Patent ID: 7249691

Claim:
A device for emptying the contents of a valve bag comprising a) a stand comprising a vertical member having a first end and a second end, a base at the second end of the vertical member and a rotator at the first end of the vertical member, the rotator comprising a rotator shaft; b) a bag support comprising (i) a vertical support having an upper end, a lower end and a body; (ii) a pair of opposing side flanges each having an outer support wall, a back support wall, a bottom support wall and a fastening flange, the back support wall of each opposing side flange being adjacent to the body of the vertical support at a location between the upper end and the lower end; and (iii) a horizontal member which protrudes from the body of the vertical support about adjacent to the fastening flange of each opposing side wall flange with the fastening flange of each opposing side wall flange secured to the horizontal member by first fastening means; c) a suction piece having a pair of opposed ends and a continuous side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface wherein the inner surface of the side wall defines a hollow conduit and the inner surface at one end of the suction piece defines an end opening with the side wall having a side wall opening; and d) a means for suction releasably secured to the suction piece at the end opening; wherein the rotator shaft has opposing first ends and second ends and the second end is attached to the body of the vertical support such that the bag support is capable of having rotational movement in a plane about parallel to the stand.