摘要 |
<p>A system for opening and emptying bags containing a flowable substance such as a food product includes a conveying device arranged to rotate about an upwardly extending axis 7 and entrain bags from a chute 10 over an array of slitting blades 40 and through a bag stripping station 60 provided with bars and at which the contents of a bag are discharged under pressure through slits formed in the bag by the blades. Also claimed is a stripping station comprising an array of baffles separated by a sinuous gap through which bags travel.</p> |