Patent ID: 7374387
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: A61P,B65B

Abstract:
1. Method for emptying a Big Bag which is filled with pourable, pulverized goods which are not to come into contact with the surroundings, comprising the following steps: inserting the Big Bag from above into a substantially vertically arranged sluice means ( cutting open the Big Bag inside the sluice means by a cutting means ( transferring the empty Big Bag to a removal zone (A) in the sluice means, in which the Big Bag is compressed and removed into a plastic sack ( the Big Bag is inserted into the sluice means by a transporting unit ( the transporting unit, by being set down on the sluice means, seals the sluice means off from its surroundings after removal of the Big Bag from the sluice means, a part ( 1 a ) of the transporting unit ( 1 ) transporting the Big Bag inside the sluice means ( 2 ) is lifted into a washing zone (W) over a slider ( 4 ), by which the sluice means ( 2 ) is sealed off, while the part ( 1 a ) of the transporting unit is washed by spray jets ( 12 ) and then dried.