Patent ID: 8074787

Claim:
A conveying system for the transport of worldwide common transport containers, the conveying system comprising: an elongated frame comprising a first lane directed in a first direction and a second lane directed in an opposite second direction; multiple rotatable drive units mounted in parallel and crosswise to the frame, each drive unit providing at least one drive wheel for driving a transport container; cutouts in opposing steel joist lines; insertion plates configured to fit in the cutouts; bearings operably associated with each drive unit; a control system; a first drive unit operably associated with the first lane, the first drive unit being activated by the control system by a first transport container approaching the first lane and being disabled by the control system as the first transport container departs the first lane; and a second drive unit operably associated with the second lane, the second drive unit being activated by the control system by a second transport container approaching the second lane and being disabled by the control system as the second transport container departs the second lane; wherein the bearings are carried by the insertion plates; and wherein the conveying system is provided on at least a regional scale for enabling long distance conveyance of the transport containers.