Egg handling equipment

Claim 1

EGG HANDLING MEANS COMPRISNG A PAIR OF CHAINS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL RELTION, SPROCKETS ABOUT WHICH SAID CHAINS PASS, ONE OF SAID SPROCKETS BEING DRIVEN TO MOVE SAID CHAINS IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION AND AT THE SAME SPEED, ROLLERS SUPPORTED BY SAID CHAINS AND EXTENDING IN PARALLEL RELATION TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE CHAINS, THE ENDS OF SAID ROLLERS BEING OF LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE ROLLERS, A PLATE POSITIONED BENEATH THE ROLLERS AND ENGAGED BY THE LARGER PORTIONS OF SAID ROLLERS SO THAT THE ROLLERS ARE CAUSED TO ROTATE AS THEY ARE ADVANCED BY SAID CHAINS, SAID ROLLERS BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT EGGS SUPPORTED THEREBY TO PROJECT DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE ROLLERS, EGG LIFTING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PLATE AND LOCATED BENEATH THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF SAID ROLLERS IN POSITION TO ENGAGE THE DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING PORTIONS OF EGGS SUPPORTED BY THE ROLLERS, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING EGGS TO SAID ROLLERS.