Patent ID: 7870948
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: B65G,F16C

Abstract:
1. A conveying device comprising: at least one conveying body, rolling elements in operational connection with the conveying body ( wherein the rolling elements are arranged between one of two guide rails and the at least one conveying body in such a manner that the rolling elements, during displacement of the at least one conveying body, are rotatable, at least one connecting body, wherein one connecting body per at least two rolling elements is present such that the connecting body supports the at least two rolling elements on opposite sides of a conveying body and determines a distance between the rolling elements, so that guide rails and conveying bodies are loosely guided with respect to one another, wherein the at least one connecting body is conveyable in the same direction as the conveying body and is generally U-shaped with an intermediate portion extending in a direction transverse to the direction of conveyance, wherein the rolling elements are either balls or cylinders, and wherein the conveying device is operable with curvatures in different directions of curvature such that the device can extend in any of three transverse directions.