A stabilized carrier basket trolley for a transporter system, the trolley has two cars on the track, on a first side of a support plate and pivotable relative thereto. A distance between the cars changes during traversal of curves and a center of the trolley moves relative to the track towards the inside of a curve. A carrier basket is pivotably connected on the support plate and pivots about a pivot axis. The trolley includes a gear mechanism for actively compensating a moment acting on the carrier basket during traversal of curves that includes a drive wheel drivingly connected to a first gear rotatably mounted on the support plate, and a second gear, meshing with the first gear, non-rotatably connected to the carrier basket. The drive wheel comes into contact with a side of the track upon movement of the center of the trolley relative to the track.

A conveyor having an endless conveyor belt made from a plurality of hingedly connected modular belt modules limited by two longitudinal sides. Each module comprises one or more upper parts and a lower part each pivotably connectable to a forwardly arranged belt module. One or more upper parts are provided with means projecting below the lower part at least when the one or more upper parts are in the same plane as the lower part. A feeding station is arranged on the conveyor's substructure and includes two side walls arranged parallel to a travelling direction of the conveyor belt and substantially orthogonal to the plane of the conveyor belt's surface. An end wall spans between the two walls leaving a gap between the upper surface of the conveyor belt and the lower edge of the end wall.

A conveyor having an endless conveyor belt made from a plurality of hingedly connected modular belt modules limited by two longitudinal sides. Each module comprises one or more upper parts and a lower part each pivotably connectable to a forwardly arranged belt module. One or more upper parts are provided with means projecting below the lower part at least when the one or more upper parts are in the same plane as the lower part. A feeding station is arranged on the conveyor's substructure and includes two side walls arranged parallel to a travelling direction of the conveyor belt and substantially orthogonal to the plane of the conveyor belt's surface. An end wall spans between the two walls leaving a gap between the upper surface of the conveyor belt and the lower edge of the end wall.

Modular belt module of the type having a width, and a length, where the width and length defines a plane, and a thickness orthogonal to said plane, such that the basic module is limited by two longitudinal sides, and a front and rear side, where the module comprises an upper part and a lower part, both upper and lower part being pivotally connectable in use to a forwardly arranged belt module, whereas only the bottom part is connected in use to a rearwardly arranged belt module, and where said upper part when in contact with said lower part is provided with means projecting below said lower part.

Modular belt module of the type having a width, and a length, where the width and length defines a plane, and a thickness orthogonal to said plane, such that the basic module is limited by two longitudinal sides, and a front and rear side, where the module comprises an upper part and a lower part, both upper and lower part being pivotally connectable in use to a forwardly arranged belt module, whereas only the bottom part is connected in use to a rearwardly arranged belt module, and where said upper part when in contact with said lower part is provided with means projecting below said lower part.

A platform unit usable to support and move an item, comprising a base; a conveyor mounted to the base and operative for moving the item parallel to the base, the conveyor being pivotable about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicular to the base; and a controller for selectively activating the conveyor and for selectively pivoting the conveyor about the pivot axis. Also, a storage system including many of the platform units.

A platform unit usable to support and move an item, comprising a base; a conveyor mounted to the base and operative for moving the item parallel to the base, the conveyor being pivotable about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicular to the base; and a controller for selectively activating the conveyor and for selectively pivoting the conveyor about the pivot axis. Also, a storage system including many of the platform units.

A vertical circulating conveyor includes a lowering path part (3) and a raising path part (4) that connect end portions of a conveyance path part (1) and a return path part (2) vertically positioned in a linear arrangement. The lowering path part (3) includes front wheel lowering guide rails (8A) to guide front wheels (F) of a transport vehicle (5) and rear wheel lowering guide rails (8B) to guide rear wheels (R) of the transport vehicle (5). The transport vehicle (5) is moved in the lowering path part (3) by falling under its own weight in almost the horizontal state in a powerless manner while the front wheels (F) of the transport vehicle (5) are guided by the front wheel lowering guide rails (8A) and the rear wheels (R) of the transport vehicle (5) are guided by the rear wheel lowering guide rails (8B).

A vertical transmission equipment includes a base having a mount surface, a rail structure disposed on the mount surface, and a carrier movably disposed on the rail structure, the carrier includes a supporting surface, and the supporting surface of the carrier is perpendicular to the mount surface of the base.

Machines for sorting objects having a series of carriages fixed at a given interval (P) to two drive belts configured to move along closed-loop paths in two parallel vertical planes are provided. Each path may include a top horizontal section and a bottom horizontal section joined together by two curved connecting end sections. Two end assemblies may be arranged at the curved end sections of the path. Each assembly may include crown gears which are configured to engage with the belts and a series of sliders which are configured to retain the carriages along a semicircular section close to the crown gears. The carriages are thus able to perform a rotary/translational movement along the end connecting sections and keep their support surface horizontally oriented.