摘要 |
For the loading in and piling of sacks in standard containers (10) it has so far been required to carry out this work manually, though of course with the aid of a length adjustable feeding conveyor, by means of which the sacks can be successively delivered to the loading and piling area as the container is filled up from the foremost end thereof. According to the invention use is made of a loading apparatus (2, 16) which will obviate the manual labour, as it can be driven into the container and receive the sacks one by one and spread the sacks in horizontal cross rows by means of a spreading system (28) so as to spread out the sacks in horizontal rows filling out the width of the container, whereafter these rows are consecutively transferred to a platform (34) of a lift structure (30), which is operable to bring the single rows of sacks to be loaded upon each other up to the ceiling of the container, whereafter the loading apparatus (2, 16) is retracted a stop corresponding to the length of the sacks, such that a new vertical layer of sack rows can thereafter be piled up. The container (10) can hereby be filled up as effectively as possible in both its lengths, width and height direction, without any manual contribution by the handling of the normally heavy sacks or similar articles. |