Device and method for transferring goods between conveyors

A method for transferring goods from a first to a second conveyor, the method comprising the steps of:

• moving a support member with product carrier connected thereto upward along a substantially upright extending frame by means of a motor-driven endless drive until the product carrier is at a higher position than the first conveyor, wherein the product carrier takes a product from the first conveyor, wherein the product carrier is connected drivably to no more than one endless drive, wherein the support member comprises a first wheel configured to roll along a first side of the frame, and a second wheel configured to roll along a second side of the frame which is opposite the first side, wherein the support member at least partially encloses the frame between the first wheel and the second wheel, and wherein the support member at least partially encloses the frame, a running wheel of the endless drive, or a combination thereof, in order to thus obtain the coupling between the support member and the frame, the running wheel, or a combination thereof;
• moving the product carrier downward to a position lower than the second conveyor, wherein the product remains on the second conveyor;
• and
• substantially fixing a degree of freedom of the support member through the coupling of the support member to the frame, wherein this substantially fixed degree of freedom is oriented transversely of the plane of the frame, while the support member can be moved substantially freely in the plane of the frame by the endless drive.