Method and apparatus for emptying a container

Details Method and apparatus for emptying a container Method and apparatus for emptying a container

1990-10-18

1991-10-22

Bucci, David A.

Material or article handling

Device for emptying portable receptacle

With container opening means

414758, 414786, 83 19, 83 24, 83946, 533812, 53492, B65G 6504

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050590820

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for and a method of emptying from a case a compressible load consisting of carton blanks, prongs penetrate through a preformed perforation in opposite side walls of the case and push the load away from those walls, an upper portion of the case is partially severed by knives along respective paths at those walls, other cuts are formed across the top wall along the other two side walls of the case, suction cups pull away that upper portion, the load is received between support fingers, the load and the lower portion of the case are turned through 180 degrees in a vertical plane, the inverted lower portion is removed from the load by suction cups, and a gripping head seizes the load and removes it from between the support fingers.

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