Abstract

An unloading station for a conveyor facility includes an overhead conveyor system including a conveyor rail deviating from the horizontal in an inclined section, a conveyor drive, and a plurality of overhead adapters for conveying along the conveyor rail via the conveyor drive. The station further includes a plurality of conveying containers, each container of which is conveyable in a suspended manner on one of the overhead adapters and includes an operable opener with which an underside of the conveying container is openable. The station also includes an opening unit for opening the conveying container. The opening unit is arranged along the inclined section at an opening position. A goods discharge surface is arranged below the conveyor rail for discharging goods discharged from the conveying containers. The goods discharge surface slopes downwards relative to the horizontal at the opening position.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 67/24 - Unloading land vehicles

Abstract

A loading method for conveying containers with goods from a stream of goods includes feeding the stream of goods to a separation point. The stream of goods includes first goods and second goods. The first goods are admissible for loading into the conveying containers and the second goods are inadmissible for loading into the conveying containers. The method further includes separating the goods, automatically identifying the separated goods, discharging the second goods from the stream of goods, and loading the conveying containers with the first goods.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 10/087 - Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely metal containers for the transport and storage of goods; storage facilities for movable goods, namely storage racks and warehouses of metal; garment rails of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods; parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular stock receipt, storage facility, order picking station, packaging station, outgoing goods, clothes hanger and containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors. Operating system software for conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods.

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely metal containers for the transport and storage of goods; storage facilities for movable goods, namely storage racks specially adapted for hanging rails of metal and bag hangers of metal and prefabricated warehouses of metal Conveyor and sorting machines for movable goods; structural parts and components for conveying and sorting machines for movable goods, in particular, stock receipt bins, metal stands for holding movable goods, order picking terminal, packaging machinery, shipping terminal for outgoing goods, and integrated clothes hangers and containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting machines, in particular, in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being structural parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular, containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting machines, in particular, in overhead conveyors Downloadable operating system software for conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods

Abstract

A conveying apparatus for goods comprises at least one goods source which provides the goods by means of conveyor containers, a plurality of goods sinks to which the goods are conveyed, and an endless conveyor which connects the at least one goods source and the goods sinks in terms of conveying technology and has a first conveyor strand and a second conveyor strand which follows the first conveyor strand along a goods conveying direction in the endless conveyor, wherein only the first conveyor strand has a fixed conveyor container entrainment.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/12 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
• B65G 43/10 - Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination

Abstract

A conveying method for goods comprising the method steps of providing goods for multiple orders, wherein the goods are conveyed in conveyor containers in an endless conveyor along a goods conveying direction, detecting the goods provided in the endless conveyor, forming a list of complete orders on the basis of the goods provided in the endless conveyor, defining ordered goods as goods included in at least one of the complete orders, automatically evaluating the complete orders with regard to their suitability for allocation to one of multiple goods sinks, taking into account at least one characteristic of the ordered goods and/or the goods sinks, wherein the goods sinks are connected to the endless conveyor in terms of conveying technology, allocating a complete order to one of the goods sinks in dependence on the evaluation, and conveying the allocated ordered goods to the goods sink.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 10/0875 - Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• B65G 15/10 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface
• B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

Abstract

A conveying method for goods comprises the method steps of requesting an order from a goods sink, wherein the order comprises at least one product which is an ordered product, requesting the at least one ordered product from a first endless conveyor to which the goods sink is directly connected in terms of conveying technology, requesting and automatically transferring the at least one ordered product from a consolidation storage unit, which is connected upstream of the first endless conveyor and has a circulating conveyor line, into the first endless conveyor, and conveying and discharging the at least one requested ordered product to the goods sink.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 43/00 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely Metal containers for the storage and transportation of goods; Storage facilities for movable goods, namely Storage racks and Warehouses of metal; Garment rails of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods; Parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular incoming goods, storage facilities, order picking stations, packaging stations, outgoing goods, coat hangers and containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; Conveying pockets being parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors. Operating system software for conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods.

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely Metal containers for the storage and transportation of goods; Storage facilities for movable goods, namely Storage racks and Warehouses of metal; Garment rails of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods; Parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular incoming goods, storage facilities, order picking stations, packaging stations, outgoing goods, coat hangers and containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; Conveying pockets being parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors. Operating system software for conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods.

Goods & Services

Overhead conveyors; conveying adapters as parts of overhead conveyors; parts of overhead conveyors as far as included in this class.

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely Metal containers for the storage and transportation of goods; Storage facilities for movable goods, namely Storage racks and Warehouses of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods; Parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; Conveying pockets being parts and components for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors. Containers, not of metal [storage, transport].

Abstract

A method for order picking and packing individual goods conveyed overhead. The Method conveys the individual goods overhead in an overhead conveyor facility by means of overhead adapters, providing the individual goods of at least one order in a preparation buffer, conveying the individual goods of the at least one order onto a transport trolley which can be coupled to the preparation buffer in a trolley station, uncoupling the transport trolley from the trolley station, transporting the transport trolley with the individual goods of the at least one order to a packing place and packing the individual goods into orders at the packing place.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

Abstract

An apparatus for the suspended conveyance of items includes a conveyor system which has a conveyor rail along which the items can each be conveyed suspended from an overhead adapter, and a plurality of buffer devices which are coupled to the conveyor system, which buffer devices are each designed as a circulating storage device, which buffer devices have a discharge conveyor, a separating unit arranged upstream of the discharge conveyor, an identification unit arranged downstream of the separating unit, and a diverter element arranged on the discharge line for discharging the overhead adapters, wherein the discharge conveyor is operable at a first conveying speed when no overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, is operable at a second conveying speed when an overhead adapter to be discharged has been identified, wherein the second conveying speed is lower than the first conveying speed.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
• B65G 1/133 - Storage devices mechanical with article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the circuit being confined in a horizontal plane
• B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

Abstract

An overhead conveyor system for conveying overhead adapters along a conveying direction includes a first overhead conveyor line, a functional overhead conveyor line connected in terms of conveying technology to the first overhead conveyor line, which functional overhead conveyor line has a discharge element for discharging overhead adapters from the overhead conveyor system, a separating unit arranged upstream of the functional overhead conveyor line for feeding the overhead adapters separately into the functional overhead conveyor line, a first identification unit arranged upstream of the separating unit for identifying overhead adapters to be discharged, a second identification unit arranged downstream of the separating unit for identifying overhead adapters to be discharged, and a control unit for automatically conveying and discharging the overhead adapters, wherein the control unit is in signal connection with the discharge element, the first identification unit, the second identification unit and the separating unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
• B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
• B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles

Abstract

An apparatus for feeding transport pockets into a conveying system of a hanging conveying installation includes a conveying rail which can be coupled conveyingly to the conveying system, along which the transport pockets can each be conveyed while being hanging by a hanging adapter, a detection unit for detecting the quantity of hanging adapters arranged within a detection zone on the conveying rail, a control unit which is in signal communication with the detection unit and is configured to variably set a transport spacing for conveying the transport pockets by the conveying system, a singularizing unit which is in signal communication with the control unit and is intended for singularized feeding the hanging adapters into the conveying system with the variably set transport spacing.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains

Abstract

A retaining element for retaining and conveying an object along a conveyor rail includes a carrier part having a width, including an entrainment element for the entrainment of the carrier part by a drive element and including a receiver for receiving the object to be conveyed, and a spacer lever which is pivotably articulated on the carrier part and which is displaceable between a resting position in which the spacer lever is arranged within the width of the carrier part and a working position in which the spacer lever protrudes in the width direction of the carrier part.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/32 - Individual load-carriers
• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
• B65G 19/24 - Attachment of impellers to traction element

Abstract

A conveyor system for conveying goods having a lying conveyor for conveying the goods horizontally, where the lying conveyor includes a sorting device with multiple delivery points, and having an overhead conveyor, by way of which the goods are conveyed in a suspended manner on a goods carrier, where the overhead conveyor is connected to at least one of the delivery points for delivering the goods.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 37/02 - Flow sheets for conveyor combinations in warehouses, magazines or workshops
• B07C 3/08 - Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
• B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
• B65G 47/57 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from inclined or vertical conveyor sections for articles
• B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles

Abstract

An apparatus for feeding hanging conveyable articles into a hanging conveying installation includes a feeding unit for the individualized feeding of the hanging conveyable articles into a conveying system of the hanging conveying installation with a variably settable transport spacing. The feeding unit has an individualizing element for stopping the hanging conveyable articles (4), and a detection unit for detecting the thickness of the individual hanging conveyable articles.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely metal containers for the transport and storage of goods; storage facilities for movable goods, namely stands being metallic structures and transportable buildings or structures of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods; parts and fittings for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being parts and fittings for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors. Containers, not of metal, for transport purposes.

Abstract

A conveyor system for conveying goods having a lying conveyor for conveying the goods horizontally, where the lying conveyor includes a sorting device with multiple delivery points, and having an overhead conveyor, by way of which the goods are conveyed in a suspended manner on a goods carrier, where the overhead conveyor is connected to at least one of the delivery points for delivering the goods.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 37/02 - Flow sheets for conveyor combinations in warehouses, magazines or workshops
• B07C 3/08 - Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
• B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
• B65G 47/57 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from inclined or vertical conveyor sections for articles
• B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely metal containers for the transport and storage of goods; storage facilities for movable goods, namely stands being metallic structures and transportable buildings or structures of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods; parts and fittings for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being parts and fittings for conveying and sorting installations for movable goods, in particular containers for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors. Containers, not of metal, for transport purposes.

Abstract

The invention relates to a roller testing device for a roller adapter of an overhead conveyor system comprising a drive unit for rotatably driving at least one carrying roller of the roller adapter, a sensor unit for capturing a measured value correlating with a state of wear of a pivot bearing of the at least one carrying roller and an evaluation unit for determining the state of wear on the basis of the measured value.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
• B65G 43/02 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers

Goods & Services

Storage facilities for movable goods, namely storage racks and warehouses of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods.

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely, metal containers for the transport and [ stor-age ] * storage * of goods; metal stands for holding movable goods; transportable [ build-ings ] * buildings * of metal; containers of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; [ con-veying ] * conveying * bags being containers of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors Conveyors being machines for movable goods, in particular overhead conveyors; machines for sorting transport articles, in particular machines for sorting conveying bags and in particular for varying the order of transport articles, namely, conveying bags; parts and fittings for conveyors being machines for movable goods, in particular overhead conveyors, namely, metal parts and fittings, parts and fittings not of metal; parts and fittings for machines for sorting and in particular for varying the order of transport articles, namely, metal parts and fittings, parts and fittings not of metal; parts and fittings for conveyors, namely, industrial conveyor assemblies comprising straight and curved rails for moving goods; sorting installations as machines in the nature of industrial conveyor assemblies for sorting and in particular for varying the order of transport articles, namely, conveying bags Containers, not of metal, for transport purposes; containers not of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being containers not of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors

Goods & Services

Transport articles of metal, namely metal containers for the transport and storage of goods; metal stands for holding movable goods; transportable buildings of metal; containers of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being containers of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors Conveyors being machines for movable goods, in particular overhead conveyors; machines for sorting transport articles, in particular machines for sorting conveying bags and in particular for varying the order of transport articles, namely, conveying bags; parts and fittings for conveyors being machines for movable goods, in particular overhead conveyors, namely metal parts and fittings, parts and fittings not of metal; parts and fittings for machines for sorting and in particular for varying the order of transport articles, namely, metal parts and fittings, parts and fittings not of metal; parts and fittings for conveyors, namely, industrial conveyor assemblies comprising straight and curved rails for moving goods; sorting installations as machines in the nature of industrial conveyor assemblies for sorting and in particular for varying the order of transport articles, namely, conveying bags Containers, not of metal, for transport purposes; containers not of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors; conveying bags being containers not of metal for the transport and storage of goods in conveying and sorting installations, in particular in overhead conveyors

Abstract

An apparatus serves to provide individual products of a plurality of orders at a packing station of an overhead conveyor installation in an order-related manner. The apparatus has a conveyor track with a conveyor system for conveying the individual products in a suspended manner, an unloading station for unloading the individual products, a feed opening for feeding the individual products, and a discharge opening connected to said feed opening in a conveying manner, the discharge opening being configured to provide individual products of a first order at the packing station, and a parking area for parking individual products of a second order at the packing station.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
• B65B 5/06 - Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
• B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains

Abstract

A method of creating orders of individual products comprises a conveying of at least one individual product to an unloading station by means of a respective carrying device, an unloading of the at least one individual product from the carrying device at the unloading station in an order-related manner, a transporting of the at least one individual product of an order to a packing station.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
• G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
• G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
• G06Q 10/0832 - Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods

Goods & Services

Storage facilities for movable goods, namely storage racks and warehouses of metal. Conveyor and sorting installations for movable goods.

Abstract

A carrying device for receiving goods, including a carrying wall which has a front wall and a rear wall, is arrangeable between a closed state and an open state, at least partially forwardly, downwardly and rearwardly delimits a carrying volume for receiving the goods in the closed state, and downwardly opens up the carrying volume in the open state. The carrying device includes a closing device for releasably connecting the front wall to the rear wall in the closed state and an actuating device, connected to the closing device, for releasing the connection between the front wall and the rear wall from the closed state, having an actuating structure arranged at a spacing from the closing device and a transmission structure acting between the actuating device and the closing device. The transmission structure is formed in a flexible manner.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65D 33/16 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
• B65G 47/38 - Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors by dumping, tripping, or releasing load-carriers
• B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
• B65D 33/14 - Suspension means

Abstract

A carrying device for receiving goods, which comprises a carrying wall, having a front wall and a rear wall, and a closing device, having at least one closing structure for releasably connecting the front wall to the rear wall in a closed state. The carrying wall is here arrangeable between the closed state and an open state, wherein in the closed state, it delimits a carrying volume for receiving the goods at least partially to the front, bottom and rear, and wherein in the open state, it opens up the carrying volume in the downward direction. The at least one closing structure is arrangeable, in the open state, at a spacing from the carrying wall.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/00 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
• B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
• B65G 47/38 - Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors by dumping, tripping, or releasing load-carriers
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers

Goods & Services

Storage facilities for movable goods, namely, storage racks specially adapted for hanging rails of metal and bag hangers of metal and warehouses being transportable buildings of metal Industrial conveyor assemblies comprising straight and curved rails and sorting installations as machines in the nature of industrial conveyor assemblies for movable goods

Goods & Services

Storage facilities for movable goods, namely, warehouses being transportable buildings of metal

Abstract

A guard device for transport bags in a loading station of an overhead conveyor system comprises a mounting unit to mount the guard device to a conveyor device of the overhead conveyor system, an impact plate to support a rear wall of a transport bag when being loaded with a product to be transported, and a connection unit to movably connect the impact plate to the mounting unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 47/12 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
• B65G 47/61 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type for articles
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
• B65G 11/02 - Chutes of straight form

Abstract

An assembly for arranging hanging goods in a space-saving manner, in particular for forming a block of hanging goods to be stored in a high bay warehouse, comprises a feeding unit for feeding the hanging goods along a transport direction and an arrangement unit for arranging the hanging goods, wherein the arrangement unit is provided with at least two transport rails arranged adjacent to one another when seen in the transport direction.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 9/00 - Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity
• B65G 47/60 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type
• B65G 47/64 - Switching conveyors
• B65G 47/71 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged to several conveyors
• B65G 1/04 - Storage devices mechanical
• B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers

Abstract

An actuable switch for influencing a flow of pieces of goods in a conveyor system comprises a feed track for feeding the pieces of goods, a first discharge track for discharging the pieces of goods in a first discharge direction, a second discharge track for discharging the pieces of goods in a second discharge direction different from the first discharge direction, a switch blade which is actuable for displacement between a first operating position and a second operating position, wherein in the first operating position, the pieces of goods are delivered from the feed track to the first discharge track, and wherein in the second operating position, the pieces of goods are delivered from the feed track to the second discharge track, and an actuating member for applying an actuating force to the switch blade for a force-controlled displacement of the switch blade between the first operating position and the second operating position.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 11/20 - Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating, articles or solids
• B65G 47/64 - Switching conveyors
• B65G 47/76 - Fixed or adjustable ploughs or transverse scrapers

Abstract

A conveyor device for the automated conveyance of individual products in a direction of conveyance, the conveyor device being configured as a hanging conveyor device, comprises several adapters each provided with an adapter identification means for accommodating the individual products, wherein each individual product comprises an individual product transponder, a transponder reading unit for reading individual product data of the individual product transponder, an adapter data reading unit for reading adapter data of the adapter identification means, a control unit which is in signal communication with the transponder reading unit and the adapter data reading unit for linking the individual product data read by means of the transponder reading unit with the adapter data read by means of the adapter data reading unit.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
• B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
• B65G 1/04 - Storage devices mechanical
• B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

Abstract

A loading station for transport bags transported in an overhead conveyor system comprises an upper supply rail for the transport bags, a vertical conveyor which adjoins the supply rail for moving the transport bags into a lower loading position, a device for opening the transport bags in the loading position and a lower discharge rail which adjoins the vertical conveyor for discharging the transport bags from the loading position.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
• B65G 47/06 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines

Abstract

A conveyor installation for conveying and accumulating hanging items comprises a drive chain which is mounted to a guide rail, and retaining members which are mounted on rollers below the drive chain. The retaining members—together with the items to be transported which are suspended therefrom—are conveyed by the drive chain in a direction of conveyance and, if required, stopped and accumulated by means of a stopping device, with the drive connection being released between the drive chain and the retaining members by displacing the drive chain upwards due to a particular design of coupling members arranged on the lower side of the drive chain.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
• B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
• B65G 47/29 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor by temporarily stopping movement