Patent ID: 6457610
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B65D,B65G

Abstract:
A controllable discharge silo apparatus for the storage of lightweight hollow bodies, the apparatus comprising:a bin (1) provided with a charging inlet (31) and a bottom (32) having a discharge outlet (2) operable to be used in a superimposed arrangement above an outfeed conveyor band (3); a dispensing device (5) having first and second plates (6 & 7) having respective sides connected to opposite walls of said bin (1) by respective hinges (6a, 7a), plates (6, 7) being arranged on a descending slant with respect to a hinges (6a, 7a) and with opposite slants, the first plate (6) extending at least in part under a free edge of the second plate (7), said plates (6, 7) being operable to be brought into a mutually overlapping arrangement at a distal end portions to close the bottom of said bin (1), and/or to be mutually separated to define a passage width of said discharge outlet (2) in accordance with a size and/or shape of the bodies (A); and pushing means (8, 9) cooperating with said plates (6, 7) to simultaneously, continuously or joltingly coordinately tip said plates (6, 7) to give them different slope inclinations while maintaining a passage width of the discharge outlet (2).