Conveyor comprising a curve

A conveyor, comprising:

• at least one workpiece carrier;
• drive means for driving the workpiece carrier and defining a plane of conveyance;
• an inner guide and an outer guide that define a conveyor track for the workpiece carrier, wherein the outer guide includes a first straight outer guide section, an outer guide section that is concavely curved as viewed from the conveyor track, and a second straight outer guide section, which are situated one behind the other thereby enabling the sections to guide the workpiece carrier without interruption, wherein the inner guide includes a first straight inner guide section and a second straight inner guide section, each situated parallel to and at a distance of a specified track width from the first and second straight outer guide sections, wherein the inner guide furthermore includes an inner guide section which is convexly curved as viewed from the conveyor track and is assigned to the curved outer guide section, with a radius of curvature of the curved inner guide section being less than 50% of the track width, and wherein the convexly curved inner guide section is situated such that it is offset radially inwardly relative to the curved outer guide section and opposite an imagined tangential extension of the first and the second straight inner guide sections;
• an evading recess in a first lateral surface of the workpiece carrier facing the inner guide, and configured such that a movement of the workpiece carrier is not blockable by an end of the first straight inner guide section,
• wherein the first lateral surface of the workpiece carrier has an uninterrupted, smooth shape, and wherein the inner lateral surface of the workpiece carrier has a wave-shaped design, including a wave crest, a first wave trough which is used as the evading recess, and a second wave trough which corresponds to the guide surface section, wherein the wave crest is situated such that it is engageable in a guiding manner with the curved inner guide section.

A conveyor, comprising:

• at least one workpiece carrier;
• drive means for driving the workpiece carrier and defining a plane of conveyance;
• an inner guide and an outer guide that define a conveyor track for the workpiece carrier, wherein the outer guide includes a first straight outer guide section, an outer guide section that is concavely curved as viewed from the conveyor track, and a second straight outer guide section, which are situated one behind the other thereby enabling the sections to guide the workpiece carrier without interruption, wherein the inner guide includes a first straight inner guide section and a second straight inner guide section, each situated parallel to and at a distance of a specified track width from the first and second straight outer guide sections, wherein the inner guide furthermore includes an inner guide section which is convexly curved as viewed from the conveyor track and is assigned to the curved outer guide section, with a radius of curvature of the curved inner guide section being less than 50% of the track width, and wherein the convexly curved inner guide section is situated such that it is offset radially inwardly relative to the curved outer guide section and opposite an imagined tangential extension of the first and the second straight inner guide sections,
• wherein the workpiece carrier includes four corner sections that define corners of an imagined rectangle and does not extend beyond the imagined rectangle at a height of the inner and outer guides.

A conveyor, comprising:

• at least one workpiece carrier;
• drive means for driving the workpiece carrier and defining a plane of conveyance;
• an inner guide and an outer guide that define a conveyor track for the workpiece carrier, wherein the outer guide includes a first straight outer guide section, an outer guide section that is concavely curved as viewed from the conveyor track, and a second straight outer guide section, which are situated one behind the other thereby enabling the sections to guide the workpiece carrier without interruption, wherein the inner guide includes a first straight inner guide section and a second straight inner guide section, each situated parallel to and at a distance of a specified track width from the first and second straight outer guide sections, wherein the inner guide furthermore includes an inner guide section which is convexly curved as viewed from the conveyor track and is assigned to the curved outer guide section, with a radius of curvature of the curved inner guide section being less than 50% of the track width, and wherein the convexly curved inner guide section is situated such that it is offset radially inwardly relative to the curved outer guide section and opposite an imagined tangential extension of the first and the second straight inner guide sections,
• wherein the workpiece carrier includes four corner sections having rotatable guide rollers that define corners of an imagined triangle and does not extend beyond the imagined triangle at the height of the guide rollers, and a wave-shaped lateral surface having a wave crest and two adjacent wave troughs provided between at least two of the guide rollers.