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

Claim 14:
15. 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 containers support track which is configured to receive a containers support and along which said containers support is displaceable,
a carriage guide element extending along the containers support track and defining a conveying track, the containers support track and the conveying track extending side by side 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 in the containers support track 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 along the containers support 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.