Conveyor with endless conveyor element having interconnected carriers

A conveyor provided with a frame and with an endless conveying element, which is movable in a longitudinal direction thereof by a driving member during operation and which is provided with interconnected carriers which are pivotable with respect to each other by pivot members respectively defining upwardly extending pivot axes, wherein the carriers are guided by first guide wheels coupled to said carriers, which during operation roll on guide rails connected to the frame,

• wherein said carriers are, in proximity with end portions thereof, provided with second guide wheels, which are rotatable about axes of rotation extending parallel to, and substantially coplanar with, said pivot axes,
• wherein each carrier comprises an arm extending forward and below an adjacent carrier, the pivot member being provided between said arm and a lower side of said adjacent carrier, and
• wherein a pusher shoe is movable along a carrier, said pusher shoe being connected to a guide member for the pusher shoe positioned under said carrier so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of said carrier in a space formed between the front end of the arm of one carrier and the rear end of the arm of an adjacent carrier.

A conveyor provided with a frame and with an endless conveying element, which is movable in a longitudinal direction by a driving member during operation and which is provided with interconnected carriers which are pivotable with respect to each other by pivot members defining an upwardly extending pivot axis, wherein the carriers are guided by means of first guide wheels coupled to said carriers, which during operation roll on guide rails connected to the frame,

• wherein said carriers are near their ends provided with second guide wheels, which are rotatable about axes of rotation extending parallel to, and substantially coplanar with, said pivot axes,
• each of said carriers comprise an arm extending forward and below an adjacent carrier, the pivot members being provided between said arm and a lower side of said adjacent carrier, wherein a pusher shoe is movable along a carrier, said pusher shoe being connected to a guide member for the pusher shoe positioned under said carrier,
• wherein a plate is attached to a lower side of each carrier for cooperation with a linear motor accommodated in the frame of the conveyor at a lower level than said plate and wherein said guide member is disposed at a lower level than said plate.