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Goods drop out method

US5628613A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1995
Grant dateMay 13, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2209/04
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Goods drop out device 14 having goods receptacle portions 27 defined in a drop out box 23 and shutter devices 21 for opening and closing the bottoms of the goods receptacle portions 27, comprises the shutter devices 21 each comprise a smaller opening and closing member 56 pivotable about a support shaft 58 extending substantially in parallel to the bottom of the goods receptacle portion 27 for opening and closing the bottom, a pushing rod 62 contacting with the lower surface of the smaller opening and closing member 56 and moving toward and away from the lower surface, and an opening and closing cylinder device 63 for driving the pushing rod 62 and operating to close the bottom of the goods receptacle portion 27 by pushing up the opening and closing member 56 by the pushing rod 62.

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