Stabilized carrier basket trolley, stabilized carrier basket transporter system and method of stabilizing a carrier basket in a carrier basket transporter system

A stabilized carrier basket trolley for motion on a track (10) of a carrier basket transporter system, said trolley comprising:

• a support plate (11);
• two cars (15, 16) for engaging said track (10), said track (10) having a track width (TW), said cars (15, 16) being arranged on a first side of the support plate (11) and pivotable relative to the support plate (11), wherein a distance between said cars (15, 16) is subject to change during traversal of curves along the track (10), so that during operation a center (CT) of the trolley is moveable relative to a center line (CL) of the track (10) by a measure (M) towards an inside of a curve in the track (10);
• a carrier basket (1) arranged on a second side of the support plate (11) opposite said first side, the carrier basket (1) is pivotably connected to the support plate (11) and free to pivot about a pivot axis (PA) that is normal with respect to a plane of the support plate (11);
• said trolley further comprises a gear mechanism for actively compensating a moment acting on the carrier basket (1) during traversal of curves in the track (10), said gear mechanism comprising:
• at least one drive wheel (7);
• at least one first gear (9) in driving connection with said drive wheel (7);
• a second gear (5) that meshes said first gear wheel (9);
• wherein said at least one drive wheel (7) and the at least one first gear (9) are rotatably mounted on the support plate (11) for rotation around an axis parallel to said pivot axis (PA);
• wherein said second gear (5) is non-rotatably connected to the carrier basket (1);
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• wherein said drive wheel (7) includes a circumferential surface that comes into contact with a side of the track upon movement of said center (CT) of the trolley relative to a center line (CL) of the track (10) by said measure (M).