Patent ID: 6415907
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for transferring articles onto a moving carrier, said apparatus including:(a) a conveyor for transporting articles; (b) drive means for moving a carrier; and (c) coordinating means; wherein said coordinating means is capable of controlling the relative movements of the conveyor and the drive means such that a carrier being moved by the drive means and an article being transported by the conveyor can be separately moved to a contact location at which the carrier will contact the article whilst both the carrier and the article are moving and wherein the conveyor and the carrier are configured such that the article is caused to be transferred onto the carrier following the carrier's initial contact with the article; and wherein the articles being transferred onto the moving carrier are garment hangers which might be hung from a hook, and the conveyor includes a rotatable shaft having an external helical thread, the garment hangers being suspended from the shaft by engaging the hooks of the respective garment hangers into the helical thread on the shaft.