Patent ID: 9004841
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B65D,B65F,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for loading material into a box-like shipping container having an internal width, an internal height, an internal length and a volume, the shipping container comprising two side walls, a wall disposed at a back end opposite a front end, a roof and a floor, the apparatus comprising: a channel suitable to be loaded and unloaded with metal scrap without being damaged, the channel having a front end and an opposing back end, the channel comprising a bottom having an external width and parallel walls disposed a distance apart on opposite sides of the bottom between the channel front end and the channel back end and having an external height, wherein the external width of the bottom and the external height of the side walls are less than the internal width and internal height of the shipping container, respectively, so that at least the channel front end can be fitted at the shipping container front end and the side walls are dimensioned at least as long as the internal length of the container to prevent the inside walls of the container from coming into contact with the metal scrap material when the metal scrap material is shifted out of the channel and into the container, the channel is fixed in position and oriented so as to enable the container to be backed into engagement with the channel to thereby receive the channel therein; the channel further having an open top at the channel back end adapted to receive the metal scrap; and a plate having a width just less than the distance between the walls of the channel, and configured to move between a first position for the channel to be loaded to a second position at the channel front end for causing the channel to be unloaded.