Apparatus for removing compacted fibrous materials from containers

In an apparatus for dispensing compacted fibrous material from a container having a discharge outlet and a sloping sidewall adjacent to said outlet, said sloping sidewall having fixed nozzles mounted thereon for loosening the material in the portion of the container adjacent said sloping sidewall, comprising conduit means for introducing pressurized fluid into the container, and at least one flexible, hollow, tubular member connected to said conduit means, said at least one flexible, hollow, tubular member having a free portion and an open end and being of sufficient length to extend said open end into the portion of the container adjacent said nozzles a sufficient distance to cause a whip-like movement of said free portion when said pressurized fluid is passed therethrough whereby said fibrous material compacted above said open end is loosened for removal from said container, the improvement comprising:

• a vertically extending tubular guide member, said guide member being slideably mounted on a top wall of the container in sealing relationship with the top wall, with said flexible tubular member extending along said guide member and slidably mounted within said guide member in sealing relationship with the interior wall surface of said tubular guide member to permit varying the elevation of said guide member and thus varying the exposed length of said flexible tubular member.