Container palletizing and depalletizing machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR DEPALLETIZING CONTAINERS COMPRISING A FRAME, A BIN, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID BIN ON SAID FRAME FOR ROCKING MOVEMENT ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID BIN HAVING SIDE WALLS, A REAR WALL, A TOP WALL, A BOTTOM AND AN OPEN FRONT, SAID TOP WALL BEING DISPOSED ABOVE AND SPACED FROM AN UPPER END OF SAID REAR WALL, A LIFT DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BIN AND SUPPORTED BY SAID BOTTOM INCLUDING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE TOP PORTION ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A PALLET AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE BIN, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME AND BIN FOR MOVING THE BIN BETWEEN AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND A TILTED POSITION WITH THE OPEN FRONT OF THE BIN INCLINED UPWARDLY, AND DRIVEN ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS SUPPORTED BY THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID BIN INCLUDING A LOWER FLIGHT MOVABLE ALONG THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID TOP WALL FOR SWEEPING THE TOPMOST TIER OF CONTAINERS FROM THE BIN OVER THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR WALL WITH SAID BIN DISPOSED IN A TILTED POSITION.