Patent ID: 6955255

Claim:
An apparatus for flipping a product, said apparatus comprising: an end roller; a first conveyor, wherein said first conveyor translates about said end roller, thereby forming a convex terminal end; and a second conveyor having a curved path, wherein said curved path has an essentially horizontal axis of rotation, and further wherein said curved path defines a concavity; wherein: said convex terminal end of said first conveyor is positioned in a nested arrangement with said concavity, thereby defining a channel for product to pass therethrough and turn over; said end roller comprises a grooved roller having at least two larger diameter sections interspersed along the length of the grooved roller by at least one smaller diameter section; said first conveyor is supported by and rotates about said at least one smaller diameter section; and said second conveyor is supported by and rotates about said at least two larger diameter sections, thereby forming said curved path.