Gondola dumper with lift tines engaging pins for pivoting the gondola

A device for carrying a gondola having a bottom, sides, tapered end, open top, and lift pins, pouring out a bulk of workpieces contained therein and comprising:

• a frame,
• a sub-frame pivotally carried by said frame at a first point,
• a pair of lift forks pivotally carried by said sub-frame to pivot about a second point spaced from said first point, at least one tine carried by each of said lift forks and operable to underlie and abut a respective one of said gondola lift pins when rotated therebeneath,
• a first actuator operably connected to pivotally move said lift forks and said sub-frame to first and second positions,
• a cover slidably carried by said sub-frame and movable between a first position wherein the cover overlies at least a portion of the open top of the gondola carried by the sub-frame at least adjacent the tapered end of the gondola and to a second position wherein the cover in cooperation with the gondola defines an opening adjacent the tapered end of the gondola through which workpieces in the gondola pass,
• a second actuator operably connected to move said cover along the top of the gondola between first and second positions,
• at least one first stop carried by said sub-frame to bear on the tapered end of the gondola carried by said sub-frame, and
• at least one second stop carried by said sub-frame to bear on the top of the gondola carried by said sub-frame,
• said stops and said lift forks being constructed and arranged so that when said first actuator initially moves from its first position toward its second position the tines of said forks are urged into underlying engagement with the lift pins of the gondola so that in cooperation with said stops the gondola is releasably carried in a generally horizontal position by said sub-frame and as said first actuator further moves toward its second position said sub-frame pivots to incline such gondola to such horizontal position, and said second actuator moves said cover relative to said gondola and sub-frame to provide in conjunction with the gondola the opening adjacent the tapered end of the gondola through which workpieces flow from the gondola.