Patent ID: 6901851

Claim:
A conveyor system for transporting objects to be strapped on a strapping machine, the conveyor system comprising: at least one transport means having a top surface situated in a transport plane, wherein said top surface forms a supporting surface for a largely flat bottom surface of the object; and a rotating mechanism having a rotational axis oriented at a right angle to the transport plane, and comprising at least three drive elements that are arranged at angular distances from each other around the rotational axis and at a distance from the rotational axis, each drive element having a contact surface with at least one projecting segment and at least one recess that follow one another consecutively when the drive element is being driven, wherein the at least one projecting segment projects above the transport plane during driving motion and rests against the bottom surface of the object, and wherein a length of the at least one projecting segment equals a length of an arc around the rotational axis resulting when the object rotates around a preset angle of rotation.