Patent ID: 8334970

Claim:
A conveying device for conveying eggs, comprising: an endless conveyor provided with rollers extending transversely to the direction of conveyance, which rollers are placed at such a centre-to-centre distance from each other that they form between them a receiving space, in which in use an egg is received in such a way that the egg rests on both rollers, which rollers are rotatably mounted and can be driven so that in use they set an egg resting on them in rotation, and furthermore comprising a transfer device provided with a plurality of pick-up elements for picking up the eggs from a tray and placing the eggs on the conveyor, wherein the rollers are arranged in pairs and each receiving space is formed by a pair of rollers, and wherein the pick-up elements on the transfer device can be moved from a first position in which they are positioned at a distance from each other corresponding to the distance between the individual eggs on the tray, viewed in the direction of conveyance, and a second position corresponding to the centre-to-centre distance between two receiving spaces on the conveyor, viewed in the direction of conveyance, wherein blocking elements are provided, each positioned or capable of being positioned in a space between two pairs of rollers, in order to block incorrect positioning of eggs in that space, wherein the blocking elements are provided on an endless circulating means, which in operation runs at the same speed as the conveyor, the blocking elements extending from the circulating means and in operation being insertable into a space between two pairs of rollers, wherein the endless circulating element with the blocking elements is fitted below the conveyor so that the blocking elements can be inserted into the space between the pairs of rollers from the underside of the conveyor, and wherein a plurality of blocking elements are fitted one after the other on a frame, and wherein the circulating means comprises a paternoster system for conveying the frames around in a fixed orientation.