| 摘要 |
<p>A load supporting means for a skip 1 comprises a load supporting surface 4, which is preferably an elasticated laminar structure and may be in the form of netting (figures 6,7) or webbing (figures 8,9), extending across or just below the mouth of the skip. When it is not loaded, the load supporting surface 4 is arranged to be relatively close to the level of the skip mouth (figure 2), and as the load is deposited into the skip, the load supporting surface is resiliently deflectable in a downward direction (figure 4). This ensures that the load, which may be glass bottles, is not dropped any great distance when filling the skip, thus reducing the risk of breakage, and since the load supporting surface 4 is resiliently deflectable, the skip may also be easily emptied, since the load supporting surface is raised as the load is withdrawn from the skip. The resilience of the material providing the load supporting surface may be carefully chosen depending on the weight of the load to be disposed of, so that the load supporting surface 4 does not touch the bottom of the skip before a substantial quantity of the load has been added to the skip.</p> |
