KR19990067451A - Conveyor system with rail and its operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

The conveyor system proposed has self-propelled carriages (22) which travel on rails (12). To simplify and improve the conveyor system, the carriages (22) are fitted with a rigidly mounted container (24) having a cavity in which boxes (26) intended for the conveyance of goods can be placed and held. The boxes (26) are loaded into the container and unloaded again at loading and unloading stations (10).

Description

Conveyor system with rail and its operation method

Conveyor systems with rails of the type mentioned above are known, for example, from EP 0 513 460 B1. In this rail installed system, the conveyor carriage is provided on the upper side of the conveyor carriage and has connecting means in the form of coupling means which cooperate with the bottom part of the transport box to be transported. These coupling means comprise the illustrated lateral components moving parallel to the rails, wherein the transport boxes are movable in the direction of movement or they swing inwards transversely with respect to the bottom part of the transport box, It is possible. The drawback is that no stations can be placed on top of each other in the vertical track arrangement. The station can be placed only at the end of the horizontally moving track, since the lamp that receives the box at the station must always be installed at the bottom of the box. Even then, the shipping crate can only be separated when the conveyor carriage leaves the station going upwards. In this way, the required diversity in using a conveyor carriage for several shipping boxes is significantly limited.

U.S. Patent 4 015 537 describes another conveyor system in which a rail is installed, wherein the vertically installed container is mounted on an axis of the container carriage. In this conveyor system, no means is provided to separate the transport box from the conveyor car- riage at the station. Therefore, each shipping box requires its own conveyor carriage, which makes the conveyor system very expensive.

The present invention relates to a rail-mounted conveyor system according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method of operation according to claim 18.

1 is a plan view of loading and unloading on two vertical track runs of a conveyor system;

Figure 2 shows an unloading station schematically depicted;

Figure 3 shows the unloading of the conveyor carriage with the transport box, each loading of the transport device at the station for loading, each view looking transversely to the unloading direction;

Figure 4 is a top view and partial cutaway view of the transportation system of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a top view of an additional transport device at the station;

Figure 6 is an exploded view of the transport apparatus of Figure 5 showing the entrainment pins;

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view in the transverse direction with respect to the direction of movement of the transport box with the conveyor carriage with the receiving container and the fixing means for the same; Fig.

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail view of the securing means of Figure 7;

9 is an enlarged cutaway view of the second safety device;

10 is an enlarged view of the third safety device;

Figure 11 is a side elevational view of the loading station along with the conveyor carriage in the transverse direction;

Figure 12 is a side elevational view of the unloading station with respect to the direction of travel of the unloading station with the conveyor carriage;

Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view of the conveyor carriage with the receiving platform for the transport box and the direction of travel and rail plane direction of the conveyor system;

Figure 14 is a view in the XV-XV direction of the conveyor system of Figure 13;

Fig. 15 is a cross-sectional cut XV-XV of the conveyor system of Fig. 13;

Figure 16 is a transverse view of the loading station and the unloading station disposed beneath it, with respect to the direction of movement and the rail plane;

Figure 17 is a view of the direction of travel of the loading and unloading station and of the rail plane laterally disposed next to each other;

Figure 18 is a diagram of a conveyor system with a closed-loop rail system and a guide rail segment; And

Figure 19 is a diagram of the conveyor system according to Figure 18 with a communication rail.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rail-mounted conveyor system of the type described above that is capable of positioning the station at any point in the vertical track progression of the track system and always ensuring separation of the shipping box from the conveyor carriage to be.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by:

A conveyor system according to claim 1; And

- can be accomplished by its operating method according to claim 18.

The transport box can be placed in a receiving container tightly mounted on the conveyor carriage or on a receiving platform installed about an axis on the conveyor carriage so that the receiving platform as well as the inlet of the receiving container can load and / Or unloading ramp, such a station can be installed at any point in the vertical track progression, and from now on the receiving ramp can be moved through the station to accommodate the shipping box There is no need to protrude into the conveying profile of the conveyor system. Also, no special emission switch and emission track is required. The structure of the conveyor carriage according to the present invention is particularly suitable for vertical track advancement. In certain embodiments, the conveyor carriage is also suitable for other track advances.

Embodiments of the conveyor system are described in claims 2 to 17 and advantageous embodiments of the method for its operation are described in claims 19 to 21.

In a simple track proceeding, it may be sufficient to arrange the transport box in the receiving container without securing it. It is absolutely necessary to provide a receiving container according to claim 2 with a fixing means for securing the shipping box in the receiving container, such as in overhead shipping, in a more complex shipping operation. Thus, the securing means according to claim 3 can be a mechanical snap-moving member, which can be released by hand in more simple cases, preferably with a motor, for example with electromagnets . Another particularly preferred embodiment of the securing means is described in claim 4 and comprises a permanent-magnet holder which can be released electrically to release the shipping box.

In the simplest case, the shipping box can be positioned leaning against the side wall of the container. Loading and unloading of the receiving container is facilitated by the design according to claim 5 so that the conveying device may not move and may be a roller conveyor according to claim 6 so that when the fixing means is released The shipping crate can be automatically spaced from the receiving container. The embodiment according to claim 7 is further advantageous, whereby the transport apparatus automatically performs loading and unloading of the transport box in one station.

When the conveyor carriage is equipped with a receiving platform, the latter may be a simple plate for simple carrying operations. Thus, in order to prevent tilting of the shipping box, the receiving platform can be loaded, unloaded, respectively, since the shipping box moves transversely to the direction of the length, but preferably in the direction of the length. For guidance of the transport box on the receiving platform and for partial securing, the conveyor system is preferably designed according to claim 8. On the other hand, its design according to claim 9 is further advantageous in that the shipping box does not slip down during transport. Several examples are provided for the design of the locking device, thereby allowing designs similar to claims 3 and 4. Such safety devices may be manually released, but preferably by motor-drive. A safety device particularly advantageous for the receiving platform is described in claim 10.

The transport box can be manually loaded and unloaded to the receiving platform, while the embodiment according to claim 11 is more suitable, especially when the conveyor system is considered to be operable automatically.

It satisfies the objective of providing means for removing the possibility of rotation of the receiving platform at the station, in order to ensure safe loading and unloading of the receiving platform at the station. For this purpose, the members of the receiving platform at the station may be equipped with fixed feed and release guides. Claim 12 describes a particularly simple solution.

For the structure of the station for the loading and unloading of the container carriage with the carrying box, a wide variety of solutions are possible, whereby the individual lamps are moved by hand to move the carrying boxes at the top to load or unload the conveyor carriage Can be a simple slide. On the other hand, the design of the station according to claim 13 is further advantageous and comprises a transport device for loading and unloading the conveyor carriage, respectively. Thus, the transport device can be stationary, for example with a simple roller bottom or an infinite transport belt. On the other hand, it is more advantageous when the corresponding drive is equipped in the loading, each of the unloading transport devices.

The station structure according to claim 14 is advantageous for unloading the conveyor carriage. Loading of the conveyor carriage can be enhanced by the station structure according to claim 15. In one loading station, the structure of the conveyor system according to claim 16 is proved advantageous when more than one transport box is in the standby position at the same time. The blocking element or elements can be actuated from the conveyor carriage thereby thereby providing a telescopic pusher that cooperates with the corresponding actuating member for the blocking element, for example. However, it is also possible that the corresponding drive, for example an electromagnet, is placed directly on the station. The operation can be done manually via the corresponding switch, or automatically upon arrival of the conveyor carriage through the corresponding control unit of the conveyor system.

Claim 17 describes particularly advantageous transport devices, which make it possible to ensure overlapping transport between the transport carriage and station lamps for loading and unloading of conveyor carriages.

From the simple manual operation to the semi-automatic and fully automatic operation through the corresponding control systems, control of the conveyor system and loading, respectively, unloading is possible. Such control systems are known in principle and need not be described in greater detail. Thus, control of the conveyor system can be simplified through the method of operation according to claim 18. Further development of the method according to claims 19 and / or 20 is advantageous in order to prevent roll derailment of the conveyor carriage. Claim 21 describes the control which is an advantage of the conveyor system.

Figure 1 shows a conveyor system with two vertical rail tracks 2 and 4 arranged in the shaft 6 and an unloading system 2 for the rail track 2 and the connected loading station 8 for the rail track 2. [ The station 10 is shown. The rail 12 of such a conveyor system has a base portion 14 and a side portion 16 whereby the latter includes a flange portion 18 which faces to each other and which allows for the operation of the conveyor carriage 22 in a C- Or the drive wheel 20. The rails include live rails that are not described in greater detail and, optionally, guide rails and serrated racks, and the conveyor carriage 2 has a serrated wheel to drive. The conveyor carriage is also equipped with a motor, which can move on its own. Such conveyor carriages and associated rails are designed, for example, in accordance with U.S. Patent No. 3,663,883. The conveyor carriage 22 also includes an accommodating container 24 that is tightly mounted for the transport box 26 and which transports the conveyor carriage 26 from the loading station 8 through the loading ramp 28, Of the container (24). At the unloading station 10, the shipping box 26 can be ejected to the unloading ramp 30. Thus, the loading station 8 and the unloading station 10 are positioned such that they do not interfere with the free rotation of the conveyor carriage, which is on the conveying profile of the conveyor system and which has the receiving container.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic illustration of an embodiment of the present invention having an entraining pin 36 disposed on an operable rotatable member 34 and having a rotatable member 34 and a guide roller 38, And an unloading station with the transport device 32 moving through the return zone in the upper story. The transport device 32 located in the conversion area projects from the unloading ramp 30 into the carrying area of the conveyor carriage 22, i.e. the entraining pin 36 is positioned in the receiving container 24 of the conveyor carriage 22 The catch 40 of the shipping box 26 disposed within the unloading station and can stop it at the front of the unloading station. Next, using the rotating member 34, the entraining pin 36 pulls the shipping box 26 from the receiving container 24 of the conveyor carriage 22 onto the unloading lamp 30. [ The latter includes a roller conveyor formed by a roller 42 and a side guide 44. When the rotating member 34 of the transport apparatus 32 is driven in the reverse direction of rotation, the entraining pin 34 moves the transport box 26 to the receiving container 24 of the conveyor carriage 22, It plays a role for movement in.

Figures 3 and 4 show an additional transport device 46 for transporting the transport box between the receiving container of the conveyor carriage and the lamp 48 of the station. For this purpose the transport device 46 is rigidly fixed to the shaft 52 and connected to rotate with a toothed wheel 54 which meshes with a toothed rack 56, And a swing arm 50 fixedly connected to the swing arm 50. The motor 58 serves to drive the shaft 52 through the gear 60 so that the toothed wheel 54 is driven and moves forward through the serrated rack 56. Thus, the shaft 52 is also simultaneously moved, and the swing arm 50 is swung to the left from the right side in Fig. 3 to the one-dot chain line in Fig. All the mechanical devices are guided to slide back and forth on the guide rod 62. When the swing arm 50 is swung, the entraining pin 64 is engaged with the catch 66 on the shipping box 26 and is moved from the receiving container 24 The box 26 is pulled over the lamp 48 of the unloading station. The backward movement of the transport device 46 may serve to load the containment container 24 with the transport box 26 thereon.

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate an embodiment of a transport device 26 that serves for movement of the transport box 26 from the receiving container 24 of the conveyor carriage 22 to the lamp 70 of the station at the loading and / or unloading station, 3 Shows transport device 68. The transport device 68 includes a lift-thrust rod 72 that can be moved back and forth in the loading, each in the unloading direction 76, using the drive 74. At the free end, the lift-thrust rod 72 is moved back and forth between the entraining position shown in Fig. 6 for the catch 80 of the shipping box 26 and the free position indicated by the one-dot chain line in Fig. And an entraining pin 78 capable of swinging. Loading and unloading of the shipping box 26 takes place in a similar manner as in the examples described above.

Figures 7 and 8 show a safety device 82 which ensures the rigid support of the transport box 26 in the receiving container 24 of the conveyor carriage 22. [ For this purpose, the safety device comprises a catch spring 84 made of spring steel fixed on the container 24 and a cam 84 which, when the shipping box 26 is fitted, -Shaped head portion (86). The spring force of the catch spring 84 is calculated to lock or unlock the shipping box 26 as required by the catch spring 84 while the release of the shipping box 26 from the receiving container 24 is calculated to be normal It is avoided during the transport process under load.

Figure 9 shows an additional safety device 90 with a rocker 94 supported on the receiving container 24 so as to be able to swing on the shaft 92. [ On one side of the locker 94 is a locking nose 96 that interacts with a recess 98 within the shipping box 26. As the shipping crate 26 enters the containment container 24 the abutment surface 100 ensures automatic locking of the locking nose 96 in the recess 98. The pressure spring 102 serves to impart a compressive stress to the locker 94 so that the locking nose 96 enters into the locking position shown in FIG. The actuating device 104, for example a piston / cylinder unit or lifting magnet, serves to relieve the safety device 90, thereby causing the plunger 106 (as shown by arrow 107 in Fig. 9) Moves the locker 94 to the open position against the compressive stress of the pressure spring 102. [

Figure 10 shows another safety device 108 with two angular arms 112 movable about an axis 110. [ The angular arms are arranged to connect with the plunger 118 of the actuating device 120 via the swivel joint 116, with the arms 114 facing each other. The free arms 122 of the angular arms 112 are disposed in the shipping box and have a locking nose 124 facing back to back with an abutment surface 126 that engages from behind in the blocking element 128. The pressure spring 130 exerts an external force on the arm 122, thereby stressing the locking nose outward. Using the actuating device 120, the engagement can be released by pulling on the plunger 118, as shown by the one-dot chain line in Fig.

Figures 11 and 12 show the conveyor carriage 22 with the receiving container 132 modified at the loading station 134 and the unloading station 136. The receiving container 132 includes a transport device 140 for the transport box 26 on the contact side. The transfer device 140 has a receiving platform 142 for the shipping box 26 so that the receiving platform 142 can swing on a swivel shaft 146 that is supported to flow within the receiving container 132. [ Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 144 < / RTI > A turntable 148 is disposed between the locker 144 and the contact side 138 of the container 132 and has a wedge 150 that imparts a corresponding tilt to the locker 144. The turntable 148 is rotated using the driving device 152 so that the limit switches 154 and 156 determine the end position of the turntable 148. [ A free-running or selectively driven roller 158 is disposed on the lacquer 144.

In Fig. 11, the locker 144 is disposed to serve to tilt toward the rear end of the container to receive the shipping box 26 coming from the loading ramp 160. The loading ramp may be a roller or train with a chute or roller 161. A catch 162 is provided at the inner end of the lacquer that can selectively serve to secure the shipping box 26 in the receiving container. For this purpose, the catch 162 is designed as a permanent magnet and can be electrically released. A limit switch 164 is disposed at the top of the containment container, which signals the regular arrival of the shipping box within the containment container 132. The additional safeguard 166 is disposed adjacent the opening 168 of the containment container 132 and includes a safety catch 164 that prevents the shipping box 26 from slipping out of the containment container 132 at the lower position shown in Fig. 170). 11, the conveyor carriage 22 and the receiving container 132 with it are in the loading ramp 160 of the loading station 134, whereby the loading ramp is inclined toward the receiving container 132 The transport box 26 is provided with stop members 172 and 174 which prevent the transport box 26 from being drawn into the container 132 for any reason or prevent the transport box 26 from falling off the loading ramp 160 in the absence of the conveyor carriage 22 ) For transport. As further described in Fig. 16, the stop member can be operated mechanically, or electrically, for example by means of an electromagnet, by means of a manual or conveyor carriage approach in a manner not described in more detail.

In Figure 12 a conveyor carriage 22 with a receiving container 132 is shown at the unloading station including an unloading ramp 176 tilted downwardly to receive the shipping box from the receiving container 132 . The retractable stop member 178 prevents uncontrolled advancement of the shipping box to the unloading ramp 176 with the roller 161 similar to the loading ramp. The locker 144 of the unloading lamp 136 at the unloading station 136 is tilted toward the unloading ramp 176 so that the shipping box 26 can unload the unloading ramp 176 You can roll down freely towards.

Figs. 13-15 show additional systems with rail tracks 180 that proceed from the vertical segment to the horizontal segment through the curved portion. The rail track 180 again includes an initially described rail 12 having a base portion 14, a side portion 16 and a flange portion 18 which is mounted on the top of the wheel 20 of the conveyor carriage 182 . The live rail 184 serves to supply drive power to the conveyor carriage 182 and serves as a control rail for connection and control of the system components. A rack 186 is also disposed on the base portion 14 of the rail 12, which cooperates with the drive pinion of the conveyor carriage 182. The conveyor carriage 182 further includes an arc-shaped member 190 reaching the side 16 of the rail 12 where it is provided with a support roller 192 passing over the outer side of the side 160 Shaped member 190 includes a swivel shaft 194 to which the support arm 196 is rigidly secured and a receiving platform 198 is disposed to receive the shipping box 26 at its free end. On the side away from the support arm 196 to stabilize the receiving platform 198 back to its position in the station 202, the receiving platform 198 is axially parallel to the swivel axis 194 and is loaded and / Is equipped with a guide bolt 200 cooperating with a fixed guide slot 204 in the loading station 202. A funnel-shaped enlargement 206 is mounted in the guide slot 204 at its access side do.

The receiving platform 198 includes a side guide 208 positioned in the loading, each unloading position, which corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the shipping box 26 in this example. As shown in the loading, each in the unloading direction, the receiving platform has safety pins 210 at both ends, which protrude into the slip path of the shipping box disposed on the receiving platform. The extended, respectively blocked positions of the safety pins 210 correspond to their basic positions. These safety pins may be retracted into the free position by a manual and / or actuating device in a manner not described in more detail, where they prevent movement of the shipping box from the receiving platform at the lamp 212 of the station 202 Do not. In addition, in order to carry the shipping crate 26 from the receiving platform 198 at the ramp 212 of the station 202 and to receive it therefrom, a method which is described in more detail with two endless conveyor belts 216 A transport device 214, which can be driven back and forth in the transport direction using the actuator, is disposed on the receiving ramp. A transport device (not shown) that includes a roller 220 that is freely rotatable to manually move the container or that can be driven to receive the transport box 26 automatically from the receiving platform 198 or to transport it to the same location 218 are also equipped in the lamp 212 of the station 202.

Figure 16 shows the conveyor system of the kind shown in Figures 13-15 so that within the area of the loading station 224 and the unloading station 226 disposed thereunder, The rail track 180 passes within the shaft 222 in which a wall opening 228 is provided which can be closed by the rail. The loading station 224 is equipped with a loading ramp 232 with the rollers 234 inclined downwardly toward the conveyor carriage 182 at the loading station 224. The loading ramp 232 projects into the conveying path of the shipping box 26 and forms a sliding plate 238 which can be actuated by the plunger 240 in the receiving platform 198 of the conveyor carriage 182. [ And a stop member 236 that can be retracted using the stop member 236. [ To this end, the receiving platform 198 includes an actuator 242 in the form of an electromagnet, to push the plunger 240 against the sliding plate 238, as shown in Fig. The sliding plate 238 may be moved to an additional setting for additional stop member 248 to hold the following shipping box when the shipping box is carried in the receiving platform 198 of the stationary conveyor carriage 182. [ The cam 246 includes, of course, a first setting cam 244 for the stationary member 236 which is disposed on the rear side of the atmospheric transport box and associated with the next transport box. For this purpose, the sliding plate 238 with the setting cams 244, 246 is made to selectively actuate the setting cam. Using the compression stress spring 250, the sliding plate 238 is compressively stressed in the base position, wherein the front stop member 236 is in the locked position.

The unloading station 226 disposed below the reading station 224 is provided with an unloading ramp 252 that receives the shipping box carried from the receiving platform 198 and the shipping box is transported to the end stop 254.

Figure 17 shows an additional conveyor system wherein the loading station 224a and the unloading station 226a are similarly designed to the loading station 224 and the unloading station 226 of Figure 16, They are not located at the upper top of the other, but are positioned next to each other and thus serve as two rail tracks that pass adjacent to each other similar to the embodiment of Fig. The conveyor carriage 182a is basically similar to the conveyor carriage 182 while the receiving platform 198a is oriented in the loading and unloading direction and thereafter also in the direction of the length of the shipping box 26 towards the conveyor carriage 182a Parallel to the swivel axis 194a.

In the structure of the conveyor system according to FIG. 16, the receiving platform 198 is suitable only for the loading station 224 as well as the unloading station 226, which are located in the vertical rail track. 17, the receiving platform 198a, the loading station 244a and the unloading station 226a may be used on any further horizontally disposed rail track. On randomly horizontal rail tracks, stations 224a and 225a are not used in parallel as shown in Figs. 17 and 1 but are used continuously as indicated for vertical rail tracks in Fig.

Figure 18 shows a diagram of a conveyor system for vertical transport in a building with four layers (S1, S2, S3, S4). The upper rail track 260 and the lower rail track 262 are connected to the loops by respective reverse shunts 264, 266 at the upper and lower ends. In addition, in their midrange, the rail tracks are connected through a transverse shunt 268. B02, B03 and B04 are arranged along the upward rail track 260 and unloading stations E05, E06, E07 and E08 are arranged along the downward rail track 262. Conveyor carriages (F01, F01, F03, etc.), which are preferably at the same distance from each other, corresponding to a height of about one layer, circulate within the conveyor system. This means that in this example six conveyor carriages are provided, whereas only three are shown in this figure for the sake of simplicity. The system components such as the station, rail control rail segment 270 and shunt are individually connected to the control unit including the computer R via that line. Various but not yet configured readers are placed in the station and along the tracks, which are the registration codes (F01, F02, F03, etc.) of the conveyor carriage and the target codes (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06). The conveyor carriage controls individual system components by independently searching their objects based on the object code. Thus, the control unit R serves to adjust and monitor the conveyor system.

Fig. 19 shows the conveyor system of Fig. 18, where control rail segment 270 is replaced by a continuous communication rail 272. Fig. Using the communication rails, the individual system components are connected to the control unit R, which controls the individual system components and directs the conveyor carriage to the object based on the object code set at the sender station. The control is thus preferably carried out according to the principles described in CH-A-677 469. The control of the conveyor system is carried out in such a way that a preprogrammed program table in the control unit R for the associated track network is installed with at least all the decision and control commands for all the transport operations and all the system components involved therein, Is performed in accordance with CH-A-677 469 in a manner that is arranged along the track network within the point location code 274, which is read by the conveyor carriage. Each conveyor carriage communicates with the control unit R using a communication rail 272 extending continuously along the track network. The control unit controls the conveyor carriage and / or associated components until the conveyor carriage reaches the receiving station with the aid of the registration code and the individually communicated location code in connection with the registration code and the object code, using the same control rail at each decision point .

The control of the conveyor system also advantageously occurs in such a manner that the conveyor carriages F01, F02, F03 pass through the conveyor system at about the same distance in the case of Figures 18 and 19. If one conveyor carriage, for example the conveyor carriage F01 in the loading station B03, stops to receive the accommodating container loaded in the station, the remaining circulation Conveyor carriages also immediately stop, or at least the speed at which they are driven is reduced.

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The loading and / or unloading stations 8, 134, 202, 224, 224a; 10, 136, 226, 226a for loading and / or unloading the conveyor carriages 22, 182, Conveyed carriage (22, 182, 182a) passing over a rail (12) having connection means for temporarily receiving and supporting the transport box (26) considered for the conveying system The connecting means are: A receiving container (24, 132, 142) having a receiving opening for the shipping box (26) and tightly connected to the conveyor carriage (22); or A receiving platform 182 for swingable shipping box 26 against a swivel axis 194,194a passing vertically through a rail plane swingably connected to the conveyor carriage 182,182a via a support arm 196, (198, 198a) Thus, the receiving opening of the receiving container 24, 132, 142 or the receiving platform 198, 198a is connected to the loading and / or unloading lamp 28, 30, 48, 70, 160, 176, , 252). ≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 1, The containment container (24, 132, 142) has at least one releasable safeguard (82, 90, 108, 162, 166) for securely securing the transport box (26) in the containment container. 3. The method of claim 2, Characterized in that the safety devices (82, 90, 108) comprise, for example, at least one machine-engined catch element (86, 96, 124) that can be unwound, preferably motor-operated, using an electromagnet. 3. The method of claim 2, Characterized in that the safety device (162) has at least one permanent magnet retaining magnet cooperating with the transport box (26) and can be electrically released. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Characterized in that the receiving container (132) is provided with a transport device (140) which is individually operable on the contact side (138) for the transport box (26). 6. The method of claim 5, The transporter 140 is provided with an inclined receiving platform 142 whereby the inclination is preferably adjustable from a downward inclination to the opening of the receiving container 132 to a downward inclination down into the receiving container Conveyor system. The method according to claim 6, The receiving platform 142 is installed as a lacquer 144 that can be adjusted by means of actuators 148,152, preferably by a rotating wedge-shaped turntable 148. [ The method according to claim 1, Wherein the receiving platform (198, 198a) comprises a side guide (208) on either side of the shipping box (26) in the loading, preferably in the unloading direction, preferably in the direction of the length of the shipping box. 9. The method of claim 8, The receiving platform (198, 198a) comprises at least one releasable stabilizing device (210) for securing the shipping box (26) on the receiving platform. 10. The method of claim 9, The safety device is located at both ends of the loading platform 198,198a seen in the loading direction, respectively in the unloading direction, and protrudes into the sliding path of the shipping box 26 at the default position and is preferably unwound by a motorized actuator (210) which can be retracted to the position of the conveyor system. 10. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, Characterized in that the receiving platform (198, 198a) comprises a carrying device (214) operable in the loading and / or unloading direction, preferably an abduction member (216) for loading of the receiving platform, Conveyor system. 9. The method of any one of claims 1 to 8, On the opposite side away from the support arm 196, the receiving platform 198,198a is axially parallel to the swivel axis 194,194a, Characterized in that each station has a guide bolt (200) that engages in a guide slot (204) having a funnel-shaped lug (206) on the approach side. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, Characterized in that a transport device (32, 46, 68) is provided for loading, unloading, respectively, the conveyor carriage (22) at the station. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, At the stations 136, 226, 226a, unloading ramps 176, 252, 252a for at least one shipping box 26 are disposed, Wherein the conveyor carriage (22) is inclined downwardly starting from the conveyor carriage (22). The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, A loading ramp 160,232 for the at least one shipping box 26 is disposed in the station 134,224,224a and is inclined downwardly to the conveyor carriage 22,182,182a for loading and the withdrawal from the slide path of the shipping box at the shipping point Wherein the stationary member (172, 236) can be actuated from the conveyor carriage (182, 182a) in the station and preferably in the station. 16. The method of claim 15, The stop member 236 cooperates with a control sliding plate 238 which is slidably supported on the loading ramp 232 and preferably operable from the conveyor carriage 182 and is provided with a further stop member 238 on the back side of the conveyor carriage, The rear stop member 248 is loosened when the front stop member 236 is operated, and vice versa, when the front stop member 236 is operated. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 16, The transport devices 32, 46 and 68 of the station 10 are arranged on the side of the moving area of the transport box 26, for example on the rotary member 34, the swing arm 50 or the lifting rod 72 Projecting with respect to the transport box to unload the transport box 26 from the conveyor carriage 22 in one movement direction and to move the transport box 26 to the conveyor carriage 22 in the reverse direction of movement 36,64.78). ≪ / RTI > 17. A compound according to any one of claims 1 to 17, Characterized in that the rails (260, 262) are arranged in closed circulation (260, 262, 264, 268) and the conveyor carriage (F) is arranged to circulate with the same distance. 19. The method of claim 18, Characterized in that when the conveyor carriage (F) stops at stations (B, F), the remaining circulating conveyor carriages are stopped or at least slowed down. 19. The method according to claim 18 or 19, Characterized in that the sections (260,262) are connected through a transverse shunt (268) in the circulation. 20. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 20, Characterized in that all system components are connected to the common control unit (R) via the communication bar (272).