Patent ID: 7987963

Claim:
A loading and unloading station for a container that transports piece goods on a conveyor track, comprising: a plurality of supporting and guide elements for the container; an unloading station for emptying the piece goods out of the container; and/or a loading station for loading the container with the piece goods, wherein the container comprises an upper part, which receives the piece goods lying thereon, and a lower part resting on the conveyor track, wherein the upper part of the container is formed by a bearing surface for the piece goods, which spans the lower part of the container, wherein the lower part includes a load-bearing capability and is designed as a continuous carrying belt, wherein the carrying belt is guided transversely to a direction of transport of the container drivably around a plurality of deflection rollers disposed on both sides of the container, wherein the carrying belt is driven by a fixed drive, located in a region of the loading and/or unloading station, wherein the fixed drive may be positively or non-positively coupled to a drive element for the carrying belt at least during an loading and/or an unloading process, where the drive element is provided on the container and is a worm gear drive, wherein a vertically aligned worm shaft of the worm gear drive corresponds with a worm wheel disposed coaxially on one of the deflection rollers, wherein a gearwheel of the worm gear drive is disposed on a lower end of the worm shaft, in the region of the loading and unloading station, and corresponds positively or non-positively with a drive member of the fixed drive, and wherein the drive member continuously rotates parallel to the direction of transport of the container, wherein the drive element is provided one each on both sides of the container which corresponds, respectively, to the drive member, and wherein the drive member is provided one each on both sides of a longitudinal axis of the container in the region of the loading and/or unloading station.