Patent ID: 6454101
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A01K,B65B

Abstract:
An endless conveyor for conveying substantially rotationally-symmetrical products, said endless conveyor comprising:at least one endless conveying element and a number of transverse elements extending substantially perpendicularly to a conveying direction; a drive mechanism; at least one hourglass-shaped roller mounted on each transverse element, such that the hourglass-shaped rollers mounted on the transverse elements located one behind the other extend in one or more rows, said rows extending in a conveying direction, a mutual distance between the successive transverse elements in a first path part being smaller than in a second path part; a first control device for effecting an increase of distance between the transverse elements at a first transition from the first path part to the second path part; a second control device for effecting a decrease of distance between the transverse elements at a second transition from the second path part to the first path part; and a support element movable between each pair of successive hourglass-shaped rollers for supporting the products to be conveyed.