Patent ID: 8622686

Claim:
A device for moving a plurality of upright objects, comprising: a frame; a movable pin arrangement supported by the frame; a plurality of pins that form the pin arrangement; a plate having a plurality of apertures, each aperture corresponding with a respective one of the plurality of pins; a pair of tracks that straddle a conveyor belt and extend beyond an end of the conveyor belt, wherein the pin arrangement is movably supported by the tracks; a pair of laterally spaced support members; a pair of laterally spaced side supports, wherein the support embers and the side supports house the pin arrangement; and a lift assembly comprising: an actuator; a plurality of brackets supporting the plate, each bracket being rotatably attached to one of the side supports; and an actuation member operably coupled with the actuator and with at least one of the brackets; wherein the actuator moves along a path in a first direction so as to rotate at least one of the brackets and move the plate along a path in a second direction generally transverse to the first direction.