A conveyor carousel for transferring baggage, the carousel defining a closed route, having an outer periphery and an inner periphery, and comprising - a fixed base structure provided, along said closed route, with an inner guide surface and at least one outer guide surface; - a plurality of support members transverse to the inner guide surface and to the outer guide surface, each support member being provided with at least one first wheel adapted to slide on said inner guide surface and with at least one second wheel adapted to slide on said outer guide surface; - a plurality of plates, each plate being coupled to a respective support member, and said plates partially overlapping one another and defining together a resting surface for the baggage, movable along said closed route; - a movement chain, each link of said movement chain being integrally fixed to a respective support member; - at least one motor adapted to transmit a motion to said movement chain and, therefore, to the plurality of support members for moving the plates together along said closed route; wherein said movement chain is arranged along the outer periphery of the closed route; wherein there is provided a plurality of elastic longitudinal elements, arranged in sequence one after the other along the outer periphery, so as to cover the outer ends of the plates, and connected to one another so as to allow a mutual distancing and approaching along curvilinear sections of said closed route; characterized in that each elastic longitudinal element has a longitudinal opening communicating with a longitudinal cavity thereof open at the ends thereof; and wherein an outer end of each support member is provided with an upward projection, which is provided with at least one idle wheel on the inner side of the carousel; whereby the idle wheels are inserted into said longitudinal cavity and the surface of the elastic longitudinal element provided with the longitudinal opening lies on the inner side, with respect to the carousel, of the projection. - a fixed base structure provided, along said closed route, with an inner guide surface and at least one outer guide surface; - a plurality of support members transverse to the inner guide surface and to the outer guide surface, each support member being provided with at least one first wheel adapted to slide on said inner guide surface and with at least one second wheel adapted to slide on said outer guide surface; - a plurality of plates, each plate being coupled to a respective support member, and said plates partially overlapping one another and defining together a resting surface for the baggage, movable along said closed route; - a movement chain, each link of said movement chain being integrally fixed to a respective support member; - at least one motor adapted to transmit a motion to said movement chain and, therefore, to the plurality of support members for moving the plates together along said closed route; wherein said movement chain is arranged along the outer periphery of the closed route; wherein there is provided a plurality of elastic longitudinal elements, arranged in sequence one after the other along the outer periphery, so as to cover the outer ends of the plates, and connected to one another so as to allow a mutual distancing and approaching along curvilinear sections of said closed route; characterized in that each elastic longitudinal element has a longitudinal opening communicating with a longitudinal cavity thereof open at the ends thereof; and wherein an outer end of each support member is provided with an upward projection, which is provided with at least one idle wheel on the inner side of the carousel; whereby the idle wheels are inserted into said longitudinal cavity and the surface of the elastic longitudinal element provided with the longitudinal opening lies on the inner side, with respect to the carousel, of the projection.