Patent ID: 7987795

Claim:
Mink/fox transportation system for individual transfer/transport in connection with production of mink/fox pelts between stations for any one or more of transport, handling and processing, comprising: a predetermined transport path in the form of a track which is formed of track elements assembled together, and at least one self-driven carriage unit that is drivable along said transport path, said at least one carriage unit comprising a chassis with a releasably mountable over-structure arranged for individual transfer/transport of mink/fox pelts, wherein the track elements comprise a plurality of shell-shaped, flattish, elongated track elements assembled together in a path adapted to the configuration of a particular facility, said elements comprising a first end side, a second end side, a first long side, a second long side, and an upwardly-facing surface with an upwardly convex shape that is symmetrical with respect to a centerline thereof between and at a level above said sides, said upwardly-facing surface having first and second side edges, and where the first and second long sides comprise support flanges for contact against a fixed under layer, and where the first and second long sides have a first and a second open, substantially V-shaped track between the support flanges and the first and second sides edges of the upwardly-facing surface, the track having a smaller straight portion which is oriented substantially parallel with an imaginary vertical plane through said centerline, and wherein a larger first side surface portion of the V-shaped track slopes downward from said straight portion to a connection with a respective support flange, and where a second side surface of the V-shaped track slopes from the straight portion to a connection with an edge of a respective one of the first long side and the second long side of the upwardly-facing surface.