Daniel R Minor

US Patent:

53852338, Jan 31, 1995

Filed:

Dec 1, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/160603

Inventors:

Richard D. McKibben - Clarkston MI
Patrick M. McGraw - Flint MI
Charles Simpson - Holly MI
Kenneth D. McKibben - Defiance OH
Daniel D. Minor - Au Gres MI

Assignee:

CMI International, Inc. - Southfield MI

International Classification:

B65D 1900

US Classification:

206386

Abstract:

A portable container 10 for containing liquids has a circular top wall portion 12, a circular exterior bottom wall portion 14, and a cylindrical side wall portion 16 extending vertically between the top wall portion 12 and exterior bottom wall portion 14. The container 10 includes a plurality of forklift tubes 18 attached to the exterior bottom wall portion 14 for receiving the forks 20 of a forklift vehicle 22. The side wall portion 16 has a drain opening 24 and a valve 26 disposed therein for draining the liquids from the container. The container 10 is characterized by an interior false bottom portion 30 abutting the side wall portion 16 and sloping downwardly toward the drain opening 24 for causing complete drainage of the liquids contained within the container 10.

US Patent:

59388200, Aug 17, 1999

Filed:

Sep 26, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/938324

Inventors:

Rodney W. Peters - Holly MI
Dallas V. Bicknell - Holly MI
Richard D. McKibben - Clarkston MI
Daniel D. Minor - Cadillac MI

Assignee:

CMI-Schneible Company - Holly MI

International Classification:

B01D 4706
B01D 4712

US Classification:

95186

Abstract:

A gas cleaning apparatus is disclosed which comprises a housing having an inlet adjacent a bottom portion thereof and an outlet adjacent a top portion thereof. The housing preferably has at least one radially-extending vane disposed along a longitudinal axis of the housing. A settling tank is fluidly connected at a top portion thereof to the base of the housing, at least one outlet fluidly connected to a waste treatment apparatus, and at least one outlet fluidly connected to the housing between the inlet and the outlet of the housing. The waste treatment apparatus preferably has at least one outlet fluidly connected to the housing between the inlet and the outlet of the housing. Gas introduced into the inlet of the housing travels toward the outlet and encounters the at least one radially-extending vane which removes any large particles from the gas, and recycled fluid is introduced into the gas from the outlet of the settling tank and the outlet of the waste treatment apparatus to remove smaller particles therefrom.