Transport system for an industrial confectionery machine

A transport system (1) for an industrial confectionery machine (2) which comprises a plurality of production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and molds (12) for producing at least one confectionery article, wherein each mold (12) can be transported to the production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) in the confectionery machine (2) for successive production steps, the transport system including

• a transport rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82),
• a drive device (9, T1, 67, D1, D2, D3, G1, G2, G3) with which a transport movement for one mold (12) can be produced to transport the mold (12) along the transport rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82) to the production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), wherein the drive device (9, T1, 67, D1, D2, D3, G1, G2, G3) has at least two rail-guided carriage elements (10, 38, 42, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66) that can be coupled to the transport rail spaced from each other along the transport rail and one of the carriage elements is drivable individually along the transport rail and can be moved relative to the other one of the carriage elements along the transport rail to provide a main movement, the carriage elements (10, 38, 42, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66) are connected to a receiving device (11) in which at least one mold (12) can be received, and
• a control device (13) configured to control the main movement of one of the carriage elements (10, 38, 42, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66) together with the receiving device (11) along the transport rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82) in a transport direction to one of the production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), and that in addition by means of the control device (13) an auxiliary movement can be additionally transmitted into the receiving device (11) in order to suitably move the mold (12) for the production step.