Supporting installation and bearing element therefor

A supporting installation for supporting a number of turns, extending helically one upon the other in a stack, of an at least partly self-supporting conveyor belt, comprising:

• at least one bearing element for supporting the conveyor belt;
• a section for supporting the bearing element, said section being extended in an endless loop along which the bearing element is movable;
• and
• wherein the at least one bearing element is a roller bearing element comprising a plurality of first and second rollers.

A bearing element for a supporting installation, comprising:

• a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers;
• said first and second rollers being alternately arranged in succession to form an elongate bearing element;
• the rotational axes of the first and second rollers being mutually orthogonal and also perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bearing element;
• and
• two neighboring rollers being interconnected by a connecting element, said connecting element holding the neighbouring rollers spaced apart from each other while allowing relative mobility between the rollers in the longitudinal direction of the bearing element.