Patent ID: 7634896

Claim:
A method of emptying containers having liners using a liner emptying device, which comprises: a base body having an opening and forming a chamber into which a container having a liner is emptied, a first fastening device for fastening the liner to the opening, a sealing flange for sealing the liner to the opening, a lever for raising and placing the sealing flange away from or onto the opening, an access port for providing access into the base body with a second fastening device for fastening a film bag or a continuous tubular film on the access port, and a connecting device for connection of the liner emptying device to a component of a treatment process, comprising the steps of: a) attaching a closed liner of a container to be emptied through the sealing flange to the first fastening device, at which a closed remainder of a liner of a previously emptied container is also attached, b) fastening a film bag to said access port, at which a film closing the access port is also attached, or a continuous tubular film to said access port, c) removing the closed remainder of the liner of the previously emptied container at the opening through the access port, d) placing the sealing flange so as to seal the liner to the opening, e) emptying the connected container into the liner emptying device, f) tying off the liner at two adjacent locations and cutting the liner between the two adjacent locations.