Patent ID: 9394118
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B65G

Claim Text:
1. A conveying apparatus including: a plurality of conveying vehicles that can be moved along a movement path independently of one another for conveying piece goods; an entraining device with a plurality of entrainment members that can be moved along a movement path via an entraining drive; the plurality of conveying vehicles having contact elements for producing a guiding contact with the entrainment members, and the plurality of conveying vehicles having holding bodies for holding the piece goods; wherein in a direction of movement the discharging device realizes an inlet region, the discharging region and an outlet region, wherein the conveying apparatus is developed such that: the movement path of the conveying vehicles and of the entrainment members toward the inlet region extends along a descent such that the conveying vehicles can be held back from preceding entrainment members by the contact elements while forming a holding-back contact and can be moved in the direction of the discharging region in a synchronous manner with the entrainment members; the movement path of the conveying vehicles and of the entrainment members in the outlet region extends along an ascent such that, the contact elements of the conveying vehicles form an entraining contact with following entrainment members and thus the conveying vehicles can be moved away from the discharging region.