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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Rüdiger Ostholt, Wester, DE;
Peter Becker, Ladenburg, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention involves a tilting device for emptying containers (,) of mixed-item loads, especially of pieces of airline luggage, which is placed along the course of a conveyor line (,), and at least one branch conveyor is bordering on the conveyor line with tilting arms located one behind the other in the direction of transport. The tilting arms can be swiveled laterally for emptying the containers (,) in each case around an axle (,) running in the direction of transport and horizontal to the extent possible, and at least two tilting arms for passing the containers (,) along between the conveyor lines (,) can be connected in a detachable way with a container (,). In order to create a tilting device for emptying containers that has an optimized operational throughput, it is proposed that the tilting arms are each to be arranged on a chassis (,), the chassis (,) are to be connected through a driven traction mechanism (,) into an endlessly-circulating chain, and the containers (,) are to be capable of being coupled and decoupled for the acceptance of, and the discharge to, the conveyor line through holding devices (,) located on the tilting arms, as well as the containers (,) resting in the coupled state on the movable tilting arms.