ARTICULATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH A SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING WAGONS

Abstract

Articulated conveyor system, with a plurality of fixed-track wagons (1), each of which has a slider (2) for guiding the conveyor system via a rail box (11), as well as a horizontal console (3) for transporting a load, the console (3) being rotatably mounted about a horizontal console axis (4) and having a first toothed element (5) connected thereto in a fixed manner against rotation for transmitting a rotational movement to the console axis (4), which meshes either with second toothed elements (6) installed at a fixed point along a movement path of the slider (2), or with a third toothed element (7), which is operated by a co-transported tilting motor (9) installed on the slider (2) adjacent to the console axis (4),wherein the first toothed element (5) is arranged for this purpose both outside the slider (2) so as to engage with the second toothed elements (6) along the path of the slider (2), and is also arranged in such a way adjacent to an installation position of the tilting motor (9) on the slider (2) so as to be able to interact with the third toothed element (7), wherein at an end of the console (3) opposite the slider (2), a wheel or roller element (10) corresponds for support on a support rail extending parallel to the rail box (11), and at least one laterally displaceable rail box section for connecting wagons corresponds to the path of the slider (2), wherein a parallel possible to move a section of support rail in parallel,