Abstract: An apparatus for emptying bags containing loose material. The apparatus comprises a cutting member for cutting the bags and a support grid including a row of rods arranged downstream of the cutting member and onto which the bags are carried once they have been cut. The rods are associated with a motovibrator designed to cause the rods to vibrate, facilitating the emptying of the bags. Furthermore, a resilient spacer is interposed between each pair of adjacent rods.

Abstract: An apparatus for unloading material. The apparatus comprises a hooking device mounted on a frame for hooking the material. The hooking device comprises a plurality of rows of curved hooks, each row of hooks being pivotable about a respective axis of rotation between a non-operating position, in which the hooks are retracted, and an operating position, in which the hooks are extended so as to hook the material. All the rows of hooks are pivotable from the non-operating position into the operating position along a hooking path, rotating in the same direction of rotation about the respective axes of rotation. The hooking device further comprises an abutment element that is positioned on the outside of the rows of hooks, substantially perpendicularly to the hooking path.