APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MAIL BAGS

Apparatus for loading mail bags from a loading dock, equipped with a chute from which the bags are gravity discharged, into an end loading highway vehicle, comprising a mail bag storing conveyor that receives the bags as they are dropped at random from the chute, and is activated by sensing device w...

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Main Author MC WILLIAMS J,US
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.09.1974
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Apparatus for loading mail bags from a loading dock, equipped with a chute from which the bags are gravity discharged, into an end loading highway vehicle, comprising a mail bag storing conveyor that receives the bags as they are dropped at random from the chute, and is activated by sensing device when the bags have reached a predetermined level on the conveyor to shift the bags already loaded so that further bags may be applied to the storage conveyor, with the storage conveyor being equipped with sensing devices at its ends that are connected with means to signal the operator when the storage conveyor is fully loaded so that it may be unloaded.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19720295261