Feeding, arranging and grading apparatus for eggs

Claim 1

A FEEDING, ARRANGING AND CANDLING APPARATUS FOR EGGS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS ARRANGED ADJACENT EACH OTHER WITH THEIR AXES PARALLEL, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE ROLLERS ALONG A PATH AND ROTATING THE SAME, FEEDING MEANS FOR FEEDING EGGS ONTO THE ADVANCING AND ROTATING ROLLERS, SAID EGGS BEING ADVANCED BY THE ROLLERS AND SPUN THEREBY ABOUT THEIR LONG AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF THE ROLLERS AND BEING DISCHARGED SMALL ENDS FIRST OFF OF THE ENDS OF THE ROLLERS TOWARD WHICH THE SMALL ENDS OF THE EGGS ARE POINTING, CONVEYOR MEANS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ADVANCING PATH OF THE ROLLERS AND MOVABLE PARALLEL THERETO AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION FOR RECEIVING AND CONVEYING THE EGGS DISCHARGED FROM THE ENDS OF THE ROLLERS, SAID CONVEYOR MEANS RECEIVING AND TURNING THE EGGS SMALL END FORWARDLY AS THEY ARE DISCHARGED THEREON, A SINGLE CONVEYOR BEYOND THE ADVANCING PATH OF THE ROLLERS AND BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE EGGS FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS ONTO THE SINGLE CONVEYOR IN SINGLE FILE AND SMALL END FORWARDLY TO BE CONVEYED THEREBY, A PLURALITY OF SPOOLS ARRANGED ADJACENT EACH OTHER WITH THEIR AXES PARALLEL, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE SPOOLS ALONG A PATH AND ROTATING THE SAME, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE EGGS FROM THE SINGLE CONVEYOR ONTO THE ADVANCING AND ROTATING SPOOLS AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR TURNING THE EGGS TO CAUSE THEIR LONG AXES TO BE PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF THE SPOOLS AND THEIR SMALL ENDS EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, SAID EGGS BEING ADVANCED AND SPUN ABOUT THEIR LONG AXES BY THE SPOOLS, CANDLING MEANS ARRANGED ADJACENT TO THE ADVANCING PATH OF THE SPOOLS, AND MEANS FOR TILTING THE SPOOLS AS THEY PASS THE CANDLING MEANS TO CAUSE THE ADVANCING AND SPINNING EGGS TO BE TILTED LARGE END UPWARDLY AS THEY PASS THE CANDLING MEANS.