Device for emptying containers

The apparatus of 18, wherein more than two venting pipes (22) are equidistantly distributed with respect to each other along the periphery over the end surfce of said hollow cylinder (20).

The apparatus of 18, wherein said venting pipes (22) are equipped with clack valves (23) which when not loaded are actuated in closed position by means of compressed air.

In an apparatus for emptying a flexible or rigid container having a flexible discharge stub with a given inside diameter for holding in-bulk goods, said discharge stub being sealable by being tied shut and issuing into an emptying apparatus from where said in-bulk goods are conveyed out by partial vacuum or free fall, the improvement comprising:

• said emptying apparatus (6) comprising an upright cylindrical housing (7) having an outside diameter less than said inside diameter of said discharge stub (4), said housing when connected to said discharge stub being spanned by said discharge stub, at least two jaws (10) pivotably mounted for opening and closing by actuating means around the entire periphery of said discharge stub around said housing and a space between said jaws and said housing when closed, stretchable elastic foam mounted to inside surfaces of said jaws which in a closed state of said jaws rests while prestressed over said entire periphery of said discharge stub spanning said housing, said foam located in said space.