Patent ID: 7264106

Claim:
A positioning device for positioning a conveyed goods carrier movable on a conveyor track along a transport path in a transport direction (T) in at least one clamped position having a predetermined relationship to the transport direction, wherein the positioning device ( 10 ) comprises: stop means ( 12 ); movement means for performing at least one of a positioning movement and a clamping movement, said movement means being spaced from the stop means ( 12 ); movement means drive ( 20 ) for driving the movement means so that the movement means performs at least one of the positioning movement and the clamping movement; wherein the movement means has a geometric positioning element ( 36 ), said geometric positioning element being movable with the positioning movement from an out-of-engagement position into an engaged position, in which the geometric positioning element ( 36 ) is engaged with a geometric positioning counter element ( 46 ), so that the conveyed goods carrier ( 30 ) is arranged between the movement means and the stop means ( 12 ) in a clamped position; wherein the movement means has a clamping arrangement ( 40 ) provided separate from the geometric positioning element ( 36 ), which is movable by the movement means drive ( 20 ) in a clamping motion, by which the clamping arrangement ( 40 ) is brought from an out-of-engagement configuration into a clamping configuration, in which the clamping arrangement exerts a holding force on the conveyed goods carrier ( 30 ) in cooperation with the stop means ( 12 ), in order to hold the conveyed goods carrier ( 30 ) in the clamped position; wherein said movement means is structure so that the positioning motion and/or the clamping motion follows at least section-wise a curvilinear trajectory having one motion component in a transverse direction (Q) across the conveyor track ( 28 ) and an additional motion component perpendicular to said one motion component.