Conveying system

A conveying system comprising guide rails disposed along a conveying path having curved sections, a plurality of transport cars each having a longitudinal axis and each being movably supported from said guide rails, and a friction feeder along said conveying path for the moving of said transport cars, said transport cars each comprise (i) a main body having a front end and a rear end and being movably supported from said guide rails by guidance means, (ii) a support on the main body of each of said transport cars for objects to be conveyed, said main body having a plurality of elongated, unitary movable bodies each having a front and rear end, (iii) coupling means located at said front and rear end of said movable bodies for joining said elongated, unitary movable bodies to allow a relative yielding motion between said bodies at said curved sections, each of said coupling means being vertically and horizontally swingable, said movable bodies being vertically and horizontally swingably joined to one another by said coupling means and selectively coupling adjacent ones of said movable bodies directly to each other to form a continuous conveying structure along said longitudinal axis, said movable bodies each having a front end and a rear end, said movable bodies each having a lateral driven face along said longitudinal axis, said support for objects to be conveyed being provided on one of said movable bodies of each transport car, and wherein said friction feeder comprises a feed roller adapted to act on said driven faces, and a motor for driving said feed roller.