Transport system for an article

A transport system (6) for an article (1) comprising:

• a movable unit (7) provided with at least one seat (8), which is designed to contain the article (1), is delimited by a first wall (11) and by a second wall (12) facing one another and opposite one another, so that the article (1) can be housed between the first wall (11) and the second wall (12), and has an elastic element (13) pushing the two walls (11, 12) towards one another;
• a conveyor (9) designed to move the movable unit (7) along a path (P);
• and
• at least one operating device (15), which is arranged in a station (SI, S2, is on the outside and independent of the movable unit (7), is arranged along the path (P) and is designed to act upon the first wall (11) in order to move the first wall (11) away from the second wall (12) against the force generated by the elastic element (13);
• wherein the first wall (11) is mounted on the movable unit (7) in a movable manner to move relative to the movable unit (7),
• wherein the movable unit (7) comprises a control appendage (14) which is rigidly connected to the first wall (11) and is designed to be moved by the operating device (15) relative to the rest of the movable unit (7) to change the distance of the first wall (11) relative to the second wall (12),
• wherein the first wall (11) is mounted in a sliding manner to only linearly slide relative to the movable unit (7) so that the movement of the first wall (11) relative to the second wall (12) takes place only and exclusively by means of a linear translation, and
• wherein the operating device (15) comprises a countering member (16), which is movable between an operating position in which the countering member (16) is located along a trajectory followed by the control appendage (14) and, hence, prevents the control appendage (14) from moving past the station (S1, S2), and a rest position, in which the countering member (16) is on the outside of the trajectory followed by the control appendage (14) and, hence, does not interfere in any way with the movement of the control appendage (14), allowing the movable unit (7) to move past the station (S1, S2).