Bundle turning machine

Claim 1

A BUNDLE TURNING MACHINE ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED BETWEEN A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, MATERIAL ADVANCING CONVEYORS, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT SUPPORTING GRAME, A DRUM MOUNTED FOR ROTATION IN THE FRAME ON AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE PATH OF THE MATERIAL ON THE CONVEYORS, SAID DRUM HAVING ALIGNED OPENINGS IN THE SIDE WALLS TO PERMIT FREE PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF MATERIAL, A PAIR OF CLAMP FORMING CONVEYOR SECTIONS MOUNTED IN SAID DRUM, THE LOWERMOST ONE OF SAID SECTIONS HAVING A MATERIAL CARRYING SURFACE WHICH IN THE NONCLAMPING POSITION THEREOF IS ALIGNED WITH THE CORRESPONDING SURFACES OF SAID PAIR OF CONVEYORS SO AS TO FORM TO BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SAME FOR PASSAGE OF MATERIAL, MEANS TO MOVE SAID CONVEYOR SECTIONS IN A RADIAL DIRECTION TOWARD THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DRUM AND INTO CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT WITH MATERIAL DELIVERED TO THE LOWERMOST ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR SECTIONS WHEN THE DRUM IS IN NORMAL NONROTATING POSITION, SAID CONVEYOR SECTIONS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID DRUM FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID DRUM THROUGH 180* TO INVERT THE CONVEYOR SECTIONS, MEANS TO MOVE THE CONVEYOR SECTIONS APART TO UNCLAMP THE MATERIAL AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO CONNECT THE LOWERMOST ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR SECTIONS TO THE DRIVE MECHANISM FOR THE ADJOINING CONVEYOR WHEREBY TO ADVANCE THE MATERIAL WHEN THE LOWERMOST ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR SECTIONS IS IN NORMAL NON-CLAMPING POSITION.