Patent ID: 8596944

Claim:
A cotton module flipping apparatus comprising: a) a conveyor having an upper surface defined by a plurality of rollers, each with opposed roller ends, the conveyor having first and second end portions; b) a bar which is positioned to contact a cotton module as the module is conveyed on the conveyor system from said first end portion to said second end portion, the bar being placed in between a pair of the rollers; c) two arms attached to the bar at positions spaced laterally away from the rollers, wherein the bar is supported by the two arms which are positioned at opposing end portions of the rollers; d) an actuating system attached to the two arms to cause the two arms to lift the bar to an elevated position when the cotton module on the conveyor system is positioned above the bar, enabling the bar to engage and tilt the cotton module from a horizontal to a vertical position; and e) wherein said two arms travel along an arcuate path of about 90 degrees next to but laterally removed from the rollers.