Method for filling the pockets of a transport device in the form of a suspension conveyor and device for carrying out said method

A method for filling the pockets (20;

• 20a-c) of a transport device (10) in the form of a suspension conveyor, the method comprising:
• movably mounting one or more carriages (11) on a running rail (15;
• 15a, b) in the running rail direction;
• arranging a downwardly hanging pocket (20;
• 20a-c) for receiving transported goods (19, 19a-c) on each of the one or more carriages (11), wherein the pocket (20;
• 20a-c) is formed by at least one flexible material web (18) which is planar in an open state and which is fastened at both ends to the carriage (11), forming a downwardly hanging carrying loop and/or transport loop;
• releasably configuring the fastening of the material web (18) to the carriage (11) on at least one end (16) of the material web (18), by the steps
• (a) advancing a pocket (20;
• 20a-c) in a closed state,
• (b) opening the pocket (20;
• 20a-c) by releasing the fastening of the at least one end (16) of the material web (18) to the carriage (11)
• (c) filling the transported goods (19;
• 19a-c) into an opened pocket (20;
• 20a-c),
• (d) closing the pocket (20;
• 20a-c) by fastening the at least one end (16) of the material web (18) to the carriage (11), and
• (e) moving away a filled and closed pocket (20;
• 20a-c).