Abstract: Apparatus for transferring selected numbers of garment hangers from a downwardly sloping rail onto horizontal rod- or bar-shaped carriers of trolleys which are suspended on and advance along an overhead track has a singularizing device which is adjacent the discharge end of the rail and is operable to permit a selected number of hangers to advance onto the adjacent carrier while the respective trolley is pushed or pulled through a hanger receiving station. The trolleys are advanced by a chain conveyor the motor of which is started in response to signals from sensors denoting that the front end of the trolley has assumed a predetermined position with reference to the receiving station as well as that the conveyor for the trolleys assumes a predetermined position.