Patent ID: 7975838

Claim:
Conveyor system comprising: a guiding channel ( 12 ) with at least one conveyor unit ( 10 ) guided in the guiding channel ( 12 ) and movable along the guiding channel ( 12 ) and a drive unit ( 30 ) for driving the at least one conveyor unit ( 10 ), wherein the conveyor unit ( 10 ) comprises a succession of several links ( 5 ) and the links each comprise on a first end a first joint element ( 1 ) and on a second joint end ( 2 ) a second joint element ( 2 ), wherein the first and second joint elements ( 1 , 2 ) are shaped correspondingly to one another and thus the conveyor unit ( 10 ) is designed for the transmission of pushing forces, wherein the drive unit comprises at least one roller body ( 35 ) consisting of a plurality of rollers ( 31 ), which are conveyable along an orbit ( 34 ) by means of a roller drive ( 36 ), and wherein the rollers ( 31 ) or tappets moved along with the rollers ( 31 ) engage with the links ( 5 ) of a conveyor unit ( 10 ) and thus drive the conveyor unit ( 10 ).