Patent ID: 8177056

Claim:
In a conveyor for conveying a plurality of objects, a drive for conveyor means or conveyed objects, comprising: a drive unit, wherein the drive unit comprises a central body, a drive means and a driven means circulating around the central body, wherein conveyor means or the objects to be conveyed are able to be conveyed in a driven section of the drive unit along a conveyor path by way of the driven means, wherein the driven means is mounted with respect to the central body by means of a roller body which circulates around the central body in an orbital track, wherein the driven means rolls upon the central body over rollers of the roller body and thus the roller body transmits radial pressure force to the central body, wherein the driven means is driven directly by the drive means, and the roller body itself is not driven directly by the drive means, but rather is only moved via the rolling of the driven means on the roller body.