Patent ID: 7063493
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B65B,B66F

Abstract:
1. A system for unloading a container of bulk particulate material, having attachment means at an upper end thereof for supporting said container in suspended relation, and a spout at a bottom end thereof for discharaing material therefrom comprising: an unloading apparatus including a support frame, a hopper mounted on said support frame and a single column mounted on said support frame and displaced laterally relative to said hopper; a mobile apparatus; and a carrier member having means for detachably connecting said container thereto in suspended relation, therewith, means for detachably mounting on said mobile apparatus and means for detachably mounting on said column in cantilever relation thereto, said carrier member having connecting means positioned so that upon detachably mounting said carrier member on said column, the spout of said container will be aligned with said hopper including a slide member mounted on said column, displaceable along a portion of the length thereof, means disposed on said slide member for detachably connecting said carrier member, and means operatively interconnecting said frame and said slide member for displacing said slide member along said column.