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 an
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.
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1. A transport apparatus for conveying goods comprising: (a) a guide track and(b) a drivable movable truck arrangement arranged on the guide track,whereinthe drivable movable truck arrangement comprises at least two movable truck elements and at least one connecting strut comprising a first end and
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A transport apparatus for conveying goods comprising: (a) a guide track and(b) a drivable movable truck arrangement arranged on the guide track,whereinthe 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;whereinthe 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,whereinthe axis of rotation of each roller is tangential to a circumference about the center longitudinal axis of the body and/orthe 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/orthe 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. 2. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one movable truck element is a double movable truck element, wherein the at least one body comprises two bodies connected to each other such that the first articulatable elements are located at opposite ends of the movable truck element. 3. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first end of at least one connecting strut further comprises a third articulatable element in addition to the second articulatable element of the second end of the connecting strut, wherein the third articulatable element suitable for articulately engaging with the first articulatable element an adjacent movable truck element for allowing the body and connecting strut to pivot and rotate relative to each other. 4. The transport apparatus claimed in claim 3, wherein the drivable movable truck arrangement comprises at least two double movable truck elements. 5. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each body has at least four rotatably mounted rollers. 6. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide track is a hollow guide rail slotted substantially over the entire length thereof, the bodies and connecting struts are located inside the hollow guide rail, and the transport apparatus further comprises at least one load carrier connected to at least one movable truck element, wherein the at least one load carrier protrudes through the hollow guide rail slot. 7. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transport apparatus further comprises a guide element connected to the load carrier and arranged within the hollow guide rail slot for guiding the load carrier through the slot of the hollow guide rail. 8. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transport apparatus comprises at least one product carrier fastened on the load carrier of at least one movable truck element. 9. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein each product carrier is fastened to each of two load carriers by way of product carrier struts articulatably linked to the product carrier and articulatably linked to each load carrier of a moving truck arrangement such that the product carrier struts are capable of pivoting movement between the load carrier and the product carrier struts and pivoting movement between the product carrier struts and the product carrier. 10. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first articulatable element is a ball cup and the second and third articulatable elements are a ball, wherein the ball and ball cup are joined as a ball-and-socket joint via a ball sleeve portion of the body. 11. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first articulatable element further comprises a parting plane between the ball cup and the ball sleeve portion and the parting plane is perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis of the movable truck element. 12. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the body comprises a first component and a second component, the ball cup is located in the first component, the ball sleeve is located in the second component, and the second component is fastened to the first component, thereby encompassing the articulated ball between the ball cup and the ball sleeve. 13. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the body further comprises a parting plane between the first and second component, wherein the parting plane is perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis of the body. 14. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least two drives arranged symmetrically with respect to the guide track are provided. 15. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body and/or the second articulatable element are/is fastened to the connecting strut in a releasable manner. 16. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport apparatus comprises at least one friction belt drive or friction wheel drive which engages in the guide track, the drive elements of which bring about a friction drive of the movable truck arrangement via driving surfaces arranged on the movable truck elements. 17. The transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport apparatus comprises at least one toothed belt drive or toothed wheel drive which engages in the guide track, the drive elements of which bring about a toothed drive of the moving truck arrangement via driving surfaces arranged on the moving truck elements. 18. A movable truck arrangement suitable for use in the transport apparatus according to claim 1 comprising 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 the 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, wherein each body comprises a first articulatable element and(2) at least three rollers rotatably mounted on the body at spaced apart locations peripheral to the center longitudinal axis of the body;whereinthe second end of the connecting strut comprises a second articulatable element adapted for articulation with the first articulatable element of the body,the first and second articulatable elements are adapted to allow the body and connecting strut to pivot and rotate relative to each other,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, andthe body further comprises a ball sleeve portion adapted to press the articulatable ball onto the articulatable ball cup.
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