US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 387
.~.~.~.~ Pockets comprise grooved, transversely disposed rollers

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

373  DF  CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION {12}
382  DF  .~ By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing {5}
383  DF  .~.~ Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item {7}
384  DF  .~.~.~ Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket {2}
387.~.~.~.~ Pockets comprise grooved, transversely disposed rollers

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/387

(under subclass 384) Apparatus wherein the components comprise rotatable shafts extending laterally across the direction of movement of the conveyor and moving perpendicular to their extent in said direction, each shaft having one or more peripheral depressions in the circumference thereof, adjacent shafts having their peripheral depressions aligned along the direction of movement, whereby the peripheral depressions of two adjacent shafts form a receptacle for the conveyed article.

(1) Note. The device of this subclass conveys an ovid object, such as a egg, supported between adjacent rollers in the grooves of the rollers. By rotating the objects on the roller, the longitudinal axis of the ovid is caused to extend parallel to the axes of the rollers and perpendicular to the direction of movement thereof.