Conveyer

Claim 1

IN A CONVEYOR SYSTEM OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED INCLUDING MAIN CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING INCOMING AND OUTGOING CONVEYOR STRANDS MOVING PAST A WORKING STATION AT DIFFERENT VERTICAL LEVELS, FOR RECEIVING WORK PIECES TO BE PROCESSED FROM SAID INCOMING STRAND AND RETURNING THE PROCESSED PIECES BY SAID OUTGOING STRAND, RESPECTIVELY, AN AUXILIARY CONVEYER AT SAID STATION COMPRISING A PAIR OF STARSHAPED SUPPORTING STRUCTURES EACH HAVING A CENTRAL HUB AND EXTENDING THEREFROM A PLURALITY OF EQUALLY ANGULARLY SPACED RADIAL SUPPORTING ARMS, MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID STRUCTURES ABOUT PARALLEL AXES WITH THE PLANES OF THE STRUCTURES BEING PARALLEL AND DISPLACED RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID AXES, SUPPORTING SHAFTS SECURED TO AND EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE OUTER ENDS OF EACH OF SAID ARMS, THE SHAFTS OF EACH SAID STRUCTURES EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION TOWARDS THE OTHER STRUCTURE, A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR SUPPORTS EACH HAVING OPPOSITE SIDES JOURNALLED UPON ONE PAIR OF COORDINATED PARALLEL SHAFTS OF SAID STRUCTURES, AND MEANS TO INTERMITTENTLY ROTATE SAID STRUCTURES, TO CONSECUTIVELY DISPLACE EACH SAID SUPPORT FROM A LOADING POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID INCOMING STRAND TO AN OPERATING POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID OUTGOING STRAND THROUGH AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE STORAGE POSITION BETWEEN SAID LOADING AND OPERATING POSITIONS.