Patent ID: 7364030

Claim:
An apparatus for conveying objects, said apparatus comprising: a first endless conveyor with conveying elements, the first endless conveyor having a conveying position defined between at least two conveying elements, one of the two conveying elements being downstream and the other of the conveying elements being upstream, as viewed in a direction of travel of the first endless conveyor; and a second endless conveyor, with product carriers connected thereto, comprising gripper hands, for transferring the objects from between the conveying elements, the second conveyor being provided in the direct proximity of the first endless conveyor wherein, at least in the surfaces supporting the objects at the moment of transfer by at least one single gripper hand, the conveying elements comprise grooves in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor, and said gripper hand has fingers, while a distance between the fingers corresponds to a distance between the grooves of the conveying elements such that upon transfer of the objects by said gripper hand, the fingers are positioned at least partly under the objects in groove ends of the grooves.