Patent ID: 7104387
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A transport system in particular an airport luggage transport system, for externally moving containers adapted to transport individual items along a transport path, comprising: at least one support element supporting a bottom side of the containers along the transport path; guiding means having a straight guiding section extending in a transport direction; loading and unloading means arranged along the transport path and including a motion link located next to the moving containers; a pinwheel rotatably supported on the container and having pins capable of engaging with the motion link, said motion link driving the pinwheel with kinetic energy from the passing container and switched externally into an active position by a pivoting motion; and an endless conveyor belt that revolves transversely to the transport direction and is driven by the pinwheel, with an upper belt section of the endless conveyor belt forming a support surface for the containers, wherein the bottom side of the containers includes at least one groove-shaped recess oriented in the transport direction that engages with the straight guiding section at least at a loading and unloading location.