Container-unloading apparatus |
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| 申请号 | US3651967D | 申请日 | 1970-02-17 | 公开(公告)号 | US3651967A | 公开(公告)日 | 1972-03-28 |
| 申请人 | SOVEX LTD; | 发明人 | ROOKE SYDNEY WILLIAM; COSTON RONALD FRANCIS; | ||||
| 摘要 | According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for unloading the contents of containers, particularly but not exclusively luggage containers used in aircraft. The apparatus comprises a decanter apparatus for tilting each container towards an open side thereof at a discharge station and a fence arranged to hold back the contents of at least one region of said container until the contents of at least one other region have been discharged as a result of the tilting, the fence being arranged for relative vertical movement with respect to said open side to permit discharge of the regions of said container in a predetermined order. Advantageously, a conveyor onto which the said contents are thus discharged is arranged to be lowered in conjunction with the said fence and with a chute projecting from and aligned with the upper edge of the fence. The containers may be placed in turn on the decanter apparatus in the upright position and then tilted towards an open side of the container against a fence which is arranged initially to close the open side except for the upper part thereof, and is then moved downwardly towards the container base thus permitting progressive discharge of the container. Alternatively the fence and chute form a part of the decanter apparatus and are tilted into the discharge attitude with the container, which is then moved upwards past the fence. | ||||||
| 权利要求 | 1. Unloading apparatus comprising, at least one container having an open side, a fence, decanter apparatus at a container discharge station having tilting means for tilting each container so that its open side is directed downwardly to permit the selective discharge of the contents of said container by gravity, said fence being arranged at the open side of said container to selectively permit the discharge of the contents of said container from a portion thereof when said tilting means tilts said container but concurrently blocking the discharge of the contents of said container from at least one portion thereof, controllable means to effect relative movement of the fence with respect to the open side of the container to provide progressive discharge of the contents of each region of the conveyor in a predetermined sequence, a discharge chute attached to said fence, a discharge conveyor whose input end is in communication with said chute, and an adjustable mounting on said chute for maintaining the input end of said discharge conveyor in continuous communication with said chute throughout movement of said fence with respect to the open side of said conveyor. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said decanter apparatus includes a conveyor means which delivers and discharges said containers to and from said decanter apparatus respectively, a part of said conveyor being arranged to be tilted with said container. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the discharge conveyor receives the contents from each said region of said container from said chute and delivers said articles to an intermediate conveyor, said intermediate conveyor being arranged to deliver said articles to a delivery conveyor arranged at right angles to said intermediate conveyor, each of said conveyors being provided with driving means to drive their respective conveyors at mutually synchronized speeds. 4. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said tilting means tilts said container about a first horizontal axis. 5. Apparatus according to claim 4, in which further tilting means tilts said container about a second horizontal axis which is perpendicular to said first horizontal axis. |
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