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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Tgw Mechanics Gmbh, Wels, AT;
Josef Reischl, Gunskirchen, AT;
TGW Mechanics GmbH, Wels, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to an overhead conveyor system () with hanging bags (), which are adjustable between a transport position and a loading position and which are designed for transporting articles (), with a loading station (), at which a hanging bag () can be loaded with an article (), and with an overhead conveying device () for transporting a hanging bag () into the loading station () and for transporting the hanging bag () out of the loading station (). The overhead conveyor system () further comprises a measuring device (), by means of which an expansion (a) of the bag body () in a transport direction of the loaded hanging bag () is determined in the transport position of the bag body (). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating such an overhead conveyor system ().