Material or article handling – Load-transporting type vehicle and external means... – Of driven type – for unloading a wheeled vehicle
Patent
1997-10-29
2000-04-11
Keenan, James W.
Material or article handling
Load-transporting type vehicle and external means...
Of driven type, for unloading a wheeled vehicle
414395, 414809, 119845, B65G 6724
Patent
active
060481579
ABSTRACT:
An improved method and apparatus for emptying a load of turkeys from multilayer containers is disclosed. Each container or coop includes a liftable gate that enables access into the container and a slidably moveable push member that may also comprise the back wall of the container. The push member is moved from the rear of the container and toward the access port thereof. As the push member moves and engages turkeys in the coop, the turkeys are moved by the push member across the container floor and out of the access port onto a series of conveyors. The push members of a plurality of coops can be interconnected to simultaneously unload a plurality of containers. The mechanisms for moving the push member may be mounted externally of the coop structure. The same mechanism may also be used for returning the push member to and for locking it in its initial transport position.
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