Method for the automatic opening of a carrier means as well as an appliance for carrying out the method

Abstract

A facility for the automated opening of a carrier and for the provision of the carrier in loading and transport aids, the facility including a carrier feed appliance for feeding flatly closed carrier to a holder of a first conveying appliance, and a first conveying appliance for conveying the flatly closed carrier, which are held the holder, to a carrier opening appliance. The carrier opening appliance opens the flatly closed carrier. A merging appliance brings the carrier into the loading and transport aids. A second conveying appliance transports away the loading and transport aids with the opened carriers, which are arranged in the loading and transport aids.

Claims

1. A method for the automated opening of a carrier and for provision of the carrier in a container-like loading and transport aid and for further conveying the opened carrier, comprising the steps of: feeding the flatly closed carrier to a holder of a first suspended conveyor appliance by way of a carrier feed appliance; conveying the flatly closed carrier, which is held by the holder, to a carrier opening appliance in a suspended manner; opening the flatly closed carrier with the carrier opening appliance; and positioning the carrier in a standing manner in the container-like loading and transport aid with a merging appliance; conveying away of the container-like loading and transport aid and the opened carrier with a second suspended conveyor appliance, wherein the second suspended conveyor appliance contains a conveying member onto which the container-like loading and transport aid is connected via a suspension, so that the container-like loading and transport aid together with the carrier being arranged in the container-like loading and transport aid in a standing manner can be further conveyed in a suspended manner.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the flatly closed carrier is folded together in a flat manner.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is a carrier bag.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the flatly closed carrier is separated from a stack and transferred onto the holder with a suction gripper.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the holder is conveyed into a transfer region in a controlled manner via a supply unit to take over the flatly closed carrier.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the holder, with the flatly closed carrier, is conveyed into the carrier opening appliance in a cycled manner via a pacer.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in a first opening step, two carrier walls, which lie opposite one another, are separated and, in a second opening step, the carrier is completely opened by way of an active means, which acts into an interior of the carrier.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein at least one suction gripper is moved towards an outer side of the two carrier walls, which lie opposite one another, and the carrier walls are each gripped at the outer sides by the suction grippers, and the suction grippers are spaced from one another amid the pulling-apart of the carrier walls.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is brought into the container-like loading and transport aid in the flatly closed state.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the flatly closed carrier is opened in the suspended position.

11. The method claim 1, wherein, in a first opening step, two carrier walls, which lie opposite one another are separated by way of suction grippers.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the carrier is transferred from the holder of the first conveying appliance onto the container-like loading and transport aid by way of a separating mechanism.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the container-like loading and transport aid is moved upwards to the carrier, which is held in the carrier opening appliance in a suspended manner, by way of the merging appliance, and the carrier is thus brought into the container-like loading and transport aid.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the container-like loading and transport aid with the opened carrier, which is brought into the container-like loading and transport aid, is transferred to the second conveying appliance for further conveying.

15. A facility for the automated opening of a carrier and for supplying the carrier in a container-like loading and transport aid and for further conveying the opened carrier, comprising: a carrier feed appliance for feeding the flatly closed carrier from a stack to a holder of a first suspended conveyor appliance; the first suspended conveyor appliance for the suspended conveying of the flatly closed carrier, which is held by a holder, to a carrier opening appliance; the carrier opening appliance for opening the flatly closed carrier; a merging appliance for positioning the carrier in a standing position in the container-like loading and transport aid; a second suspended conveyor appliance for conveying away the container-like loading and transport aid with the opened carrier, which is arranged in the container-like loading and transport aid in a suspended manner, wherein the second suspended conveyor appliance contains a conveying member onto which the container-like loading and transport aid is connected via a suspension, so that the container-like loading and transport aid together with the carrier being arranged in the container-like loading and transport aid in a standing manner can be further conveyed in a suspended manner.

16. The facility according to claim 15, wherein the holder is a gripper.

17. The facility according to claim 15, wherein the holder is arranged on a conveying member that is movable along a conveying stretch.

18. The facility according to claim 17, wherein the conveying member is a conveying vehicle with runner rollers, which are movable along a guide rail.

19. The facility according to claim 15, wherein the carrier opening appliance comprises a separating mechanism for separating two carrier walls, which lie opposite one another.

20. The facility according to claim 19, wherein the separating mechanism comprises at least one first suction gripper for gripping a first carrier wall and at least one second suction gripper for gripping an opposite second carrier wall.

21. The facility according to claim 15, wherein the carrier opening appliance comprises an active mechanism with an active means that acts into an interior of the carrier to completely open the carrier.

22. The facility according to claim 21, wherein the active mechanism is a blow air system for blowing air as an active means into the carrier interior.

23. The facility according to claim 21, wherein the active mechanism includes an active body that can be introduced into the carrier interior.

24. A facility for order picking of goods into carriers, comprising a suspended conveyor appliance with a plurality of container-like loading and transport aids for receiving the carriers in a standing manner and with conveying members onto which the container-like loading and transport aids are connected via suspensions for conveying the container-like loading and transport aids together with the carriers being arranged in the container-like loading and transport aids in a standing manner along an order picking stretch in a suspended manner, further comprising a plurality of delivery stations arranged along the order picking stretch for delivery of goods into the standing carriers.

25. The facility according to claim 24, wherein each of the container-like loading and transport aids receive several carriers.

Description

(1) The subject-matter of the invention is hereinafter explained in more detail by way of embodiment examples which are represented in the accompanying figures. In each case in a schematic manner:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a lateral view of a bag feed appliance;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a lateral view of a bag opening appliance;

(4) FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the opening mechanism of the bag opening appliance;

(5) FIG. 4a-4b shows lateral views of an active means mechanism;

(6) FIG. 5a-5b shows lateral views of a further active means mechanism;

(7) FIG. 6 shows a lateral view of a further bag opening mechanism;

(8) FIG. 7 shows a lateral view of a holding means which is designed as a hook;

(9) FIG. 8 shows a lateral view of a merging appliance;

(10) FIG. 9a-9d shows various views of a carrier bag;

(11) FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of a further carrier bag;

(12) FIG. 11a-11b shows different views of a further carrier bag;

(13) FIG. 12 shows a perspective view of a further carrier bag;

(14) FIG. 13 shows a view of a further embodiment of a second conveying appliance;

(15) FIG. 14 shows a view of an appliance for order-picking of goods according to a further aspect of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(16) Basically, in the figures, the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals.

(17) Certain features are not represented in the figures for the purpose of a better understanding of the invention. The embodiment examples that are described hereinafter are merely exemplary for the subject-matter of the invention and have no limiting effect.

(18) FIG. 1 shows a lateral view of a bag feed appliance 10 and of a first conveying appliance 30 as well as of the commonly formed transfer region 13.

(19) The bag feed appliance 10 includes a stack guide 17, in which a stack 11 of flatly folded-together carrier bags 2 is arranged in a lying manner. The stack 11 lies in the stack guide 17 on a stack support (rest) 19 which is designed as a conveying belt. The conveying belt permits the active refeed of the stack 11 towards a bag removal location 21.

(20) The stack 11 or the stack support 19 is inclined slightly obliquely downwards towards the bag removal location 21. The inclination assists in the active re-feeding of the stack 11 towards the bag removal location 21.

(21) The stack 11 is supported at its rear flat side by a support member 22. The stack 11 is further also laterally supported by lateral support members 20. The lateral support members 20 are each designed as a conveying belt in this embodiment example. These likewise assist in the active refeed of the stack to the bag removal locations.

(22) The front flat side of the stack 11 is likewise supported on the bag removal location 21, but in a manner such that this permits the removal of individual carrier bags 2 from the stack 11.

(23) The bag feed appliance 10 further includes a suction gripper 12 with several suction heads for removing individual carrier bags 2 from the stack 11. The suction grippers 12 can be moved between the stack 11 and the grippers 31 of the first conveying appliance 30 (see movement arrows) via a movement mechanism (not shown).

(24) The first conveying appliance 30 is a suspended conveyor and includes a multitude of conveying units each with a conveying vehicle 32 as well as with a gripper 31 which is arranged on the conveying vehicle 32.

(25) The conveying vehicles 32 include runner rollers (not shown), by way of which the conveying vehicle 32 rolls along a guide rail 34. The guide rail 34 forms a closed circulating track for the conveying units.

(26) A conveying screw 35 is arranged in the transfer region 13, wherein this conveying screw is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis and by way of which empty conveying units are conveyed into a transfer position in the transfer region 13 in a controlled manner for the purpose of taking over flatly folded-together carrier bags 2.

(27) For this, a spirally or helically designed guide groove 36, which serves for receiving and for driving a catch lug (not shown), which is arranged on the conveying vehicle 32 is arranged along the outer periphery of the conveying screw 35.

(28) The catch lug engages into the guide groove 36 and together with the conveying unit is caught or driven along the rotation axis of the conveying screw 35 and conveyed into the transfer region 13 by way of the guide groove 36, which rotates with the conveying screw 35, for conveying the conveying unit into the transfer region 13.

(29) A release station 37, which interacts with a control 39, is arranged upstream of the conveying screw 35 considered in the conveying direction F.

(30) Individual conveying units are released, which is to say freed into the transfer region 13, in particular in a cycled manner, by way of the release station 37.

(31) The release station 37 includes a retaining element, which can be switched by the control 39 and by way of which the conveying units are held back upstream of the transfer region 13 considered in the conveying direction F. Individual conveying units are released into the transfer region 13 by way of switching the retaining element between a retaining position and a release position.

(32) Furthermore, an accumulation stretch, in which conveying vehicles 32 with empty grippers 31 are accumulated is formed upstream of the release station 37 considered in the conveying direction F. The accumulation stretch runs along a descent.

(33) In each case, a conveying unit is released into the transfer region 13 by way of the release station 37 for the transfer of folded-together carrier bags 2 to empty grippers 31 of the first conveying appliance 30. Furthermore, the suction gripper 12 of the bag feed appliance 10 is led to the front flat side of the stack 11. This with its suction heads grips the frontmost carrier bag 2 at its free flat side.

(34) The suction gripper 12 pulls the gripped carrier bag 2 from the stack 11 and transports this to the open gripper 31 of the conveying unit in the transfer region 13 (see movement arrows). The suction gripper 12 introduces the flatly folded-together carrier bag 2 with an upper bag section into the open gripper jaw of the gripper 31. The gripper 31 is closed and grips the carrier bag 2 in a suspended position.

(35) As soon as the gripper 31 has gripped the carrier bag 2, the suction gripper 12 detaches itself again from the carrier bag 2 and moves back to the stack 11 for the purpose of gripping and removing a next carrier bag 2 from the stack 11 (see movement arrows). A new transfer cycle begins.

(36) The conveying units can be released into the transfer region 13 individually or in groups. Accordingly, individual grippers 31 or a group of grippers 31 can be fed with carrier bags 2 in the transfer region 13.

(37) Subsequently to the take-over of the carrier bags 2, the conveying units in the suspended position are moved in the conveying direction F out of the transfer region 13 by way of the conveying screw 35. Consequently, the conveying units, which are charged with the folded-together carrier bags 2, are conveyed to a bag opening appliance 51 in a suspended manner.

(38) If a group of conveying units are to be fed with carrier bags 2 in the transfer region 13, then in particular the conveying units are also fed in groups to the bag opening appliance 51. The number of conveying units of a group of conveying units hereby corresponds in particular to the number of carrier bags 2, which in the opening region 66 are to be transferred to an individual loading and transport container 3.

(39) The already mentioned bag opening appliance 51 according to FIG. 2 forms an opening region 66, in which the carrier bags 2 are opened and brought into the loading and transport container 3.

(40) The bag opening appliance 51 includes a conveying screw 61, which is rotatable about a rotation axis and by way of which conveying units with flatly folded-together carrier bags 2 are conveyed into an opening position in the opening region 66 in a controlled manner.

(41) For this, a spirally or helically designed guide groove 62, which serves for receiving and driving a catch lug (not shown), which is arranged on the conveying vehicle 32, is arranged along the outer periphery of the conveying screw 61.

(42) For conveying a conveying unit in the opening region 66, the catch lug engages into the guide groove 62 and together with the conveying unit is caught along the rotation axis of the conveying screw 61 and conveyed into the opening position by way of the guide groove 62, which rotates with the conveying screw 61.

(43) A release station 60 is arranged upstream of the conveying screw 61 considered in the conveying direction F, the release station interacting with the control 39.

(44) Individual conveying units are released or freed into the opening region 66 in a controlled, in particular cycled manner by way of the release station 60.

(45) The release station 60 includes a retaining element, which can be switched by the control 39 and by way of which the conveying units can be held back upstream of the opening region 66 considered in the conveying direction F. Individual conveying units are released or freed into the opening region 66 by way of switching the retaining element between a retaining position and release position.

(46) Furthermore, an accumulation stretch, in which conveying units with folded-together carrier bags 2 can be accumulated, is formed upstream of the release station 60 considered in the conveying direction F.

(47) The flatly folded-together carrier bags 2 are conveyed into the opening region 66 in the suspended position and are opened.

(48) The opening of the carrier bags 2 in the opening region 66 is effected in a two-step opening method.

(49) For this, the bag opening appliance 50 includes a separating mechanism 51. This includes a first suction gripper 53 and a second suction gripper 55, which lie opposite this, each with at least one first and at least one second suction head 54, 56 respectively, the suction heads being directed towards one another. Both suction grippers 53, 55 form a receiving gap for a carrier bag 2.

(50) The suction grippers 53, 55 are arranged on a carrier mount (see FIG. 3).

(51) The suction grippers 53, 55 are movably mounted via a movement mechanism. The suction grippers 53, 54 can be moved towards the carrier bags 2 in the opening position by way of the movement mechanism, in a manner such that the carrier bags 2 each come to lie between the first and the second suction gripper 53, 55.

(52) In the present embodiment example, three carrier bags 2 are opened in groups and are transferred to a loading and transport container 3.

(53) Accordingly, three carrier bags 2 are conveyed in the bag opening appliance into opening positions, which are arranged next to one another.

(54) The separating mechanism 51 then includes three pairings of first and second suction grippers 53, 55, which have been mentioned above and which are moved towards the carrier bags 2 in a manner such that the carrier bags 2 each come to lie between a first and a second suction gripper 53, 55 of a suction gripper pairing.

(55) The suction grippers 53, 55 are moved towards one another amid the reduction of the receiving gap between the suction grippers 53, 55 for carrying out a first opening step. Basically, also only one of the suction grippers 53, 55 can be moved to the opposite suction gripper 53, 55.

(56) The suction grippers 53, 55 approach the front and rear wall 4a, 4b of the carrier bag 2 and grip these with their suction heads 54, 56 which act upon the bag walls 4a, 4b and hold these.

(57) The carrier bags 4a, 4b are released from the grippers 31 of the first conveying appliance 30 after the suction grippers 53, 55 have gripped the carrier bags 4a, 4b. The carrier bags 2 are consequently only then held by the suction grippers 53, 55.

(58) The suction grippers 53, 55 are connected to a vacuum generator 65 for producing a vacuum (see FIG. 8).

(59) After gripping the bag walls 4a, 4b, the suction grippers 53, 55 are moved away from one another again amid the enlargement of the receiving gap, by which means both bag walls 4a, 4b are separated from one another while releasing a bag opening 18 or at least one opening gap (see also FIG. 6).

(60) An active means 59 can now act into the bag interior 5 through the released bag opening 18 or through the opening gap, for the purpose of carrying out the second opening step. The active means 59 is part of an active means mechanism 52.1.

(61) The second opening step includes the complete opening or unfolding of the carrier bag 2.

(62) According to the embodiment example according to FIG. 3, the active means mechanism 52.1 includes a blow air system 58.1, by way of which blow air 59 is blown through the bag opening 18 into the bag interior 5. This leads to an inflating and thus to the complete opening of the carrier bag 2. Concerning this step, the bag base 6, which is folded over to the front and rear wall 4a, 4b, is also folded out (see also FIGS. 6 and 7).

(63) FIGS. 4a and 4b show a first alternative embodiment of an active means mechanism 52.2 compared to the blow air system 58.1 according to FIG. 3. This mechanism includes an inflatable balloon 57 which is held on a rod link. Subsequently to the first opening step, the inflatable balloon 57 is introduced through the bag opening 18 into the bag interior 5 by way of a rod link and is inflated (see movement arrow), for the purpose of carrying out the second opening step. The bag walls 4a, 4b, 7a, 7b are displaced outwards by way of the inflating of the balloon 57 and the carrier bag 2 is completely opened or unfolded. The inflatable balloon 57 is pulled out of the bag interior 5 again after the complete opening of the carrier bag 2 (see movement arrow).

(64) FIGS. 5a and 5b show a second alternative embodiment of an active means mechanism 52.3 compared to the blow air system 58.1 according to FIG. 3. This includes an opening plunger 63, which at its free end includes rollers 64, which can be pivoted out laterally. Subsequently to the first opening step, the opening plunger 63 is introduced with folded-in rollers 64 through the bag opening 18 into the bag interior 5 (see movement arrows), for the purpose of carrying out the second opening step.

(65) The opening plunger 63 is now led with the rollers 64 towards the bag base 6. As soon as the opening plunger 63 has reached its opening position in the bag interior 5, the rollers 64 are pivoted out laterally, by which means the bag front wall and bag rear wall 4a, 4b are pressed outwards and the bag base 6 is folded out and the carrier bag 2 is folded open. The rollers 64 are pivoted laterally in the proximity of the base 6 so that the unfolding of the bag base 6 can indeed be effected in a reliable manner.

(66) FIG. 6 shows an alternative blow air system 58.2 compared to the blow air system 58.1 according to FIG. 3, with a multitude of blow air openings, via which blow air can be blown in downwards through the bag opening 18 into the bag interior 5. A precise alignment or positioning of the blow air openings above the bag opening 18, as is the case in the embodiment example according to FIG. 3, is not necessary due to the multitude of blow air openings.

(67) The conveying units are moved out of the opening region 66 by way of the conveying screw 61 subsequently to the opening and the transfer of the opened carrier bags 2 to the loading and transport containers 3, and are conveyed in the conveying direction F along the closed conveying stretch back into the transfer region 13.

(68) FIG. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of the conveying unit for the first conveying appliance, compared to the conveying unit according to FIG. 1.

(69) The conveying unit includes a schematically represented conveying vehicle 32, as is also represented in the embodiment example according to FIGS. 1 and 2. In contrast to the mentioned embodiment example, the holding means however is a holding hook 38, on which the carrier bag 2 is suspended via a carrier handle 8.

(70) FIG. 8 shows the handling of the loading and transport containers 3 in combination with the supply of opened carrier bags 2 according to the present invention.

(71) What is represented is a feed conveyor 71 for feed conveying empty loading and transport containers 3 to a merging appliance 70. The feed conveyer 71 forms a conveying surface for the loading and transport containers 3 in the form of a roller support.

(72) The feed conveyor 71 forms an accumulation stretch for holding back empty loading and transport containers 3 upstream of the merging appliance 70. The empty loading and transport containers 3 are individually fed to the merging appliance 70 by way of a release station 72.

(73) Individual, empty loading and transport containers 3 are conveyed in the conveying direction G onto a support member 73 of the merging appliance 70 for bringing the carrier bags 22 into the loading and transport containers 3. In the present embodiment example, the support member 73 is designed as a conveying belt and permits the active conveying of the loading and transport container 3 on the support member 73.

(74) The support member 73 is coupled onto a lever mechanism 74, by way of which this together with the loading and transport container 3 can be lifted to the opening region 66 of the bag opening appliance 50 for the purpose of receiving carrier bags 2, and lowered again.

(75) The lifting mechanism 74 is designed as a pivoting arrangement, by way of which the support member 73, pivoting about a pivot axis 76, can be lifted to the bag opening appliance 50. A lift member 75 with a lift cylinder is arranged below the support member 73 for carrying out the pivoting movement, the lift cylinder being designed to lift the support member 73 from below and to lower it again (double arrow).

(76) The support surface of the support member 73 has an inclination in the initial position, in which the empty loading and transport containers 3 are moved from the feed conveyor 71 onto the support member 73 and in which loading and transport containers 3 with carrier bags 2 are transferred from the support member 73 onto the second conveying appliance 80.

(77) The support surfaces of the feed conveyor 71 and of the second conveying appliance 80 are likewise inclined and are flush, which is to say aligned with the support surface of the support member 73. The descent of the inclined support surfaces is towards the conveying direction G, so that the loading and transport containers 3 can be conveyed in the conveying direction G on the roller support of the feed conveyor 71 or of the second conveying appliance 80 in a manner assisted by gravity.

(78) The support member 73, by way of the lifting mechanism and with this the loading and transport container 3 on the support member 73, is lifted upwards towards the opening region 66 for the purpose of bringing the still flatly folded-together carrier bags 2 into the loading and transport container 2 in the opening region 66 of the bag opening appliance 50.

(79) In this manner, the carrier bags 2 are positioned with their previously freely suspended base-side bag section in the loading and transport container 3 in the opening region 66.

(80) The carrier bags 2 are subsequently completely opened in the loading and transport container 3 by way of the two-step opening method, which has already been described above.

(81) After opening the carrier bags 2, these are released again from the suction grippers 53, 55 and the support member 73 is lowered again by way of the lifting mechanism 74. Accordingly, the loading and transport containers 3 together with the carrier bags 2, which are opened therein, are lowered out of the opening region 66 back into the initial position.

(82) The second conveying appliance 80 is a roller conveyor with a roller support 81 for the loading and transport containers 3. As soon as the support member 73 has assumed its initial position again, the loading and transport containers 3 with the opened carrier bags 2, which are contained in these, are moved onto the roller support 81 of the second conveying appliance 80 by way of the conveying belt of the support member 73 and subsequently conveyed further with the second conveying appliance 80, e.g. along an order-picking stretch.

(83) FIGS. 9a to 9d show a conventional carrier bag 2 as is common with regard to the transport of purchase and can be used in the present invention.

(84) The carrier bag 2 includes a bag front wall 4a, a bag rear wall 4b as well as two bag side walls 7a, 7b. The bag side walls 7a, 7b form the short sides of the carrier bag 2. The carrier bag 2 further includes a bag opening 18, which leads into the bag interior 5. The bag opening 18 serves for filling the carrier bag 2 with goods 1.

(85) The carrier bag 2 further includes two carrier handles 8 for carrying the carrier bag 2, of which a first carrier handle 8 is fastened to the bag front wall 4a and a second carrier handle 8 is fastened to the bag rear wall 4b. The carrier handles 8 can be folded over into the bag interior (see FIG. 9b).

(86) The carrier bag 2 further includes a bag base 6, which in the folded-together state of the carrier bag 2 is folded over to the bag front wall 4a or bag rear wall 4b (see FIGS. 4a to 4c).

(87) Longitudinally running fold lines 9, along which the carrier bag 2 can be folded together are arranged in the bag side walls 7a, 7b.

(88) FIGS. 10 to 12 represent further embodiments of carrier bags 90, 91, 92. The carrier bags 90, 91, 92 each likewise form an upwardly facing bag opening and can be flatly folded together.

(89) The carrier bag 90 according to FIG. 10 is designed as a folding bag analogously to the carrier bag 2 according to FIGS. 9a to 9d. However, the carrier bag 90 includes no carrier handles but grip openings 93, which are each arranged in the upper bag section in the bag front wall and the bag rear wall.

(90) The carrier bag 91 according to FIGS. 11a and 11b, analogously to the carrier bag 90 according to FIG. 10, likewise includes grip openings 93 for holding the carrier bag 91. However, the carrier bag 91 is not a folding bag with fold lines in the bag side walls. In contrast, the carrier bag 91 includes a bag front wall and a bag rear wall, which are connected to one another via connections seams.

(91) The carrier bag 92 according to FIG. 12 includes a bag front wall 94a, a bag rear wall 94b as well as bag side walls 95a, 95b, which connect these. The bag side walls 95a, 95b are each designed as a fabric mesh.

(92) The second conveying appliance 40 according to the embodiment example according to FIG. 13 is designed as a suspended conveyor 40.

(93) The suspended conveyor 40 includes holding means in the form of transport gratings (grids) 41, which are each connected to the conveying member 45 via a rod linkage 44. The transport gratings 44 each form a carrier base 42, on which a transport container 43 with the opened carrier bags 2, which are contained therein lie in the suspended conveying. The transport gratings 41 further form a support railing for the lateral support of the transport containers 43.

(94) The conveying member 45, which is not represented in more detail in FIG. 13, can be a conveying vehicle, which, via rollers, rolls along a conveying rail, which is likewise not represented in more detail. The conveying rail runs along a conveying stretch H, which symbolically also indicates the guide rail.

(95) As indicated in FIG. 13, the conveying vehicle 45 in particular includes two vehicle bodies that are arranged one after another and are spaced from each other along the conveying direction F, resp. in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The vehicle bodies are connected with each other via a strut body, such as a connection brace. The two vehicle bodies in each case contain in particular at least one runner roller (not shown), via which the conveying vehicles 45 roll along the conveying rail (not shown).

(96) The FIG. 14 shows a facility 46 for order picking of goods 1 in carrier bags 2 by means of a conveying appliance 40 according to FIG. 13. The facility 46 further contains a plurality of delivery stations A, B, N1, N for the delivery of goods 1 into the carrier bags 2 which are arranged along an order picking stretch K.

(97) The conveying appliance 40 contains a plurality of transport containers 43 for receiving in each case three carrier bags 2 for the purpose of conveyance of the carrier bags 2 along the order picking stretch K. Of course, a different number of carrier bags 2 per transport container 43 possible.

(98) The conveying appliance 40 is designed as a suspended conveyor (overhead conveyor), by means of which the carrier bags 2 which are arranged in the transport containers 43 are conveyed along the order picking stretch K past the individual delivery stations A, B, N1, N in a indirect hanging manner.

(99) At the delivery stations (A, B, N1, N), which are only shown symbolically, the goods 1 are delivered from above through the bag opening into the individual carrier bags 2. It is not mandatory that at an individual delivery station (A, B, N1, N) all carrier bags 2 of a transport container 43 have to be fed with goods 1.