Apparatus for holding a powder container

US5382117A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Friedel Rings · Monheim, DE
• Peter Holz · Linnich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 17, 1995
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G53/24
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns apparatus for holding a bag containing powder so that powder can be removed through a suction line. The invention enables a bag-shaped powder container to be held in a position permitting the powder to be sucked out by the suction line. This is achieved by using a trough-shaped or bucket-shaped container. The bracket has a gripper element which hangs from a horizontal support arm, and a suction-line holder. The support arm and the suction-line holder are each located at a height above the container such that, when a bag is placed in the container, the bag is gripped at one of its top corners by the gripper element and held upright. The suction line is held so that it passes down through the suction-line holder and passes freely through an opening, in particular a slit-shaped opening, in the top of the bag and into the powder.