Patent ID: 8661987

Claim:
A transport system comprising: a vehicle for accommodating at least one passenger; a circuit with a guide device along which the vehicle can be moved; and a drive system for a positive drive for propelling the vehicle along the circuit, wherein, at least on sections extending along the circuit, the drive system has a first engagement element and a second engagement element, which is connected to the vehicle and which is propellable, wherein at least the second engagement element comprises a pinion having a plurality of cylinders which are arranged at spaced intervals from each other along the circumference of the pinion, and the first engagement element has a counter-toothing comprising a plurality of teeth, each of them having at least one flank; the cylinders each have at least one rotatable element for rolling off the cylinders along the flanks of the teeth of the counter-toothing, and the cylinders each have at least a damping element which is arranged between those cylinder components which are capable of moving relative to each other.