Patent ID: 7942728
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: A22C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A transport apparatus for transporting articles hanging on loops, comprising: a shaft comprising a first axial portion having an axially extending screw on an outer surface of the shaft, a drive operatively connected to the shaft; and rollers extending axially and supporting the shaft first axial portion, with an axial length of an outside periphery of the screw resting on the rollers; wherein the drive applies a drive moment to an outside periphery of the first axial portion screw and the rollers support the shaft first axial portion on the outside periphery of the screw, wherein the rollers are positioned to provide a first axially extending gap beneath the shaft first axial portion and the loops associated with the hanging articles extending around the shaft and through the first axially extending gap to a position beneath the rollers for passage of the loops along the first axially extending gap.