TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, METHOD OF DISPLACEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transportation systems. SUBSTANCE: proposed transportation device contains great number of separate movable vehicles thrusting by end faces at displacement along straight- line section of guide, and force transmission means in form of drive acting onto vehicles on at least curvilinear section of guide. Force transmission means and vehicles are installed for interaction with geometric closing for displacement of vehicles following each other on curvilinear section without relative touching. Vehicle is made in form of rectangular parallelepiped base with two opposite end faces with side designed for engagement with drive, and with load side opposite to side designed for engagement with drive, and with two opposite sides with projecting guide means. At least three of guide means are arranged in one common plane. In proposed method of displacement of vehicles in guide set into relative motion with end faces thrusting against each other straight-line section of guide, vehicles are held without relative contact when negotiating curvilinear section of guide by geometric closing drive. Transportation system contains vehicle or means described above. EFFECT: improved reliability at displacement of vehicles along straight-line and curvilinear sections. 15 cl, 13 dwg