Bulk bag handling assembly
AssigneeLSI-Lift Systems Incorporated
InventorsGordon McTavish, Gerald Baker
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Abstract
A bulk bag handling assembly, includes a bulk bag having a bottom and opposed pairs of peripheral side walls. A pair of outer lifting tine receiving channels are provided along the bottom in parallel spaced relation to one of the opposed pairs of peripheral side walls. A pair of inner lifting tine receiving channels positioned between the outer lifting tine receiving channels. The bulk bag handling assembly described can be used with a wide variety of lifting equipment.
Claims9
A bulk bag handling assembly, comprising in combination:
- a bulk bag having a bottom and opposed pairs of peripheral side walls;
- a pair of outer lifting tine receiving channels along the bottom in parallel spaced relation to one of the opposed pairs of peripheral side walls;
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- a pair of inner lifting tine receiving channels positioned between the outer lifting tine receiving channels.
A bulk bag handling assembly, comprising in combination:
- a bulk bag having a bottom and opposed pairs of peripheral side walls;
- a pair of outer lifting tine receiving channels formed by two tubular supports secured along the bottom in parallel spaced relation to one of the opposed pairs of peripheral side walls, the tubular supports having walls defining the outer lifting tine receiving channels;
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- a pair of inner lifting tine receiving channels positioned between the outer lifting tine receiving channels and formed by securing an elongated intermediate support in parallel spaced relation to the tubular supports along the bottom of the bulk bag in an intermediate position between the tubular supports, the intermediate support supporting the bottom of the bulk bag and thereby creating the inner lifting tine receiving channels on either side of the intermediate support between the intermediate support and the supports.
A bulk bag handling assembly, comprising in combination:
- a bulk bag having opposed pairs of peripheral side walls, and a bottom with a central drop belly;
- a pair of outer lifting tine receiving channels formed by two supports secured along the bottom in parallel spaced relation to one of the opposed pairs of peripheral side walls, the supports having walls defining the outer lifting tine receiving channels;
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- a pair of inner lifting tine receiving channels positioned between the outer lifting tine receiving channels and defined by the relative positioning of the drop belly spaced from and in an intermediate position between the supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.