Patent ID: 7506744

Claim:
A changeover system, comprising: a pair of left and right endless rotary bodies installed along a main conveying path; a multiplicity of article support bodies each attached between the endless rotary bodies and having a direction perpendicular to the main conveying path as a lengthwise direction thereof; and an article transverse pushing body fitted over and guided by the article support body, wherein the article transverse pushing body comprises an upper plate member, a front plate member extending downward from the front end of the upper plate member, a rear plate member extending downward from the rear end of the upper plate member, a bottom plate member disposed between the lower ends of the front plate member and rear plate member, and a transverse pushing action section provided above the upper plate member, the transverse pushing action section having an upper part formed so that a tilted upper surface in which the middle portion in the front-rear direction is tilted forward and downward, and a leading-end upper surface provided at a gradual angle with respect to the tilted upper surface is formed in the front end portion continuous with the tilted upper surface.