Patent ID: 7954629
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B65G,D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring a transporting hanger ( 10 ) for garments from a feed conveyor ( 11 ) to a following delivery conveyor, the transporting hanger ( 10 ) hanging by a hanger hook ( 16 ) on the feed conveyor ( 11 ) being released from the feed conveyor ( 11 ) and, for further transport, the transporting hanger ( 10 ) being hung onto the following conveyor, wherein, when the transporting hanger ( 10 ) is released from the feed conveyor ( 11 ), the hook ( 16 ) of the transporting hanger ( 10 ) is caught by at least one short intermediate conveying section of the intermediate conveyor ( 13 ) and the transporting hanger ( 10 ) is transferred by the at least one intermediate conveyor ( 13 ) to the following conveyor, with the at least one intermediate conveying section being moved by the transporting hanger ( 10 ) into a position for catching the hook ( 16 ) before the transporting hanger ( 10 ) is released from the feed conveyor ( 11 ).