METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE SUSPENDED TRANSPORT OF OBJECTS ON A TRANSPORT TRACK COMPRISING AN ACCUMULATED STORE

摘要

Holding elements ( 1 ) equipped for transporting individual articles ( 2 ) in a held manner and being movable along a stretch of rail ( 5 ) independently of one another at least to a limited extent and having in pushed operation a regular minimum distance between one another, are banked-up during transportation at a banking-up point by a banking-up device ( 16 ) to form an accumulation store ( 12 ) upstream of the banking-up point. The holding elements are released in groups from the accumulation store ( 12 ) in a controlled manner and are conveyed away from the accumulation store. The holding elements ( 1 ) in the groups ( 15 ) advantageously are spaced the minimum distance from one another. For pre-forming the groups to be released ( 12 ) there is a further banking-up device ( 16 ) provided in the accumulation store ( 12 ). The further banking-up device acts at a further banking-up point upstream of the first banking-up point. The stream of groups being conveyed away from the accumulation store ( 12 ) can be supplied without any further transformation steps to a unit, in which the groups of articles held by holding elements ( 1 ) are processed (e.g. stacked and packed).