Patent ID: 8226342

Claim:
A transport device for a rotor blade for a wind turbine, comprising: a support surface for the rotor blade, comprising a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end of the support surface is closer to a front end of the transport device than a rear end of the transport device; a drive element to drive the rotation of the rotor blade about a pivot axis at the front end of the support surface from a substantially horizontal orientation into at least one inclined orientation arranged obliquely relative to the substantially horizontal orientation during transportation of the rotor blade, wherein the drive element is disposed at the front end of the support surface; and means for changing the distance between the ends of the support surface as viewed in the vertical projection of the support surface, wherein, if the rotor blade is arranged in the substantially horizontal orientation, the ends of the support surface are spaced apart a first distance value, and, if the rotor blade is arranged in the at least one inclined orientation, the ends of the support surface are spaced apart a second distance value which is smaller than the first distance value.