Patent ID: 8413793

Claim:
A container conveying system for transporting unit items, comprising: a container and a conveying track having supporting and guide elements for said containers; at least one unloading station for unloading the unit items from said container and/or at least one loading station for loading the unit items onto said container; an endless supporting belt disposed on said container, guided transversely to a transport direction of said container, and drivable about deflection rollers disposed on said container, said supporting belt carrying the unit item during a transport thereof along the transport direction; a stationary drive for driving said supporting belt in defined path segments at said loading station and/or said unloading station, said stationary drive including at least one planar field winding for generating an electric traveling field; and an endlessly circulating runner element disposed on said container and coupled to said supporting belt and configured to be contactlessly driven by said electric traveling field generated by said field winding for selectively loading the unit item onto said supporting belt at said loading station and/or unloading the unit item from said container at said unloading station.