High-performance suspended conveyor

摘要

A high-performance conveyor for garments and the like suspended on clothes-hangers comprises a circular conveyor (10) with continuously rotating transport grippers. At a feed station, the clothes-hangers are separated and transferred to the transport grippers. For this purpose, a transfer part in the form of a rotary disc (120) is provided at the feed station. Mounted in the edge region of the rotary disc (120) are transfer strips (121). The clothes-hanger hooks rest on these strips during the transfer operation. The transfer strips are designed so that a controllable hook finger provided on each transport gripper can grasp and lift off the clothes-hangers. Catch hooks (109) in the region of the transfer strips (121) secure the position of the clothes-hangers on the transfer strips (121) during the transfer operation. The drive of the rotary disc (120) takes place via a stepping drive, preferably a Maltese cross (131). <IMAGE>