Transport device for conveying products

A transport device for conveying products comprising:

• at least one pair of first and second movable slides for conveying at least one product;
• an endless guide rail for guiding the at least one pair of first and second slides, one of the first and second slides behind the other, in a variable conveying direction;
• a linear motor drive device for driving the at least one pair of first and second slides, wherein at least the first slide comprises at least one permanent magnet, which interacts with the linear motor drive device;
• a first retaining element arranged on the first slide, and a second retaining element arranged on the second slide, the first and second retaining elements forming a product receiving space between them,
• wherein the first retaining element is rotatably supported on the first slide around a first rotational axis, and the second retaining element is rotatably supported on the second slide around a second rotational axis, the first and second rotational axes being substantially perpendicular to the variable conveying direction;
• and
• at least one connecting element for connecting the first and second retaining elements and configured to maintain a relative orientation of the first and second retaining elements to each other.