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Apparatus for elongating a bulk bag and a bulk bag unloading station incorporating the same

  • US 5,184,759 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1991
  • Issued: 02/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved bag dispensing station of the type having a vertically oriented supporting frame that includes spaced apart bag supporting, discharging and dispensing sections, the bag supporting section including means for suspending a bulk bag with an outlet portion of said bag depending downwardly toward the discharging section, said discharging section including a spout for attachment to the outlet of said bag, said dispensing section including a hopper for receiving material dispensed from the bag, the improvement being:

  • said spout being a movable, rigid dispensing spout which is movably positioned in the discharge section and depends from the outlet portion of the bag;

    the entire dispensing spout movable toward the hopper to causes bag elongation during material discharge.

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