Patent ID: 7731012

Claim:
Overhead transport system able to actuate the selective drawing of garment lots, comprising: a support rail ( 1 ) for a plurality of garment hangers, each hanger having a hook G, the support rail being provided, on the top, with a longitudinal groove ( 2 ), with a U-shaped section, having a bottom and sides; drawing means ( 7 ) that runs in a closed circuit along the support rail ( 1 ), said drawing means ( 7 ) being provided with a regular sequence of protruding features ( 7 a ) defining between them a sequence of hollows ( 7 b ) and therefore capable of interfering with hooks (G) of the hangers hanging on said support rail ( 1 ); one or more tracks ( 5 ) situated in said longitudinal groove ( 2 ), in order to contain and guide the forward motion of said drawing means ( 7 ), said one or more tracks ( 5 ) vertically sliding into said longitudinal groove ( 2 ) and said one or more tracks ( 5 ) being provided with a top stop abutment and a bottom stop abutment, and lifting means ( 4 ) disposed in the bottom of said longitudinal groove ( 2 ), under said one or more tracks ( 5 ), wherein said lifting means ( 4 ) being capable of lifting said one or more tracks ( 5 ) until said top stop abutment of said one or more tracks ( 5 ) abuts against a top stop abutment ( 2 b ) of said support rail, so that the protruding features ( 7 a ) of the drawing means ( 7 ) interfere with the hooks (G) of the hangers hanging on said support rail ( 1 ), and said lifting means ( 4 ) being capable of lowering said one or more tracks ( 5 ) until said bottom stop abutment of said one or more tracks ( 5 ) abuts against a bottom stop abutment ( 2 c ) of said support rail, so that the protruding features ( 7 a ) of the drawing means ( 7 ) do not interfere with the hooks (G) of the hangers hanging on said support rail ( 1 ).