Patent ID: 6860377

Claim:
A transport system for cargo containers, in particular for baggage containers, comprising: a conveyor assembly for transporting a cargo container in conveying direction along a substantially horizontal transport path, said conveyor assembly including at least two conveyors in spaced-apart relationship, wherein at least one of the conveyors is driven and the container is freely supported on the two conveyors; and an unloading device, disposed to the side of the other one of the conveyors, for discharging the cargo by tilting the container into an unloading position transversely to the conveying direction, said unloading device including a track having a looped section, and a plurality of couplers constructed for engagement with a container at a leading end of the track, as viewed in conveying direction, and for disengagement from the container at a trailing end of the track, wherein the looped section is spatially configured to tilt the container when a one of the couplers engages the container on one side adjacent the other conveyor and is forced to follow the loped section of the track.