Board transfer apparatus

Claim 1

BOARD TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR TILE ASSEMBLY BOARDS WHICH HAVE A CONSIDERABLY GREATER DIMENSION IN LENGTH THAN WIDTH, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A NARROW FEEDOUT BELT CONVEYOR FOR FEEDING OUT TILE-FILLED BOARDS ENDWISE IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP, A SECOND NARROW CONVEYOR BELT FOR TAKING BOARDS FROM SAID FEED-OUT CONVEYOR AND MOVING THEM ENDWISE THEREON IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP, THE TILES BEING REARRANGED AND HAVING A WET ADHESIVE BACKING SHEET APPLIED THERETO WHILE ON SAID SECOND NARROW CONVEYOR, A WIDE OVEN BELT CONVEYOR FOR MOVING BOARDS SIDEWISE IN CLOSELY-SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE SECOND NARROW CONVEYOR THROUGH AN OVEN TO DRY THE ADHESIVE, AN ELEVATOR TURNTABLE FOR RAISING BOARDS FROM SAID SECOND NARROW CONVEYOR AND TURNING AND DEPOSITING THEM ON SAID WIDE OVEN CONVEYOR, A WIDE RETURN COOLING BELT CONVEYOR FOR PASSING DRIED BOARDS SIDEWISE IN CLOSELY-SPACED RELATIONSHIP THROUGH A COOLING CHAMBER, A NARROW CROSSOVER BELT CONVEYOR FOR MOVING BOARDS ENDWISE IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP FROM SAID OVEN CONVEYOR TO SAID COOLING CONVEYOR, A NARROW RETURN BELT CONVEYOR FOR MOVING BOARDS ENDWISE IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP FROM SAID WIDE RETURN COOLING CONVEYOR, AN ELEVATOR TURNTBLE FOR RAISING BOARDS FROM SAID WIDE COOLING CONVEYOR AND TURNING AND DEPOSITING THEM ON SAID NARROW RETURN CONVEYOR, A ROLLER TABLE CONVEYOR FOR TAKING BOARDS FROM SAID NARROW RETURN CONVEYOR AND ALLOWING THEM TO MOVE INTO END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP AT A DELIVERY STATION, A NARROW SECOND RETURN BELT CONVEYOR FOR TAKING EMPTY BOARDS FROM SAID ROLLER TABLE CONVEYOR, AND A RETURN CROSS CONVEYOR FOR TAKING EMPTY BOARDS FORM SAID SECOND RETURN CONVEYOR AND RETURNING THEM SIDEWISE IN SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FEED-OUT CONVEYOR.