Conveyor of articles

A conveyor system, comprising:

• at least one transport chain comprising a sequence of interconnected chain links;
• a guide structure for slidingly supporting said at least one transport chain so that chain links of the at least one transport chain define a substantially flat support surface for supporting articles to be transported;
• and
• a motor for causing the at least one transport chain to move with respect to the guide structure along a first direction parallel to said support surface, wherein:
• the motor comprises an electric linear motor comprising:
• a plurality of magnets, each magnet of the plurality of magnets located in a respective chain link;
• and
• a plurality of propulsion electromagnets located on the guide structure;
• wherein:
• each magnet of the plurality of magnets is configured to generate a constant magnetic field along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction;
• and
• each propulsion electromagnet of the plurality of propulsion electromagnets is configured to be energized in such a way to generate a variable magnetic field along the second direction in such a way to generate a magnetic force along said first direction to cause said movement along the first direction of the at least one transport chain with respect to the guide structure;
• and
• wherein:
• the plurality of magnets define a sequence of magnets comprising an alternation of first magnets and second magnets;
• each first magnet and each second magnet is a u-shaped magnet in which the north pole thereof and the south pole thereof are aligned along a third direction perpendicular to said first and to said second directions;
• and
• a mutual position along the third direction of the north pole and the south pole of each first magnet being opposite than the mutual position along the third direction of the north pole and the south pole of each second magnet.