Patent ID: 6848878
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A dumper apparatus comprising: a support frame; an open topped hopper having side walls a bottom wall, and a rear end wall, an open forward end of said hopper being mounted to said frame through a pivot so as to be oriented in an initial upright position with said rear end wall disposed horizontally; an actuator selectively operable to swing said hopper up about said pivot through a horizontal position to a downwardly inclined position of said forward end; a cradle mounted within said hopper, said cradle configured to be able to receive a loaded open topped parts container from a rear end thereof and retain said parts container therein as said cradle is moved from an initial generally horizontal position to an inverted position; said cradle being pivotally mounted within said hopper with a clearance therebetween allowing said cradle to be swung up within said hopper in the same direction as said hopper swinging motion; a linkage pivotally connected to said cradle and said support frame causing said cradle to be swung up from an initial substantially horizontal position when said hopper is in said initial position, through a vertical position to a substantially inverted position as said hopper reaches a downwardly inclined position, whereby a loaded parts container in said cradle is tipped and then inverted to discharge parts therein into said hopper, said parts then discharged from said downwardly inclined hopper.