Individual caterpillar, in particular for take-off devices, and take-off device for elongate components

Off-take conveyor device for elongated components (3) with a bed frame (7) and with a top track (44) and bottom track (45) supported thereon, each with conveyor means (28), which are formed by endlessly circulating conveyor elements (29), to which two guide pulleys (25, 26) spaced at a distance apart are assigned, and with several individual guide frames (8 to 10) for the conveyor means (28) arranged one after the other and guide elements (33) arranged on the individual guide frames (8 to 10), wherein guide pulleys (25, 26) for the conveyor element (29) enclose the individual guide frames (8 to 10) between them and with at least one adjustment drive (11) assigned to the individual guide frames (8 to 10), characterised in that the top track (44) and/or the bottom track (45) is formed from several parallel arranged individual tracks (1) which are arranged on a common base frame (4), and each of the individual tracks (1) comprises the individual guide frames (8 to 10) with the guide elements (33) and at least one of the individual guide frames (8 to 10) can be fixed relative to the base frame (4) in terms of distance in at least one of its two end regions (12 to 17) spaced at a distance apart and facing the guide pulleys (25, 26) by the adjustment drive (11) independently of the parallel individual track (1), and in that the individual guide frames (8 to 10) arranged immediately one after the other are joined to one another at their end regions (13 to 15) about an articulated arrangement (31) having a shaft (30) perpendicular to the plane receiving the adjustment drive (11).