Unloading bulk goods from a laterally open large container

A method for unloading bulk goods from a laterally open container using an unloading device with at least one tilting unit and a platform, wherein the at least one tilting unit and the platform have a common rotational axis, which comprises the steps of:

• positioning the laterally open container, which is filled with at least one bulk good, on the at least one tilting unit;
• flipping up the platform in such a way that the platform closes an opening side of the laterally open container;
• tilting the at least one tilting unit, together with the laterally open container located thereon, and the platform closing the opening side of the laterally open container, about the common rotational axis in such a way that the laterally open container is positioned on the opening side, wherein the at least one bulk good is deposited on the platform;
• and
• tilting back the at least one tilting unit, together with the laterally open container, wherein the at least one bulk good remains on the platform.

An unloading device for unloading bulk goods from a laterally open container, the unloading device comprising:

• a tilting unit and a platform having a common rotational axis, about which said tilting unit and said platform are able to be moved;
• said platform being able to be positioned in a flipped down position and in a flipped up position;
• said platform, in the flipped up position, when the laterally open container is positioned on said tilting unit, closes an opening side of the laterally open container;
• said tilting unit is configured, during a transition of said platform from the flipped up position into the flipped down position, to tilt together with said platform about the common rotational axis in such a way that a position of said platform relative to said tilting unit does not change;
• and
• said tilting unit is configured to tilt back into an initial position after tilting, wherein said platform remains in the flipped down position.