SETT OCH APPARAT FOR ATT UTAN NEDSMUTSNING ELLER NEDSTOFTNING AV OMGIVNINGEN OPPNA OCH TOMMA INNEHALLET UR EMBALLERINGSFAT ELLER DYLIKT FOR VETSKOR, KORN- OCH PULVERFORMIGT GODS ELLER DYLIKT

摘要

In a method and apparatus for opening barrels containing granular or powdered products and the like and for emptying said barrels of their content without polluting the environment; wherein the barrel is placed with the peripheral portions of one of its end walls in a fixed sealing contact with a supporting surface provided with a through-feed opening for dumping content of the barrel and that the said end wall is cut through by relative rotation of the supporting surface and a knife means acting from beneath via said through-feed opening along a circular, arcuate line subtending at most 360 DEG and causing the goods passing out through the broken end wall to fall down to a collecting point through a chute shielded from the surroundings.