Patent ID: 6213315
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A bulk bag support rack for supporting a bulk bag that has a lower outlet and is configured to be suspended while material is discharged from the outlet, said rack comprising:a bag suspension frame attachable to the bag in such manner that the attached bag can be suspended from the frame; anda base presenting a bag support surface configured to support the attached bag thereon,said base and frame being shiftably intercoupled so as to permit relative vertical shifting between a storage condition in which the attached bag is at least primarily supported by the support surface and a vertically expanded unloading condition in which the attached bag is suspended from the frame,said base and said frame being slidably interconnected in such a manner that the relative vertical shifting is generally unrestricted between the storage and unloading conditions,said base presenting a material passageway extending from the support surface and through the base so that material discharged from the outlet of the attached bag can pass through the base.