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EP 0424366 B1 19930818 - STORAGE DEVICE WITH A COLLECTING VOLUME FOR LIQUIDS

Title (en)

STORAGE DEVICE WITH A COLLECTING VOLUME FOR LIQUIDS

Publication

EP 0424366 B1 19930818 (DE)

Application

EP 91101087 A 19871207

Priority

EP 91101087 A 19871207
DE 8632864 U 19861208
DE 8704568 U 19870327
DE 8711634 U 19870827
DE 8713805 U 19871014
DE 8713940 U 19871014

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0424366A2] Storage device with a storage plane (246) having a collecting volume, characterised in that the storage plane is formed by a number of self-supporting collecting troughs (238) which are rectangular in outline, lie next to one another in the manner of a tile pattern and are interconnected in a liquid-tight manner. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65D 90/24; B65G 1/02

IPC 8 full level

B65D 90/24 (2006.01); E01F 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 90/24 (2013.01); E01F 5/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0424366 A2 19910424; EP 0424366 A3 19910925; EP 0424366 B1 19930818; AT E93203 T1 19930915

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 91101087 A 19871207; AT 91101087 T 19871207