Patent ID: 8567590

Claim:
A method for conveying an item to be treated in an electrolysis system, comprising: feeding the item to be treated along a conveyance path, the conveyance path having a conveyance plane defined by a bottom surface of the item to be treated; gripping the item to be treated at the start of the conveyance path by clamping the item to be treated between a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface, moving the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface along the conveyance path, and releasing the item to be treated at the end of the conveyance path by unclamping the item to be treated, wherein the method comprises movement both of the first clamping surface and of the second clamping surface with respect to the conveyance plane in order to grip or release the item to be treated, wherein, when clamping the item to be treated, one of the clamping surfaces is at the level of the conveyance plane and is adjacent thereto, and wherein a stop limits movement of only the one clamping surface in a direction of the conveyance plane such that the one clamping surface is stopped at a level of the conveyance plane.