Abstract
A device (1) for loading transport bags (2) in an overhead conveyor system (100), in particular in a rail-guided overhead conveyor system, comprises at least one conveying unit (75) having a carriage (72) with a support hook (73) and having a transport bag (2, 2', 2'', 2''') with a suspension hook (26), wherein the transport bag is suspended, by means of the suspension hook, in the support hook of the carriage; and a running rail (71), which defines a conveying path along which the carriage (72) of the at least one conveying unit (75) can be conveyed in a conveying direction (74). The transport bag (2, 2', 2'', 2''') comprises a first bag wall (21), a second bag wall (22), a frame (25) rigidly connected to the suspension hook (26), and a bag opening (23, 23a). The transport bag (2, 2', 2'', 2''') can be transferred from a conveying orientation (31) to a loading orientation (32'). In the conveying orientation (31) the bag opening (23, 23a) of the transport bag is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the conveying direction (74), and in the loading orientation (32') the bag opening (23, 23a) of the transport bag is oriented substantially parallel to the conveying direction (74). The device also comprises a stabilization device (8) for reversibly stabilizing the transport bag (2''), in particular the bag opening (23), in the loading orientation (32'), the stabilization device (5, 8) comprising at least one stabilization element (51, 52, 53-55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 81, 83).