Patent ID: 8672118

Claim:
A conveyor installation with carrying bags ( 1 , 1 . 0 , 1 . 1 ) for products ( 7 ) to be conveyed, with a conveying section (CD) with carriers ( 46 ), which are moveable in a conveying rail ( 43 ) in a conveying direction ( 44 ), to each receive a carrying bag ( 1 , 1 . 0 , 1 . 1 ), wherein the carriers ( 46 ) are displaceably arranged individually in the conveying rail ( 43 ), wherein each carrying bag ( 1 , 1 . 0 , 1 . 1 ) has a sack ( 15 ), in each case, with a width b in the conveying direction ( 44 ) to receive products ( 7 ) to be conveyed, wherein for the width b in an unloaded state of the carrying bag ( 1 . 0 ), there applies: b =b max , and wherein for the width b in a loaded state of the carrying bag ( 1 . 1 ), there applies: b =b max , with at least one back-up section ( 57 , 59 ), with a spacer ( 41 a ) of given length, which spacer ( 41 a ) is attached to each carrying bag ( 1 , 1 . 0 , 1 . 1 ) and is adjustable between a rest position (R) and a working position (A), said spacer ( 41 a ) in the working position (A) extending toward an adjacent bag and providing space between a bag to which said spacer is attached and said adjacent bag, wherein, in the working position (A) on the back-up section ( 59 ), the spacer ( 41 ) rests on a carrying bag ( 1 . 1 ) following in the conveying direction ( 44 ), wherein the spacer ( 41 a ) is dimensioned such that, in the working position (A), for the horizontal spacing d of the adjacent carrying bag ( 1 . 1 ) resting on the spacer ( 41 a ), there applies: d =b max , and wherein the position of the spacer ( 41 a ) is stable in the working position (A) and in the rest position (R).