| CPC B65G 17/20 (2013.01) [B65G 47/04 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
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1. An overhead conveyor with transport pouches for conveyed goods, with a running profile for carriers of the overhead conveyor which are movable in a conveying direction and which have a carrying hook for attaching one transport pouch each, comprising:
wherein each transport pouch has a bag for receiving conveyed goods and a holding bracket fastened to the upper side of the bag, wherein the transport pouch is rotatable relative to the carrier,
wherein the holding bracket bounds a loading opening of the transport pouch,
and wherein the holding bracket has, in a region between the bag and the carrying hook, at least in sections, a region which projects laterally out of a vertical conveying plane which extends in the conveying direction and in which the carrying hook lies,
wherein the overhead conveyor comprises a loading station which has a guide rail arranged below the running profile,
wherein the transport pouch, before reaching the loading station, has a first orientation transversely with respect to the conveying direction, in which the loading opening faces a bag rear wall, and
wherein the transport pouch, before reaching the guide rail, assumes a second orientation rotated with respect to the first orientation,
wherein the guide rail has a guide edge which, when the transport pouch reaches the guide rail, is brought into contact with the region of the holding bracket located between the bag and the carrying hook, wherein the guide edge has at least one first section which crosses the conveying plane, such that a transport pouch, when passing the first section, is moved away from the conveying plane relative to the carrier, wherein the guide edge serves as a support via which the loading opening, when passing the first section, is lifted such that the loading opening is arranged at a distance from the bag rear wall and the bag is clamped, such that the transport pouch can be loaded, and
wherein the loading station has, upstream of the first guide rail in conveying direction, a substantially vertical deflection plate which is positioned at the height of the bag obliquely with respect to the conveying direction and which is designed to transfer the transport pouch from the first into the second orientation when the bag and/or the section of the holding bracket bounding the loading opening is guided past the deflection plate.
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