Sack handling device
A device for handling filled sacks in a stacking machine comprises a gantry; means for securing the gantry to a transportation device; a platform for supporting the filled sacks, suspended from the gantry so as to be moveable therealong between a forward position and a retracted position; and a fence mounted in a fixed position with respect to the gantry and located above the platform to act as a barrier against movement of any sacks supported on the platform as the latter is withrawn from the forward to the retracted position.
Description
Patent History
Patent number: T999001
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 24, 1979
Date of Patent: Oct 7, 1980
Inventor: Ronald Bevan (Steeple Morden, Royston, Hertfordshire)
Application Number: 6/60,125
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 24, 1979
Date of Patent: Oct 7, 1980
Inventor: Ronald Bevan (Steeple Morden, Royston, Hertfordshire)
Application Number: 6/60,125
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
414/82
International Classification: B65G 5710;
International Classification: B65G 5710;
