Method for opening a transport pocket suspended on a carriage as well as a pocket opening device for performing the method
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorRobert Fenile
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Abstract
In a method for opening a transport pocket (15), which is moved in a conveying direction (BR) along a running rail (11) extending in the conveying direction (BR) for the conveying of goods suspended on a carriage (12), simple and precise loading and/or unloading of the transport pocket (15) is enabled by the fact that the carriage (12) with the transport pocket (15) suspended thereon is stopped in its forward movement at a predetermined point of the running rail (11) in order to open the transport pocket (15), and that the transport pocket (15) of the carriage (12) is opened for loading and/or unloading of conveyed goods to be transported.
Claims23
A method for opening a transport pocket (15), which is moved in a conveying direction (BR) along a running rail (11) extending in the conveying direction (BR) for the conveying of goods suspended on a carriage (12) comprising the steps of:
- stopping forward movement of the carriage (12) with the transport pocket (15) suspended thereon at a predetermined point of the running rail (11);
- and
- opening the transport pocket (15) for loading and/or unloading of conveyed goods to be transported,
- wherein the transport pocket (15) of the carriage (12) is opened for the loading and/or unloading of conveyed goods to be transported only when the carriage (12) is already in a rest position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.