Patent ID: 8240455

Claim:
An apparatus for the transport of food products ( 20 ) comprising at least one transfer station ( 10 ) for the picking up of food products ( 20 ) of an incoming product flow running in from at least one incoming conveyor ( 12 ) and for the transfer of the food products ( 20 ) to an outgoing conveyor ( 14 ), wherein the transfer station ( 10 ) includes a transfer device which simultaneously transfers a group of food products ( 20 ) taken up after one another to the outgoing conveyor ( 14 ); wherein the transfer conveyor ( 10 ) includes an endless belt conveyor with an upper run ( 22 ) and a lower run ( 24 ); wherein the transfer device includes a transfer conveyor with a pivot mechanism having a pivot axis ( 16 ); and wherein the pivot axis ( 16 ) extends between the upper run ( 22 ) and the lower run ( 24 ) in the conveying direction of the transfer conveyor ( 10 ).