Container-filling apparatus

Claim 1

IN CONTAINER-FILLING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE OBJECTS FROM AN ELEVATED DISCHARGE STATION HAVING A GUIDE MEMBER OVER WHICH OBJECTS TRAVEL IN DISCHARGING, A BASE EQUIPPED WITH VERTICAL STANDARDS, A CONTAINER CARRIAGE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED AT ITS UPPER EDGE UPON SAID STANDARDS AND ADPATED TO RECEIVE AN OPEN CONTAINER HAVING GENERALLY VERTICAL SIDES, POWER MEANS FOR TILTING SAID CARRIAGE TO BRING A VERTICAL SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER INTO AN INCLINED POSITION, APPROACHING HORIZONTAL, ADJACENT TO AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID DISCHARGE GUIDE MEMBER WHEREBY OBJECTS FROM SAID STATION MAY MOVE SUBSTANTIALLY WITHOUT FALLING INTO SAID CONTAINER, SAID POWER MEANS YIELDING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF SAID OBJECTS FILLING SAID CONTAINER TO LOWER SAID CONTAINER TO ITS INITIAL POSITION, AND POWER ACCUMULATOR MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID POWER MEANS ADAPTED TO ACTUATE SAID POWER MEANS TO RAISE SAID CARRIAGE TO SAID INCLINED POSITION WHEN THE CONTAINER IS REMOVED FROM SAID CARRIAGE, SAID POWER MEANS BEING A SINGLE-ACTING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND SAID POWER ACCUMULATOR MEANS BEING A CYLINDER HAVING A PISTON THEREIN AND A COMPRESSIBLE GAS ON THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID PISTON.