Patent ID: 8545161
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. Unloading vehicle for the rotary unloading of a container, the container being configured to be covered by a cover, the container having a container base with two fork pockets, the vehicle comprising: a lifting frame including a lower frame part on which a lower carrier, provided with a pair of fork prongs, is mounted for movement vertically along said lifting frame as well as rotatably about an axis running horizontally and parallel to the fork prongs, above the lower carrier an upper frame part is provided, the upper frame part being moveable vertically along said lifting frame and provided with an upper carrier and a receiving arrangement on the upper carrier for taking hold of the cover of the container, the lifting frame being a two-part lifting frame including said lower frame part and said upper frame part, said frame parts defining a substantially vertical axis, the upper frame part being movably mounted on the lower frame part, for movement with respect to said lower frame part along said vertical axis, the receiving arrangement being vertically adjustable and/or swivelable up and down with respect to the lifting frame so as to remove the cover from the container, wherein the upper frame part is mounted on the lower frame part and carries the upper carrier provided with the receiving arrangement.