Overhead Conveyor Attachment Section Lateral Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing overhead conveyor systems face difficulties in efficiently loading and unloading goods, such as clothes on hangers, due to interfering contours on the attachment sections, which hinder the easy distribution and transfer of hooks between conveyors.
Innovation Solution
The conveyor design features a load-carrying body with a cantilevered attachment section that is accessible from both sides, eliminating interfering contours and allowing hooks to be easily attached and detached, with a hook profile that forms the attachment section and a connecting element that supports a holding strip free on top for secure hook placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the attachment section has a hook contour facing forward or backward, then the structure is simple, but the attachment section becomes inaccessible from one side, making loading and unloading difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies inversion by changing the orientation of the attachment section from facing forward or backward to facing laterally (transversely to the guide rail). This allows the hook mouth to be accessible from both sides of the conveyor, enabling easy loading and unloading of goods without requiring complex mechanisms. The attachment section is inverted in its functional orientation to solve the accessibility problem.
2Ease of operation
If the hook mouth is oriented in a vertical plane parallel to the running direction, then the structure is simple, but the attachment section is only accessible from one side
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the orientation dimension of the hook mouth from vertical (parallel to running direction) to horizontal (transverse to guide rail). This dimensional change allows the attachment section to be accessible from both sides along the guide rail, solving the accessibility problem while maintaining structural simplicity. The hook is reoriented in a different spatial dimension.
3Productivity
If interfering contours are present on the attachment section, then the structure provides secure hook engagement, but the distribution and transfer of hooks between conveyors becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts or removes the interfering contours (such as the back of the hook forming obstacles) from the attachment section design. By using a lateral orientation with the opening facing transverse to the guide rail, the design eliminates the interfering contours that would otherwise prevent easy access and transfer of hooks between adjacent conveyors, thereby improving handling efficiency.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a conveying means which is intended for an overhead conveyer and has at least one running body (2, 4) which can be moved in a hanging state on a guide rail (30) and has a load-bearing body (6) with a hang-on portion (18) for receiving hooks (20) of article holders (22), e.g. clothes hangers, wherein the load-bearing body (6) has a free support (10) which, with the conveying means (1) hanging as intended on the guide rail (30) projects laterally outwards transversely to the guide rail (30) and has the hang-on portion (18) at its distal end, the hang-on portion (18) being free throughout on its top side, and it is therefore accessible from both opposite sides along the guide rail (30) in order to be fitted with a hook (20) of an article holder 22).