US 12,264,019 B2
Conveyed-goods container for an overhead conveyor, and unloading station for unloading same
Josef Reischl, Gunskirchen (AT); and Martin Rausch, Gmunden (AT)
Assigned to TGW Mechanics GmbH, Wels (AT)
Appl. No. 17/423,241
Filed by TGW Mechanics GmbH, Wels (AT)
PCT Filed Jan. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AT2020/060021
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/150762, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 50059/2019 (AT), filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063917 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/61 (2006.01); B65G 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 19/02 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/61 (2013.01) [B65G 9/002 (2013.01); B65G 9/004 (2013.01); B65G 19/025 (2013.01); B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0238 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article container for an overhead conveying device for transporting an article, comprising
a bag body that is adjustable between a transport position and a loading and/or unloading position,
a suspended support for suspended transport of the article container on the overhead conveying device, and
a frame, by means of which the bag body is suspended on the suspended support and by means of which the bag body can be adjusted between the transport position and the loading and/or unloading position,
wherein the frame comprises
cross struts, or
cross struts and longitudinal struts connected thereto, a rear cross strut having a positioning means,
which wherein the bag body comprises
a front wall and a rear wall made from a flexible material,
a first side edge and a second side edge along the front wall and rear wall,
a loading and/or unloading opening formed on a first side of the bag body at least in some regions between the front wall and the rear wall, and
a side wall stop formed on a second side of the bag body at least in some regions between the front wall and the rear wall, and the article is placeable against the side wall stop,
wherein the front wall
comprises a first front wall section and a second front wall section, and
is provided with a base plate in the first front wall section, the base plate comprising
a first longitudinal edge,
a second longitudinal edge extending at a distance from the first longitudinal edge,
a first end edge extending between the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge, and
a second end edge extending between the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge,
wherein the base plate adjoins the first side edge with the first end edge and adjoins the second side edge with the second end edge, and
is provided with a material cutout in the second front wall section, the material cutout is being penetrated by the suspended support,
wherein the rear wall
comprises a first rear wall section and a second rear wall section,
adjoins the first front wall section with the first rear wall section,
has a lower rigidity in the first rear wall section than in the first front wall section, and
is provided with a material cutout in the second rear wall section, the material cutout being penetrated by the positioning means,
wherein in the transport position of the bag body
the article is accommodated between the front wall and the rear wall, and
the first rear wall section forms a transport rest between the first side edge and the second side edge, the transport rest forming a transport rest surface sloping in the direction of the side wall stop, wherein in the loading and/or unloading position of the bag body
the loading and/or loading opening is delimited by the front wall and the rear wall and adjoins the first end edge of the base plate,
and wherein
the front wall is mounted, with the second front wall section, on a front cross strut of the cross struts, and the rear wall is mounted, with the second rear wall section, on the rear cross strut of the cross struts.