Patent ID: 8640854

Claim:
A stop unit for use in an overhead conveyor system which transports clip drivers in a slot of a supporting rail, the slot being open at at least one side of the supporting rail, wherein hangers are slidingly transported downstream by means of the clip drivers along a conveying direction which is orientated in parallel relative to a longitudinal direction of the supporting rail, the stop unit comprising: a guiding device which is mountable to the overhead conveyor; a carriage having an abutting section, wherein the carriage is movably supported by means of the guiding device along a transverse direction, which is orientated transversely to the longitudinal direction; and a drive coupled to the carriage which drive is configured to drive, during activation, the carriage from a release position, in which release position the abutting section of the carriage does not project over the supporting rail so that the hangers pass the carriage without collision, to a stop position along the transverse direction, in which stop position the abutting section projects over an entire width of the supporting rail such that the hangers ( 12 ) are released and accumulated by the abutting section while the clip drivers are continuously moved downstream; wherein the carriage, in an activated state of the drive, is retractable to the release position in case of an action of force along the transverse direction, and rests in a current position in case of an action of force which is only exerted along the longitudinal direction.