Patent ID: 11867709
Assignee: ARTEION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A conveying system configured to convey containers supports intended to support containers containing samples of a biological liquid, the conveying system including at least:
a support guide element defining a guide track, the support guide element being configured to receive a containers support and guide said containers support in translation along the guide track, the support guide element including a first bottom surface,
a carriage guide element extending along the support guide element and defining a conveying track, the carriage guide element including a second bottom surface, the carriage guide element and the support guide element extending side by side, the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface extending in a common horizontal plane, and
a self-propelled conveying carriage configured to be received on the carriage guide element and configured to be guided by the carriage guide element during displacements of the self-propelled conveying carriage along the conveying track, the self-propelled conveying carriage comprising a drive element movably mounted between at least a drive position in which the drive element is configured to transmit a drive movement to the containers support received on the support guide element and located alongside the self-propelled conveying carriage, and a release position in which the drive element is configured to release the containers support, the self-propelled conveying carriage being configured to displace the containers support in translation along the guide track when the drive element is in the drive position and the self-propelled conveying carriage is displaced along the conveying track,
wherein the self-propelled conveying carriage includes a carriage body and a support element on which the drive element is movably mounted, the support element being mounted movable in translation relative to the carriage body between at least a conveying position and a clearance position and according to a direction of displacement which is horizontal and perpendicular to the conveying track.