Codable adapter for use with a hanging conveyor system

An adapter for use with a hanging conveyor system, the adapter comprising:

• a hook-shaped head region;
• and
• a receiving region connected with the head region, the receiving region being located below the head region and having at least two sections spaced apart, the two sections being spaced apart by a distance sufficient to prevent twisting of a hanger received in the adapter with respect to the adapter, at least one section having a U-shaped cross section formed by an upward-extending arm for receiving a hanger hook.

An adapter for use with a hanging conveyor system, the adapter comprising:

• a hook-shaped head region;
• and
• a receiving region connected with the head region, the receiving region being located below the head region and having at least one section with a U-shaped cross section formed by an upward-extending arm for loosely receiving the hanger hook, an upper end of the arm descending laterally toward an outside of the adapter.

A method for the automatic removal of a hanger from the receiving region of an adapter for use with a hanging conveyor system in, which articles hanging on hangers are transported by means of a conveyor along a transport path, the adapter hanging on the conveyor and having a receiving region having two sections, each section having a U-shaped cross section formed by an upward-extending arm for receiving the hanger hook, the two sections being spaced apart, the method comprising the steps of:

• conveying the adapter with the hanger hanging from it in a transport direction and with the arms towards a back of the adapter with respect to the transport direction;
• guiding the adapter over a removal rod, the removal rod being substantially parallel to the transport direction and ascending in the transport direction, such that the rod is located between the adjacent sections, the adapter, while retaining its horizontal position, is guided along the removal rod until the rod lifts the hanger hook from below over the arms of the sections, whereby contact between the hanger hook and the receiving region is interrupted and the hanger hook is lifted out above the arms and slides, opposite the transport direction, down along the removal rod.

An adapter for use with a hanging conveyor system in which articles hanging on hangers are transported by means of a conveyor along a transport path, the adapter being adapted to be inserted loosely between each article hanger provided with a hanger hook and the conveyor, the adapter comprising:

• a hook-shaped head region;
• and
• a receiving region connected with the head region, the receiving region being located below the head region and having at least one section with a U-shaped cross section formed by an upward-extending arm for receiving the hanger hook, an upper end of the arm descending laterally toward an outside of the adapter.

An adapter for use with a hanging conveyor system in which articles hanging on hangers are transported by means of a conveyor along a transport path, the adapter being adapted to be inserted loosely between each article hanger provided with a hanger hook and the conveyor, the adapter comprising:

• a hook-shaped head region;
• and
• a receiving region connected with the head region, the receiving region being located below the head region and having at least two sections spaced apart by a distance sufficient to prevent twisting of a hanger received in the adapter with respect to the adapter, at least one section with a U-shaped cross section formed by an upward-extending arm for receiving the hanger hook.