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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Dürkopp Fördertechnik Gmbh, Bielefeld, DE;

Inventor:

Markus Merten, Bielefeld, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/61 (2006.01); B65G 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/61 (2013.01); B65G 17/20 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0229 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for feeding transport pockets into a conveying system of a hanging conveying installation includes a conveying rail which can be coupled conveyingly to the conveying system, along which the transport pockets can each be conveyed while being hanging by a hanging adapter, a detection unit for detecting the quantity of hanging adapters arranged within a detection zone on the conveying rail, a control unit which is in signal communication with the detection unit and is configured to variably set a transport spacing for conveying the transport pockets by the conveying system, a singularizing unit which is in signal communication with the control unit and is intended for singularized feeding the hanging adapters into the conveying system with the variably set transport spacing.


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