Figure 1. Type A 1-ton container.

pressure of 375 pounds per square inch

are installed.

For protection during

shipment, a metal shipping

Figure 1. Type A 1-ton container.

Figure 3. Shipping bonnet installed on type A or

Type D 1-ton container

Figure 2. Front head of type A 1-ton container.

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Front head. The front head (5, fig. 2) is a

concave sheet of steel three-fourths of an

inch thick. Two eduction tube outlets (4),

spaced 4 inches apart and threaded to

receive 3/4-inch valves, are located in the

Figure 4. Eduction tubes in type A or type D 1-ton

middle of the front head. Three tapered

containers.

plugs (7) are screwed into 3/4-inch holes

spaced equally around the outer edge.

When the container is filled with chlorine,

fusible plugs that will melt at 175 F. are

installed. When the container is filled with

any other chemical agent, nonfusible

plugs that will blow out at an internal