Patent ID: 8011496

Claim:
A conveyor means for transporting articles comprising: an endless conveyor belt, wherein the endless conveyor belt has lengthwise two sides; a support that leads the endless conveyor belt and is composed of a plurality of chain links; a curved path defined by the endless conveyor belt in at least one section, wherein the curved path having a radius of curvature with reference to a central point of a circle; at least an inner guiding for the endless conveyor belt is provided for the support, and the inner guiding running along an inner side section of a side of the endless conveyor belt which is directly opposite of the central point at the curved path; a plurality of rolls arranged along the inner guiding running alongside of the inner side section which interact with a face of each chain link; and, at least one outer guiding for the endless conveyor belt is provided for the support, wherein the outer guiding runs along an outer side of the endless conveyor belt; wherein a TAB leading is formed on the inner guiding and the outer guiding so that the TAB leading of the inner guiding interacts with a first notch of the inner side section of each chain link and the TAB leading of the outer guiding interacts with a second notch of the outer side of each chain link.