Patent ID: 7500552

Claim:
A transporting device for conveying goods over a conveying route, the transporting device comprising: a transporting belt; at least one rope-like traction element for exerting a traction force upon said transporting belt; said transporting belt following said at least one traction element at least along a transporting section of the conveying route; and a coupling through which said transporting belt and said at least one traction element communicate in the transporting section, said coupling having at least one spring element with a lower part and an upper part, said lower part having a gripper with two fingers encompassing said at least one traction element with springiness in the transporting section, to create a force coupling, and said upper part having arms or side sections rigidly connected with said fingers of said lower part and wherein said arms or side sections are spread apart for coupling said gripper with said traction element.