Apparatus for the emptying of containers

A combination piece goods container and piece goods container emptying apparatus, comprising

• an upper part of a container including
• a shell-shaped formed floor for receiving piece goods,
• a lower part of the container, wherein the lower part includes
• a planar support face directly attached to the shell shaped floor., and
• support means disposed at the planar support face for transferring drive forces to the planar support face;
• a conveyor way having a piece goods unloading section for handling said container when loaded with piece goods, including
• a swivel drive;
• a tipping device connected to the swivel drive for swiveling the container in a direction perpendicular to a transport advance direction;
• support rollers for the container mounted to the conveyor way, wherein the support means for transferring drive forces transfers drive forces of the support rollers to the planar support face;
• guide elements for the container mounted to the tipping device, wherein the support means for transferring drive forces transfers tipping forces of the guide elements to the planar support face;
• a first conveyor neighboring the support rollers and guide elements on an input side of the conveyor way for feeding said container, when loaded with a unit of piece goods, to the support rollers and guide elements;
• a branch conveyor adjoining the support rollers and guide elements for receiving a discharged unit of piece goods from the container;
• a second conveyor neighboring the support rollers and guide elements on a discharge side of the conveyor way for discharging said container, when emptied, from the support rollers and guide elements;
• wherein the shell-shaped floor of the container exhibits a wall section having a shape of an imaginary hollow cylinder, wherein a longitudinal axis of the hollow cylinder is directed in a direction running from the first conveyor to the second conveyor, and wherein a front side wall of the container and a rear side wall of the container are attached to the shell-shaped floor of the container and thereby close the container on a front side and on a rear side;
• wherein said support means comprises a drive channel furnished in the planar support face and constructed for being driven by running on the support rollers;
• a first side channel in said planar support face and disposed parallel to the drive channel near a first side edge on the planar support face;
• a second side channel in said planar support face and disposed parallel to the drive channel near a second side edge on the planar support face and disposed on a side opposite to the first side edge.

A combination piece goods container and piece goods container emptying apparatus, comprising

• a conveyor way for handling said container when loaded with piece goods, in particular luggage pieces, said conveyor way including support rollers,
• guide elements for containers,
• a tipping device supporting the guide elements,
• and a swivel drive engaging the tipping device;
• a container (3) including an upper part (4), formed essentially by a shell-shaped floor (8), for receiving the piece goods (5), and a lower part (6), where the lower part (6) is formed essentially by a planar support face (10) directly attached to the floor;
• wherein the container may be swiveled by the tipping device in a direction perpendicular to a transport advance direction of the conveyor way;
• support means furnished at the lower part for transferring drive forces delivered by the support rollers (13) and tipping forces exerted by the guide elements (15, 115) to the planar support face (10);
• and
• a branch conveyor disposed adjacent said conveyor way for receiving piece goods discharged from the conveyor way.

An apparatus for an emptying of containers in combination with a container comprising:

• a container formed by a shell-shaped floor for receiving piece goods and by a planar support face attached directly to the floor and having a drive channel running in a transport advance direction, wherein the shell-shaped floor establishes an upper part of the container and the planar support face establishes a lower part of the container;
• and
• an emptying apparatus disposed on a piece goods unloading section in a course conveyor way having support rollers for supporting and driving the container wherein the support rollers engage into the drive channel of the planar support face when the container is on the piece goods unloading section,
• a tipping device connected to the conveyor way between a pair of said support rollers and comprising a swivel drive for swiveling the container in a direction perpendicular to the transport advance direction,
• and guide elements for guiding the container when the container is in the piece goods unloading section and attached to the tipping device wherein the guide elements may be swiveled with said tipping device to follow the position of the container when emptied.