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Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR REVERSING THE POSITION OF A LARGE HEADED MEMBER AND TRANSPORTING IT ALONG A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PATH OF TRAVEL INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A TURNOVER MECHANISM AND A CONVEYOR MECHANISM, SAID CONVEYOR MECHANISM COMPRISING A VERTICAL MOUNTING MEMBER HAVING FRONT AND REAR SIDEWALLS, A CHAIN MEMBER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER RUN PORTIONS MOVABLE ALONG SAID REAR SIDEWALL OF SAID VERTICAL MOUNTING MEMBER, A HOLDING MECHANISM INCLUDING A VERTICAL PIVOT MEMBER LOCATED ADJACENT SAID FRONT SIDEWALL OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER, FIRST AND SECOND MOUNTING PLATES SECURED RESPECTIVELY AT ONE END TO SAID UPPER AND LOWER RUN PORTIONS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER AND SECURED RESPECTIVELY AT THEIR OTHER ENDS TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID PIVOT MEMBER, A HOLDING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID PIVOT MEMBER AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER AND HAVING A FORWARD PORTION SPACED FROM SAID MOUNTING MEMBER WHEN A REARWARD PORTION IS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID MOUNTING MEMBER, WALL MEANS DEFINING A GENERALLY V-SHAPED PICK-UP NOTCH IN SAID FRONT SIDEWALL OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER, SAID TURNOVER MECHANISM COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF SPACED SUPPORT MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH AN ARC OF SUBSTANTIALLY 180*, A RESTRAINING MEMBER SECURED TO AND SPACED FROM SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE VERTICAL AND LOWER HORIZONTAL PORTION OF SAID ARC, SAID TURNOVER MECHANISM HAVING AN EXIT PORTION ADJACENT SAID V-SHAPED PICK-UP NOTCH, AN AIR CYLINDER LOCATED ADJACENT SAID EXIT PORTION, A PISTON IN SAID CYLINDER AND HAVING AN ENGAGING MEMBER CONNECTED THERETO WITH V-SHAPED WALL MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A LARGE HEADED MEMBER TO MOVE IT INTO SAID V-SHAPED PICK-UP NOTCH.