Patent ID: 6186195
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
System for the alternative charging of at least one sack filling machine and/or of at least one truck with pourable material, which is stored in a plurality of silos, which are firmly braced by columns, whereby both the at least one truck and/or the at least one sack filling machine can be moved under desired silo outlets, and sacks filled by the sack filling machine can be transported from the filling machine to one of several conveyor belts wherein said conveyor belts are arranged above a required passage height necessary to move at least one sack filling machine or at least one truck under the conveyor belts,and further including at least one intermediate conveyor, assigned to at least one filling machine and designed as a traversible elevator at least over some regions, having a discharge end corresponding with one of said conveyor belts when said elevator is in position for use to transfer filled sacks to one of said conveyor belts.