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Disclosed is a drive assembly for providing a drive for a device, such as a vehicle or an advancing device such as a conveyor. The drive assembly includes a frame; a motor fixed relative to the frame for driving the drive assembly; at least two drive members providing a transmission interface betwee

Disclosed is a drive assembly for providing a drive for a device, such as a vehicle or an advancing device such as a conveyor. The drive assembly includes a frame; a motor fixed relative to the frame for driving the drive assembly; at least two drive members providing a transmission interface between the drive assembly and a ground surface or a conveyor for driving; and at least one movement control assembly per drive member. The movement control assembly is coupled to the motor and at least one drive member, and provides movement control of the respective drive member relative to the frame.

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1. A drive assembly for providing a drive for application in a device such as a vehicle, or an advancing device such as a conveyor, wherein the drive assembly comprises: a frame;a motor fixed relative to the frame for the purpose of driving the drive assembly;at least two drive members for providing

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A drive assembly for providing a drive for application in a device such as a vehicle, or an advancing device such as a conveyor, wherein the drive assembly comprises: a frame;a motor fixed relative to the frame for the purpose of driving the drive assembly;at least two drive members for providing a transmission interface between the drive assembly and a ground surface or a conveyor for driving; andat least one movement control assembly per drive member, the movement control assembly being connected to the motor and at least one drive member, for providing a movement control of the respective drive member relative to the frame; wherein the movement control assembly is suitable for imparting a path of movement to a coupled drive member, the path of movement comprising a closed cycle, which closed cycle is a resultant of at least two guide tracks comprised by the movement control assembly;the path of movement comprises a drive path and a return path wherein the return path does not cross the drive path, with the path of movement a linear movement along the drive path and a curved movement along the return path; andthe drive members provide alternating drive contact. 2. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movement control assembly comprises at least three guide tracks for providing the path of movement in co-action with respective guide arms fixed relative to each other, each preferably comprising a rotatable support element arranged on ends of the guide arms and the guide tracks. 3. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the guide tracks are each formed by means of being cut out of a plate element, and an assembly of guide tracks is formed by means of respective plate elements fixed to each other, wherein the guide arms are fixed relative to each other such that each guide arm is oriented movably within substantially the plane of the plate element. 4. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive member makes a substantially uniform linear movement along the drive path, the drive path being a resultant of the operation of the movement control assembly. 5. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movement control assembly is fixed relative to the drive member. 6. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive member forms a drive foot for a vehicle. 7. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive members provide a drive for a conveyor by means of alternating engagement on the conveyor. 8. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a drive gear rack in driving connection with a drive shaft of the motor, wherein the drive gear rack is preferably arranged mounted on the movement control assembly. 9. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a transmission assembly for transmitting the path of movement from a movement control assembly at a position of drive members to a further position of the drive member to which the movement control assembly is coupled and/or other drive members to which no movement control assembly is coupled. 10. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the transmission assembly is provided with parallelogram-mic construction elements, wherein different parallelo-grammic construction elements are mounted on the frame at a corresponding location of the parallelogram, and wherein the corner points of the parallelogram are provided with pivot points in a manner such that all mounting points of the parallelogrammic construction are held at the same angle to the frame in any orientation of the path of movement. 11. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mounting of the parallelogram construction is eccentric relative to the frame so that the drive path on a first side is relatively long and on the other side relatively short. 12. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein a drive member is arranged on a first side of the parallelogram construction and a counterweight corresponding to this drive member on the other side. 13. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a steering device for changing the direction of the drive assembly. 14. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 13, further comprising steering frames for the purpose of thereby changing the angle of direction of the movement control assembly relative to the drive members. 15. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein the steering frames comprise two sub-frames rotat-able relative to each other, which sub-frames are preferably circular in top view, and are more preferably arranged pairwise, more preferably arranged substantially coaxially and are in bearing-mounted orientation relative to each other. 16. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein the frame comprises means for rotating a left-hand drive member and a right-hand drive member relative to the frame. 17. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly preferably comprises a plurality of drive members, such as two drive members, more preferably four drive members and more preferably six drive members, wherein the drive members preferably have respectively a rod form, quadrant form, circular form or triangular form. 18. The drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movement control assembly comprises: a drive shaft drivable by the motor,a rotation drive member rotationally fixed to the drive shaft for driving the movement control assembly, which preferably functions as an eccentric,a support member connected by means of a bearing to the rotation drive member for supporting a drive member, anda connecting member connected in bearing-mounted manner to the frame and the support member for imparting, together with the rotation drive member, a movement profile to the support member, wherein the mutual ratios of the distances between the connecting locations between respectively the frame, the rotation drive member, the support member and the connecting member provide a predetermined relative pattern of movement for the drive member. 19. A vehicle comprising a drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, comprising: coupling means for coupling the frame to a chassis and/or bodywork, wherein a number of drive members function as stepping members for the vehicle. 20. An advancing device, such as a conveyor, comprising a drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, comprising: coupling means for coupling the frame to a conveyor belt of the conveyor. 21. A spiral conveyor comprising a drive assembly according to claim 1 for cyclical movement relative to each other of two substantially spiral-shaped conveyor elements, each connected with a drive side to the drive assembly, wherein each spiral-shaped conveyor element comprises: a substantially spiral-shaped carrier member for carrying product carriers; andproduct carriers extending relative to the carrier member in the position of use such that they can carry products, wherein:the relative arrangement of the product carriers and the carrier members is such that a transport cycle relative to each other is possible with driving by the drive assembly for the purpose of providing an upward or downward transport along a substantially spiral-shaped path. 22. A method for providing a forward movement using a device as claimed in claim 1, comprising the steps of: providing the device; andproviding the forward movement by means of the device.