Patent ID: 11926487
Assignee: DÜRKOPP FÖRDERTECHNIK GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for feeding transport pockets into a conveying system of a hanging conveying installation, the apparatus comprising:
a conveying rail which can be coupled conveyingly to the conveying system and along which the transport pockets can each be conveyed hanging by means of a hanging adapter;
a detection unit for detecting a quantity of hanging adapters arranged within a detection zone on the conveying rail;
a control unit in signal communication with the detection unit, the control unit being configured to variably set a transport spacing for conveying the transport pockets by means of the conveying system;
a singularizing unit, which is in signal communication with the control unit, for singularized feeding of the hanging adapters into the conveying system at the variably set transport spacing, wherein the detection unit comprises at least one detection sensor for detecting the hanging adapter, the detection unit comprising at least another detection sensor to provide a plurality of detection sensors arranged along the conveying rail in a line grid pattern having a grid spacing which is smaller than or equal to an adapter width of each hanging adapter.