Patent ID: 7600629

Claim:
A conveyor system, comprising: a conveyor track with conveying means that moves along at least one subsection of said conveyor track; and at least one workpiece carrier arranged for driving engagement with said conveying means to be moved along said conveyor track, said at least one workpiece carrier including a first control curve and a second control curve, and a first control curve tracker and a second control curve tracker assigned to said conveyor track and configured so that said first control tracker is arranged for a first control engagement with said first control curve and said second control curve tracker is arranged for a second control engagement with said second control curve, said control curves and said control curve trackers further configured and/or located such that said at least one workpiece carrier is deflectable laterally off of the at least one subsection of the conveyor track via an interaction of said first control engagement and said second control engagement, wherein said engagement element of said at least one control curve tracker is configured as an engagement pin, and wherein said control curves are formed as grooves that open downwards, which are located on said at least one workpiece carrier in different vertical positions.