Patent ID: 8172498

Claim:
A device for unloading a container having a removal opening for removing an article from the container, comprising: a rotatably mounted supporting surface for supporting a container, said supporting surface being mounted to turn around a first turning axis to thereby cause a container on the supporting surface to tilt so that the removal opening of the tilted container points obliquely or vertically downwards; rotatably mounted retaining means arranged to prevent an article inside the tilted container from moving linearly through the removal opening, the retaining means mounted to turn around a second turning axis different from the first turning axis; and synchronizing means configured for synchronizing a turning of the supporting surface around the first turning axis and a turning of the retaining means around the second turning axis with a temporal overlap, the synchronized turning of the supporting surface and the retaining means causing the container standing on the supporting surface before being tilted with the removal opening pointing upwards, to tilt such that the removal opening of the tilted container points obliquely or vertically downwards.