(19)
(11) EP 1 026 089 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32

(21) Application number: 00300419.9

(22) Date of filing: 20.01.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 8/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.01.1999 GB 9901943
19.02.1999 GB 9903928

(71) Applicant: ALUMASC-GRUNDY LIMITED
Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 5JP (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mitchinson, Michael
    Yardley Hastings, Northamptonsh. NN7 1HQ (GB)
  • Peacock, Gordon
    Pitsford, Northamptonsh. NN6 9AZ (GB)

(74) Representative: Hammler, Martin Franz et al
Phillips & Leigh 5 Pemberton Row
London EC4A 3BA
London EC4A 3BA (GB)

   


(54) Short life kegs


(57) A limited usage container such as a keg 10 is designed to be used only once, or to be used and refilled only a few times. It comprises a mild steel body 12 provided internally with a protective polymeric lacquer, and is capable of containing service pressures of 400 kNm-2.






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