Patent ID: 7762377

Claim:
Transfer car in a conveyance system for metal coils, having a support saddle, a chassis ( 2 ) that can be moved along a conveyance path ( 1 ) by means of a drive and means for raising and lowering the support saddle ( 4 ) along a linear vertical guide ( 5 ) on a base frame ( 3 ) shaped as a plate, wherein a steel slab is used as the plate-shaped base frame ( 3 ), on which a scissor unit ( 6 ) is mounted for the purpose of linear vertical guidance ( 5 ) and so as to not take on any lifting forces, two lifting cylinders ( 7 ) are installed a distance apart as the drive and act directly on the support saddle ( 4 ) to provide the sole lifting forces to raise and lower the support saddle ( 4 ).