Appliance for charging transport pockets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10647523-B2
Application number	US-201615778315-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2016
Priority date	Nov 25, 2015
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A transport pocket for the suspended transport of a transport item along a conveying direction via a suspended conveying device includes a pocket rear wall and a pouch wall that, together with the pocket rear wall, form a receiving compartment for the transport item. The receiving compartment forms a receiving opening for the transport item and is designed to assume an open position and a space-saving compact position. A fastener connects the transport pocket to a conveying member of the suspended conveying device. A cam element, which can interact with an activation device of the suspended conveying device, which is designed as a cam guide, and via which cam guide the receiving compartment can be moved into the open position or be held in this. The at least one cam element is arranged on the pouch wall of the transport pocket.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A suspended conveying device for suspended conveyance of transport items, said suspended conveying device comprising a plurality of carriages, each of said carriages carrying a transport pocket and being individually movable in a conveying direction along a guide rail for individual conveyance of the transport pocket, wherein the transport pocket is arranged on the carriage for suspended transport of a transport item along the conveying direction, said transport pocket comprises a pocket rear wall and a pouch wall that, together with the pocket rear wall, form a receiving compartment for the transport item, and the receiving compartment defines a receiving opening through which the transport item is inserted into the receiving compartment, said pouch wall being flexible such that said transport pocket can assume an open position and a space-saving compact position, further comprising a fastener for connecting the transport pocket to one of the plurality of carriages, as well as comprising at least one cam element that can interact with an activation device of the suspended conveying device, which is designed as a cam guide, and via which cam guide the receiving compartment can be moved into or held in the open position wherein the at least one cam element is arranged on the pouch wall of the transport pocket.

2. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving compartment can be moved into the open position or be held in the open position, counter to gravitation force, via the at least one cam element.

3. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cam element is a cam roller.

4. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport pocket, in its open position, forms a rear wall section that is extended beyond the receiving opening.

5. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the extended rear wall section acts as a carrying section.

6. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener is arranged on the pocket rear wall.

7. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport pocket comprises two cam elements that are arranged laterally of the transport pocket, when considered in the conveying direction.

8. The suspended conveying device according to claim 7 , wherein the cam elements are connected to one another via a connecting element.

9. The suspended conveying device according to claim 8 , wherein the connecting element is led through a receiving loop, which is formed on the pouch wall.

10. The suspended conveying device according to claim 8 , wherein the connecting element is selected from the group consisting of:
a connecting rod;
an open bow; and,
a closed bow.

11. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the transport pocket is designed in a frameless manner.

12. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cam element is connected to the pocket rear wall exclusively via the pouch wall.

13. The suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein the cam guide can interact with the at least one cam element in a manner such that the cam guide effects a position change of the at least one cam element and accordingly of the pouch wall relative to the pocket rear wall, which leads to an opening of the transport pocket.

14. A method for opening transport pockets that are conveyed along the guide rail of the suspended conveying device according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
conveying the transport pockets into an opening zone of the suspended conveying device;
interacting of the cam guide with the at least one cam element of the transport pocket, and by way of this interaction:
carrying out a positional change of the at least one cam element and accordingly of the pouch wall relative to the pocket rear wall, and thereby
opening the transport pocket.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the transport pocket is conveyed with:
the leading pouch wall in the conveying direction or with
the trailing pouch wall in the conveying direction.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the positional change of the at least one cam element relative to the pocket rear wall includes a pivoting movement about a geometric pivot axis, which is arranged on the transport pocket.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the positional change, which is activated by the interaction of the cam guide with the at least one cam element, describes movement path that does not have the shape of a circular arc.

18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the interaction of the cam guide with the at least one cam element of the transport pocket effects a further positional change of the at least one cam element together with the pouch wall and the pocket rear wall relative to the carriage.

Assignees

• Ferag Ag

Inventors

• Sigrist Sergio

Classifications

• B65G47/61 Primary

  for articles · CPC title

• B65G19/025

  for suspended articles · CPC title

• B65G2201/0229

  Clothes, clothes hangers · CPC title

• B65G9/002

  Load-carriers, rollers therefor · CPC title

• B65G9/004

  Loading or unloading arrangements · CPC title