Transport intallation

A transport installation comprising

• (a) a conveyor belt having an upper and a lower strand, the conveyor belt extending along a track in a substantially horizontal plane for transporting goods in a conveying direction and the track being curved about a center point of curvature,
• (b) a support frame means for the conveyor belt, the support frame means including
• (1) separate upper and lower vertically aligned conveyor belt support stations for the upper and the lower strands of the conveyor belt, the separate upper and lower vertically aligned conveyor belt support stations being spaced along the curved track and each of said stations having at least one conveyor belt strand support roller rotatable about an axis extending transversely to the conveying direction, and
• (2) each of the upper and lower conveyor belt support stations being independently freely pivotal in a pivoting path in response to forces applied to the conveyor belt strands about an axis extending above the conveyor track and substantially parallel to the conveying direction, the pivoting path extending transversely to the conveying direction and rising towards the center point of the curvature of the track.