Conveyor system

A conveyor system for the transport of packaged food products, comprising:

• a curved pathway defined by a profiled track (10);
• a plurality of wheel cars (20) having wheels (26, 28) that are movably contained within and guided by said profiled track (10);
• at least one removable connector (60), wherein at least one pair of the wheel cars (20) are separated along said pathway by said removable connector (60) that is positioned between the wheel cars (20) in said pair of wheel cars (20);
• said wheel cars (20) and said connectors (60), respectively, form part of a continuous transport chain extending along said pathway;
• said transport chain having an attachment side facing towards an open side of said profiled track (10), and said track (10) being arranged such that said open side faces into a substantially horizontal direction such that said attachment side is oriented substantially vertically during motion of said wheel cars (20) along the pathway;
• at least one carrier (30) with a carrier rack (32) adapted to support a food product to be transported, said carrier (30) being pivotably mounted to the attachment side of said transport chain, to maintain the carrier rack (32) in a horizontal position as the carrier (30) travels along the pathway.