Patent ID: 7293585

Claim:
An apparatus for unloading a comminuted material contained in a bag having means disposed at an upper end portion thereof for suspending said bag and a closable discharge spout portion disposed at a lower end thereof, comprising: a support means; and a hopper supported on said support means having an upper inlet functional to receive said closable discharge spout portion of said bag when said bag is disposed in a suspended position above said hopper, a lower outlet communicable with a material conveying means, a side opening through which an operator may obtain access to a lower end of said bag inserted into said hopper, and a first inclined baffle disposed in said hopper, extending downwardly and transversely from a wall section of said hopper, from and below said side opening, toward and short of a hopper wall disposed opposite the hopper wall provided with said side opening, providing a flow path of material introduced into said hopper toward said hopper outlet.