liters per minute, for example. Theinner bag body 21 is extended in the longitudinal direction in thetank body 11, so that theinner bag body 21 upswells by filling the liquid in theinner bag body 21 smoothly. The both side edge portions of theinner bag body 21, which are folded inward, are gradually unfolded with the filling of the liquid, so that the end portions of theinner bag body 21 are not accidentally caught between theinner bag body 21 and thetank body 11 by the weight of the portion in which the liquid is filled. Therefore, theinner bag body 21 upswells smoothly by the filling of the liquid. In the fully loaded condition, about 20 tons of liquid is contained in theinner bag body 21; however, the present embodiment premises the transportation in the non-fully loaded condition, 10 tons of liquid is contained in theinner bag body 21 for an example of the non-fully loaded conditions. - The air is put up to 10-20% of the filling capacity, for example, in the pressure
inner bag 19 before or at the same time as the onset of the liquid filling in the transportinner bag 20. The pre-filling of the pressureinner bag 19 is performed in order to arrange the shape of the pressureinner bag 19 so that the pressureinner bag 19 avoids to be sandwiched between the transportinner bag 20 and the inner surface of thetank body 11 due to the filling of the liquid. The filling of the air is temporarily stopped at the time of reaching the pre-filling amount. After the predetermined transportation amount, 10 tons of liquid for example, has been flowed in the transportinner bag 20, the air is filled again in the pressureinner bag 19. The air is stopped filling after a gap between the inner surface of thetank body 11 and thetransport tank 20 has been filled by the air. The fillinghose 17 is removed after closing thevalve 50, and thecap 52 is placed on the filler supply-discharge opening 18. After that, thehatch 13 is closed, and then the filling operation for thetank body 11 is finished. Note that the air to be preliminarily filled in the pressureinner bag 19 maybe equal to or slightly exceed the capacity which subtracts the predetermined transportation amount from the capacity of thetank body 11 before the liquid filling in the transportinner bag 20. If the air is preliminarily filled in the pressureinner bag 19 to slightly exceed the above-mentioned capacity, the liquid is filled in a state that thevalve 50 is slightly open to discharge the extra air in the pressureinner bag 19 while the liquid is filled in the transportinner bag 20. Thereby, it is possible to alleviate or eliminate the air filling operation in the place for the liquid filling. Note that an air vent valve such as a one-way valve may be provided instead of or in addition to thevalve 50. - In the present embodiment, the
inner bag body 21 is loaded in thetank body 11 to extend in the longitudinal direction, and its side edge portions are folded inward toward the central line extending in the width direction of theinner bag body 21. That prevents the air from entering theinner bag body 21 and theinner bag body 21 can be used for the anaerobic liquid. In addition, since theinner bag body 21 and the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 are made from LLDPE having high chemical resistance, thetank body 11 has more choices in material. Furthermore, it is unnecessary to line the inner peripheral surface of thetank body 11 with fluorocarbon resin such as polytetrafluoroethylene. - When the
inner bag body 21 dwindles to close with the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 after the remaining amount of the liquid is reduced, theinner bag body 21 may be accidentally sucked into the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 to cover theopening 22. In order to prevent theinner bag body 21 from covering the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 in discharging the liquid from the tank supply-discharge opening 15, when the liquid is discharged from the tank supply-discharge opening 15, a passage between theinner bag body 21 and the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22 is ensured by the inner bagsuction preventing member 30. The inner bagsuction preventing member 30 is integrally constituted of asemi-spherical end 30 b arranged to protrude toward the inside of thetank body 11, atubular portion 30 d whose peripheral surface has pluralcontinuous holes 30 c, and theattachment flange 30 a provided on the base of thetubular portion 30 d. Thesemi-spherical end 30 b protrudes toward the inside of theinner bag body 21, so that the residual liquid in theinner bag body 21 can be surely discharged through thecontinuous holes 30 c without theinner bag body 21 stick to the inner bag supply-discharge opening 22. - In the above embodiment, the
inner bags inner bag body 21 is doubled in the present embodiment, it may have a multilayer or single-layer structure. Moreover, thetank body 11 may have different shapes than tube such as an elliptical shape or others. Furthermore, theinner bags - In the above embodiment, although the pressure
inner bag 19 has the same size as the transportinner bag 20 capable of carrying 1-19 tons of cargo in the non-fully loaded condition, the pressure inner bags may be provided with, for example, four sizes accommodating to 1-5 tons, 5-10 tons, 10-15 tons and 15-19 tons of cargo in accordance with the transportation amount. Thereby, the pressureinner bag 19 the size of which is unnecessarily large is not required, so that it is possible to prevent the material thereof from being wasted. In addition, not only one pressure inner bag but plural ones may be used in the present invention. In this case, plural filling hoses are connected to eachinner pressure bag 19 when the liquid as the cargo is filled. - The pressure
inner bag 19 and the transportinner bag 20 may be folded together in a state that the pressureinner bag 19 is lapped over the transportinner bag 20 not as loading these inner bags separately. Thereby, the folding and the loading of the inner bag can be performed at a time, so that the operation time is reduced in comparison with the case in which these operations are performed separately. When folding together, the portions of these inner bags may be temporally attached each other by a two-sided adhesive tape. - The air is used as the filler in the above embodiment; however, gas emission from a track engine or inert gas such as nitrogen gas may be used. In addition, the air may be filled by connecting a cartridge directly instead of using the filling hose. Moreover, not only gasses but also liquids such as water or powder and granular materials made of a synthetic resin foam may be used as the filler. Furthermore, the cargo is not limited to only the liquids, but powdery or granular cargo may be applied to the present embodiment.
- Note that the back pressure may be applied to the cargo by expanding the pressure inner bag, which has the approximately same capacity as the tank body, when the cargo is discharged from the tank body. Thereby, the cargo having high viscosity can be discharged smoothly and rapidly.
- Although the present invention has been fully described by the way of the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, various changes and modifications will be apparent to those having skill in this field. Therefore, unless otherwise these changes and modifications depart from the scope of the present invention, they should be construed as included therein.
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