Patent ID: 6814218
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B61B,B65G

Abstract:
A conveying apparatus comprising:a guide rail, the rail including at least one U-turn path section; a plurality of carriers, the carriers each including: a load bar assembly including at least three load bars connected end-to-end by vertical pivot shafts in such a manner that the bars can pivot horizontally relative to each other; the at least three load bars including: a middle load bar; a front end load bar having a free end; and a rear end load bar having a free end; a load support supported by the middle load bar; and a pair of front and rear trolleys supporting at least the front and rear end load bars respectively, the trolleys supported movably on and guided by the guide rail, the front and rear trolleys fixed to and substantially in parallel with the front and rear end load bars respectively; wherein the free ends of the front and rear end load bars protrude from a front end of the front trolley and a rear end of the rear trolley respectively so that the free end of the front end load bar of a carrier and the free end of the rear end load bar of a preceding carrier can contact together in the U-turn path section.