Abstract: A goods conveyor wherein the goods are placed on a supporting surface connected with a conveyor member forming part of the goods conveyor track. The conveyor member is made up of a number of units placed in a tubular shaped guide. The unit is movable in the guide by means of a driving member. The supporting surface is connected with one of the units or is connected with a special member placed between two units. A displacement of the units in the guide also brings about a displacement of the supporting surface. The guide acts as a handrail in a staircase and the longitudinal slit faces downwards. The supporting surface is rotatably fixed to one end of the holder, the other end of which has a spherically-shaped part. The supporting surface can assume a vertical position and a horizontal position intended for the conveying of goods. The other end of the holder has also a sliding surface, usually a wheel, to cooperate with a sliding track oriented along the staircase.

Abstract: A conveyor belt comprising a plurality of links whose mutually opposite end parts are pivotally connected to the end parts of respective mutually adjacent links. The links together form, in this way, an endless belt, which is normally driven and guided by drive wheels and guide wheels or rollers. Each link has at one end part thereof a first part-cylindrical surface and at the other end part thereof a second part-cylindrical surface. The diameter of one part-cylindrical surface shall coincide with the diameter of the other part-cylindrical surface. The pivot centers of the links shall lie on the respective centers of the part-cylindrical surfaces. A wear-resistant insert can be placed between the one end part of one link and the end part of an adjacent link. Arranged on the mutually opposite sides of the links is one or two mutually parallel side walls having two holes for cooperation with a respective link.