Guide means for guiding carriers for workpieces

The invention relates to a guide means (10) for guiding of carriers (22, 24) for workpieces, having at least one designed as a forwarding path first guideway (20) extending from a loading station (L) to which (the fitted with the workpiece carrier 22) are to be arranged on the feed path, inclined to the horizontal downwards to an unloading point (e) extends on which the work pieces from the carriers (22) are to be taken, and (at least one designed as a return path second guide path 26) to be returning the empty load carriers (24) from the unloading station (e) is inclined to the horizontal downwards towards the loading position (L), wherein the flow path is arranged in a vertical direction above the return path.