Patent ID: 6886681

Claim:
A conveyor apparatus for handling and inverting a web of material, comprising: a receiving conveyor having an upper run for receiving said web of material after inversion; and an inversion conveyor having first and second legs arranged at an angle to each other, the second leg being positioned above the upper run for said receiving conveyor; said inversion conveyor comprising a first conveyor roller positioned at one end of said first leg, and second conveyor roller positioned at one end of said second leg, and first and second generally parallel conveyor guides positioned at an angle to each of said first and second rollers at the juncture of said first and second legs of said inversion conveyor; said inversion conveyor further comprising an inversion conveyor belt which extends: (1) along an upper run of said first leg from above said first roller to beneath said first conveyor guide; (2) along a lower run of said second leg from beneath said first conveyor guide to beneath said second roller, above said upper surface of said receiving conveyor; (3) along an upper run of said second leg from above said second roller to beneath said second guide; and (4) along a lower run of said first leg from beneath said second guide to said first roller; so that when said web of material is received on said upper run of said first leg of said inversion conveyor the web of material is inverted as the web moves around and beneath the first guide, with the inverted web of material received on the upper run of the receiving conveyor.