Method and device for stabilizing carrier basket traveling on a conveyor system to maintain basket alignment at loading/unloading stations

A method of stabilizing carrier baskets being moved on a conveyor system having a pathway on which cars are guided, with at least some of the cars having the carrier baskets pivotally mounted thereon, and the conveyor system including at least one of a loading station or an unloading station with a curved portion of the pathway located directly upstream of the at least one of the loading station or unloading station, the method comprising:

• providing a support adjacent to the pathway;
• providing a deflectable element on the support that extends generally parallel to the pathway, with the deflectable element extending partially into a space envelope generated by the carrier basket as it moves along the pathway, the deflectable element comprising bristles;
• and
• the bristles suppressing at least one of an inward or an outward swinging movement of the carrier basket as the carrier basket moves through the bristles.