Patent ID: 7857118

Claim:
A product orienting apparatus for orienting a product, the apparatus comprising: a table comprising a rotatable device, the table having a table surface comprising at least a first surface area being provided by the rotatable device, the rotatable device being rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the table surface; an array of substantially identical spherical rollers, each spherical roller being suitable for contacting the product at a first contacting point of the spherical roller and for contacting the table surface with a second contacting point of the spherical roller, the array of spherical rollers comprising a first group of spherical rollers contacting the surface area of the rotatable device with their second contacting point thereby enabling to convert a rotation of the rotatable device into rotation of a product contacting the spherical rollers of the first group of spherical rollers; and a plate having an aperture encompassing the rotatable device, wherein the table surface comprising a second surface area provided by the plate, which second surface area is substantially coplanar with the first surface area, and wherein rotation of the product does not require vertically moving the rotatable device with respect to the table.