US 11,718,444 B2
Container for storage of molten material from an industrial facility and method of manufacturing same
Eric C. Smith, Columbia, MD (US)
Assigned to ATKINS NUCLEAR SECURED HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed by Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/662,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/749,638, filed on Oct. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0165027 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 5/32 (2006.01); B65D 85/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/323 (2013.01) [B65D 85/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for storage of molten material from an industrial facility, the container comprising:
a first wall opposing a second wall, and sidewalls joining the first wall and the second wall at rounded convex-shaped edges at each junction of the first wall and second wall with the sidewalls;
a first head connected to the first wall, second wall, and sidewalls at a first end of the container;
a second head closing a second end of the container, the second head connected to the first wall, second wall, and sidewalls at the second end of the container, wherein the second head has a cylindrical surface having a circular cross-section when viewed along a longitudinal axis of the container, the second head configured to couple with a corresponding recess in a lifting mechanism for moving the container;
a first corner of the first head coupled to the first wall, the second wall, and each of the sidewalls;
a second corner of the second head coupled to the first wall, the second wall, and each of the sidewalls; and
a first flange connected to the first head to receive molten material, the first head shaped as a tapered shoulder to smoothly transition from the first flange to the junction of the first wall and second wall with the sidewalls;
wherein the container defines an internal volume and a surface area.