| 摘要 |
A controllable distributing conveying system for transporting people or goods is provided with stations which are arranged on a passive rail network and which include container loading-on positions, container off-loading positions, and container depots. Self-propelled controllable conveying units are movable between the stations and are fitted with pairs of running wheels for normal travel and for travel when being switched in and out and also have container-carrying surfaces separate from the drive section which are coupled by a universal joint member. Containers are loadable onto and off-loaded from the conveying units by means of loading and off-loading arrangements which have active locking members and unlocking members. These containers are held secure in all directions during travel, and are conductable to their destination by the shortest path by means of passive switching-in and switching-out arrangements, and these latter arrangements comprise rails, which the conveying units hold onto. In operation, at the time when the switching-out operation is to take place, the running wheels of the conveying units, intended for switching-in and-out travel, take hold on the switching-in or switching-out rails on the inside, the normal spacing of these rails being altered to the different spacing of the switching-out arrangement by curving the rails to this altered spacing, as a result of which the switching-in or switching-out wheels are forced to engage with switching-in and switching-out rails running parallel to the main rails. |
