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

A method for emptying the pockets (20) of a transport device (10) in the form of a suspension conveyor comprising:

• movably mounting one or more carriages (11) on a running rail (15) in the running rail direction;
• arranging a downwardly hanging pocket (20) on each of the one or more carriages (11) for receiving transported goods (28), wherein the pocket (20) is formed by at least one flexible material web (18) which is planar in the an open state and which is fastened at both ends to the carriage (11), forming a downwardly hanging carrying loop and/or transport loop;
• and
• releasably fastening 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) in a closed state,
• (b) opening the pocket (20) by releasing the fastening of the at least one end (16) of the material web (18) to the carriage (11),
• (c) emptying the transported goods (28) from an opened pocket (20),
• (d) closing the pocket (20) by fastening the at least one end (16) of the material web (18) to the carriage (11), and
• (e) moving away an emptied and closed pocket (20).