Conveyor system and method for conveying goods
AssigneeDürkopp Fördertechnik GmbH
InventorsThomas Schnadwinkel, Doris Elebracht
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Abstract
A conveyor system for conveying goods having a lying conveyor for conveying the goods horizontally, where the lying conveyor includes a sorting device with multiple delivery points, and having an overhead conveyor, by way of which the goods are conveyed in a suspended manner on a goods carrier, where the overhead conveyor is connected to at least one of the delivery points for delivering the goods.
Claims23
A conveyor system for conveying goods, the conveyor system comprising:
- a lying conveyor for conveying the goods lying on the lying conveyor, wherein the lying conveyor comprises a conveyor portion and a sorting device arranged downwards with respect to the conveyor portion, wherein the sorting device comprises multiple delivery points at which the lying conveyor goods are provided in a sorted manner;
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- an overhead conveyor, by way of which overhead conveyor goods are conveyed in a suspended manner on a goods carrier, wherein the overhead conveyor is connected to at least one of the delivery points such that the overhead conveyor goods are delivered directly from said goods carrier to the at least one delivery point.
A method for conveying goods, the method comprising the steps of:
- conveying lying goods to respective delivery points by a lying conveyor, the lying conveyor comprising a sorting device with one delivery point at an end region of each sorting line of the sorting device;
- conveying overhead conveyor goods in a suspended manner on a goods carrier by an overhead conveyor to at least one of the delivery points, the overhead conveyor goods being different from the lying goods;
- connecting the overhead conveyor to the at least one of the delivery points;
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- directly delivering the overhead conveyor goods from the goods carrier to the at least one of the delivery points at which the lying conveyor goods are provided in a sorted manner.
A conveyor system for conveying goods, the conveyor system comprising:
- a lying conveyor for conveying the goods lying on the lying conveyor, wherein the lying conveyor comprises a sorting device, the sorting device comprising several sorting lines, each of the sorting lines comprising at least one delivery point at which the lying conveyor goods are provided in a sorted manner, wherein the at least one delivery point is arranged at an end region of a respective sorting line;
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- an overhead conveyor, wherein overhead conveyor goods are configured to be conveyed via the overhead conveyor in a suspended manner on a goods carrier, wherein the overhead conveyor is connected to at least one of the delivery points such that the overhead conveyor goods are delivered directly from the goods carrier to the at least one of the delivery points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.