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A storage container for barrels of liquid such as fuel arranged on their sides has a rigid base which is rectangular in plan to define two side edges and two end edges and dimensioned in width between side edges to receive a length of a barrel lying on its side across the width and in length between

A storage container for barrels of liquid such as fuel arranged on their sides has a rigid base which is rectangular in plan to define two side edges and two end edges and dimensioned in width between side edges to receive a length of a barrel lying on its side across the width and in length between the end edges to receive a plurality of barrels side by side. The base has a bottom closed wall and four upstanding walls each at a respective edge of the bottom wall so as to define a sump to receive liquid from one or more of the barrels in the event of leakage. Across the top of the base is a pair of straps and end flanges to allow rolling of the barrels across the base. The container has two side walls and two end walls. Both of the end walls being hinged at a bottom edge for movement to an open ramp position to allow the barrels to be rolled into and out of the container. A cover panel which can be moved from a flat collapsed condition in which the sides a folded down to an operating condition attached to and extending over the side walls at a height to receive the rolled barrels. A lock assembly including a hanging lug on the cover panel locks the end wall in the raised position.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A combination of a plurality of storage barrels for liquid and a storage container therefor comprising:a plurality of storage barrels each having a cylindrical peripheral wall defining a diameter of the barrel and a pair of generally parallel circular end walls spaced apart by a len

[ I claim:] [1.] A combination of a plurality of storage barrels for liquid and a storage container therefor comprising:a plurality of storage barrels each having a cylindrical peripheral wall defining a diameter of the barrel and a pair of generally parallel circular end walls spaced apart by a length of the barrel;and a storage container comprising:a rigid base which is rectangular in plan to define two side edges and two end edges and dimensioned in width between side edges to receive therebetween the length of the barrels each lying on its side across the width and in length between the end edges to receive the plurality of barrels side by side;the base having a bottom closed wall and four upstanding base walls each at a respective edge of the bottom wall so as to define a sump to receive liquid from one or more of the barrels in the event of leakage;two side walls each of which can be moved from a flat collapsed condition on the base to an operating condition upstanding from a respective side edge;a cover panel which can be moved from a flat collapsed condition on the base to an operating condition attached to and extending over the side walls;the side walls, the base and the cover panel being arranged such that, when assembled to the operating condition, the side walls, the base and the cover panel are fixed together to form a free standing, independent, rigid container from which the barrels can be removed only from at least one end;the container so formed being dimensioned such that the container has a height arranged to just receive between the cover panel and the base the diameter of the barrels;two end walls each of which can be moved from a flat collapsed condition on the base to an operating condition upstanding from a respective end edge to close the container;at least one of the end walls being movable, with the walls assembled to the operating condition to receive the barrels, to an open position to allow the barrels to be rolled into and out of the container through the respective end;and a lock assembly including a padlock for locking said at least one end wall in a closed position thereof so as to prevent unauthorized removal of the barrels from the container.