Device for loading and unloading rail-guided suspended conveyor systems

A system for transferring individual piece-good units to and/or from conveying units of a rail-guided suspended conveyor system comprising:

• at least one transfer conveying device with one or more first conveying units, wherein the individual first conveying units have a rack with a plurality of tines, which form a receptacle for bearing an individual piece-good unit;
• and
• a suspended conveyor system with a plurality of second conveying units, wherein the individual second conveying units have a rack with a plurality of tines, which form a receptacle for bearing an individual piece-good unit;
• wherein the at least one transfer conveying device and the suspended conveyor system are designed such that in a transfer zone, a rack of a first conveying unit of the transfer conveying device and a rack of a second conveying unit of the suspended conveyor system penetrate one another by meshing so that with a movement of the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit relative to one another either an individual piece-good unit initially borne on the rack of the first conveying unit remains on the rack of the second conveying unit, or an individual piece-good unit initially borne on the rack of the second conveying unit remains on the rack of the first conveying unit;
• and
• wherein in said transfer zone the rack of the first conveying unit penetrates the rack of the second conveying unit from top to bottom in the direction of gravity;
• and/or the rack of the first conveying unit penetrates the rack of the second conveying unit counter to the direction of gravity from bottom to top.