Transport apparatus with moving trucks

摘要

A transport apparatus for transporting goods, wherein a moving truck arrangement having at least two moving truck elements can be displaced along a guide track, wherein great spatial freedom of design of the guide track is made possible. The moving truck arrangement can be moved both in a pulling and in a pushing manner by a drive mechanism and the goods can be transported by the individual moving truck elements.

主权项

1. A transport apparatus for conveying goods comprising:
(a) a guide track and (b) a drivable movable truck arrangement arranged on the guide track, wherein the drivable movable truck arrangement comprises at least two movable truck elements and at least one connecting strut comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and second end of each connecting strut are connected to the movable truck elements located at opposite ends of the connecting struts, wherein each movable truck element comprises (1) at least one body having a center longitudinal axis in the direction of movability along the guide track, wherein each body comprises a first articulatable element and (2) at least three rollers rotatably mounted on the body at spaced apart locations about the center longitudinal axis of the body; wherein the second end of the connecting strut comprises a second articulatable element adapted for articulation with the first articulatable element of the body, wherein the first and second articulatable elements are adapted to allow the body and connecting strut to pivot and rotate relative to each other, wherein the axis of rotation of each roller is tangential to a circumference about the center longitudinal axis of the body and/or the first articulatable element is an articulatable ball cup mounted resiliently in the body, the second articulatable element is a ball adapted to articulate with the ball cup, the body further comprises a ball sleeve portion adapted to press the articulatable ball onto the articulatable ball cup and/or the transport apparatus further comprises at least one belt drive or wheel drive proximal to the guide track and the movable truck element comprises at least one drive surface adapted to engage the belt drive or wheel drive to bring about a drive of the movable truck arrangement, wherein the belt is a friction belt or toothed belt, the wheel is a friction wheel or toothed wheel, and the belt or wheel is elastically mounted perpendicularly with respect to the guide track.