Patent ID: 7097024

Claim:
Conveying device for conveying articles comprising: a) at least one skid, which comprises two parallel skid runners and a supporting structure, which connects the skid runners to one another, for at least one article to be conveyed on the skid; b) two parallel tracks, which extend along a conveying path and on which the skid runners of the at least one skid are supported; and c) a driving device having a linear drive, by means of which the skid may be moved along the tracks, the driving device further comprising: ca) a plurality of energizable primary parts disposed in a stationary manner along the conveying path; cb) on each skid a secondary part, which interacts with the actually adjacent primary part; wherein cc) the length of the secondary part in conveying direction is tuned to the distance between the primary parts in such a way that there is at least one primary part disposed in the immediate vicinity of the secondary part; cd) each primary part is pressed with the aid of a spring device in the direction of the secondary part of the actually adjacent skid; and ce) each primary part comprises a device, which guarantees a constant, small gap between the adjacent surfaces of the primary part and of the actually adjacent secondary part; and wherein d) the device comprises at least one distance roller, which is mounted on the primary part and rolls along a part connected to the skid, preferably along the secondary part.