Unloading apparatus
AssigneeSears, Roebuck and Co.
InventorRuben Luevano
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Abstract
A mobile unloading apparatus for unloading items from a variety of heights is disclosed wherein the apparatus has a frame supporting a ramp for movement between a first position spaced above a conveyor for permitting items to be placed directly on the conveyor and a second, downwardly sloping ramp position for moving items down the ramp to the conveyor. The apparatus includes a first walkway section supported by the frame on a first conveyor side above a supporting surface, a second walkway section supported by the frame on a second conveyor side above the supporting surface and a third walkway section. The third walkway section can be moved from a first, use position bridging the first and second walkway sections to a second, storage position.
Claims11
An unloading apparatus for unloading items from a variety of heights comprising:
- a frame supporting a ramp for movement between a first ramp position where the ramp is held above the separate conveyor, creating a space that permits items to be placed directly on the separate conveyor and a second, downwardly sloping ramp position for moving items down the ramp to a separate conveyor;
- a first walkway section supported by the frame on a first conveyor side above a supporting surface;
- a second walkway section supported by the frame on a second conveyor side above the supporting surface;
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- a third walkway section movable from a first, use position bridging the first and second walkway sections to a second, storage position defining a central opening accommodating direct access to the separate conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.