Patent ID: 7721870

Claim:
Discharge apparatus for a production facility ( 11 ), comprising a work platform ( 1 ) held in an elevated frame ( 4 ) and/or an outer frame enclosing at least parts of a pit, and a run-off surface ( 2 ) formed on this platform, by which finished products or semifinished products after processing are dischargeable from a processing station of the production facility ( 11 ) for removal or transfer to a transport container or transport device ( 12 , 13 ), or for transfer to another processing station of the production facility ( 11 ), wherein their movement over the run-off surface ( 2 ) is effected by an ejection means of the processing station releasing them or by the muscle power of a person operating the production facility ( 11 ), and assisted by conveying means ( 5 ) disposed at the work platform ( 1 ), characterized in that the work platform ( 1 ) is rotatable within the frame ( 4 ) while maintaining its position relative to a horizontal axis ( 10 ) by 180° between two operating positions, and is lockable in both operating positions, wherein in the first operating position the run-off surface ( 2 ) faces upward while in the second operating position a surface opposite the run-off surface ( 2 ) faces upward, and wherein a secure standing surface ( 3 ) is provided for a person performing manipulating and/or controlling operations at the production facility ( 11 ) from the surface facing upward in the second operating position.