| 摘要 |
<p>Compact lightweight transport apparatus (12a) for use particularly in hostile environments employs a plurality of groups (R1, R5; R2, R4 and R3) of rails (R1 to R5) flexurally mounted to a base (M) and corresponding groups (S1, S5; S2, S4 and S3) of slats (S1 to S5) flexurally mounted to the rails and forming a slat array. The corresponding groups of slats and rails are reciprocated out of phase so that the slat group orbits relative to the base (M) along an orbital path (E). The different slat-rail groups are also reciprocated out of phase with one another so that an object (N) placed on the slat array is advanced incrementally along the slat array in a very gentle fashion. </p> |
