Durkopp Adler Aktiengesellschaft

Thomas Blattner

Paul Janzen

Dirk Sieksmeier

Klaus Niesen

Thomas Zahn

Frank Kuhnt

Siegfried Goldbeck

Uwe Petermeier

Thomas Diekmann

Dirk Kuhlemann

Martin Luke

A device for individualizing and feeding individual conveying carriers into a revolving hanging conveyor system. The individualizing device contains a rotatably driven spindle provided with grooves on the spindle's surface, wherein the pitch of each groove increases in the direction of conveyance. The feed device includes the individualizing device and a transfer conveyor, wherein the speed of conveyance of the transfer conveyor is adjustable.

Device for individualizing and feeding carriers to a hanging conveyor

A method and apparatus for conveying material hanging on hangers. The material is transported from a loading region to a conveyance region, and then to a delivery region. Grip units of various lengths are formed by combining individual materials into groups. A theoretical maximum length for a grip unit is established. Clock pulses are produced in the conveyance region and are counted. Grip units stowed in the loading region are individualized to form well-defined spaces between the materials. Individualized grip units fed to the conveyance region are switched into the conveyance region when a gap sufficiently large to accommodate the grip unit is present in the conveyance region, determined by the maximum length established and counting of the clock pulses. The distance to be moved by the grip unit in the conveyance region to reach its destination is established, and progress of the grip unit is tracked. The grip unit is switched out to the delivery region, the switch-out mechanism remaining in effect to accommodate the length of the grip unit.

Method of conveying articles hanging on hangers and devices for use in

A device for counting the number of and determining the direction of travel of articles being conveyed, particularly articles of clothing, hanging on hangers provided with hanger hooks. Each hanger hook has a stem that is conducted through a light barrier connected with a counting and evaluating unit. The light barrier has at least two receivers that are spaced apart vertically in a plane and consist, in each case, of two sensors which operate independent of each other. The sensors are separated by a small distance. With this device, counting of the hangers is possible regardless of their position and, in particular, erroneous counting due to crossed hangers is excluded.

Device for counting and determining a direction of conveyed material

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Bielefeld, Germany

Thomas Blattner