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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2002
Wouter Balk, Baarn, NL;
Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Weesp, NL;
Wouter Balk, Baarn, NL;
Jozef Walter Maria Hopman, Weesp, NL;
Eurosport B.V., Weesp, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a frame with a guide for at least one displaceable transport container, a drive element for carrying the container in an endless track, a resetting device for placing a container in a starting position and a discharge station for selectively relieving a container of a load. The containers are provided with a movable carrying panel for receiving the load, including at least two tilt trays which extend between tilt axes located on both sides. The trays can be selectively titled between a transporting position and a discharge position, and are provided with a locking mechanism for locking the trays in the transport position. The resetting device is adapted to co-act with a passing opened container to place the trays thereof in the transport position, and the discharge station is able to selectively unlock the locking mechanism of a passing transport container to thus release the trays.