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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2004
Rolf Strub, Jongny, CH;
Wan-chang Chiu, Shin Chu, TW;
Rolf Strub, Jongny, CH;
Wan-Chang Chiu, Shin Chu, TW;
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and an arrangement are provided for emptying a Big Bag or similar transport container which is filled with pourable, especially pulverized goods which are not to come into contact with their surroundings, wherein the Big Bag is inserted in a sluice means () which is closed off from the surroundings, with simultaneous sealing of the sluice means, which communicates with a processing container () for receiving the contents of the Big Bag, whereupon the Big Bag is cut open inside the sluice means by a cutting means () provided therein. The empty Big Bag is compressed in a removal zone (A) inside the sluice means () and removed into a plastic sack () attached to the sluice means ().