Patent ID: 8770911

Claim:
Apparatus for turning and collating products, the apparatus comprising: a. a collating conveyor arranged to receive products sequentially from a delivery point and collate the products into groups; and b. a holder arranged at one side of the collating conveyor to receive groups of products from the collating conveyor: wherein, in use, said collating conveyor is inclined to the horizontal and the vertical such that, as they arrive on the collating conveyor, products are turned through a first angle with respect to their orientation at the delivery point and said collating conveyor is provided with lugs, each of which supports a stack of products under the effect of gravity; and the holder is movable between a first position in which it is aligned with the collating conveyor to receive groups of products from the collating conveyor and a second position such that products in the holder are turned through a second angle that adds to said first angle.