Conveying device for conveying articles and use of such a conveying device

A method of conveying an article through a drier, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a conveying device, the conveying device comprising:
• a) at least one skid, which comprises two parallel skid runners and a supporting structure, which connects the skid runners to one another, for at least one article to be conveyed on the skid;
• b) two parallel tracks, which extend along a conveying path and on which the skid runners of the at least one skid are supported;
• and
• c) a driving device having a linear drive, by means of which the skid may be moved along the tracks, the driving device further comprising:
• ca) a plurality of energizable primary parts disposed in a stationary manner along the conveying path;
• cb) on each skid a secondary part, which interacts with the actually adjacent primary part;
• wherein
• cc) the length of the secondary part in conveying direction is tuned to the distance between the primary parts in such a way that there is at least one primary part disposed in the immediate vicinity of the secondary part;
• positioning the article upon the conveying device;
• and
• conveying the article upon the conveying device through a drier.