Patent ID: 6851547

Claim:
A conveyor for carrying workpieces along a path which includes a straight portion and a curved portion, said conveyor comprising rail means having a straight portion and a curved portion, a flexible conveyor drive having means disposed for engagement with opposite surfaces of said rail means to be directed along said straight portion and said curved portion of said rail means, an elongate member having a free end, first support means moved by said conveyor drive and supported by said rail means at an intermediate portion of said elongate member, second support means supporting an end of said elongate member opposite said free end and spaced a fixed distance from said first support means, said second support means being moved by said conveyor drive and supported by said rail means, with said free end of said elongate member spaced from said conveyor drive, whereby said free end can move transversely of said rail means and said conveyor drive when on the curved portion of said rail means, and a workpiece support carried by said free end of said member for supporting a workpiece.