Automatic rotary egg arranging means

Claim 1

EGG ARRANGING MEANS HAVING AN INLET END AND A DELIVERY END, ELEMENTS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS EXTENDING FROM THE INLET END TO THE DELIVERY END OF THE EGG ARRANGING MEANS AND INCLUDING EGG MOVING MEANS FOR MOVING EGGS ALONG SAID CHANNELS, EGG ORIENTING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID CHANNELS BETWEEN THE ENDS THEREOF AND PRESENTING EGG ENGAGING SURFACES SPACED APART A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE EGGS TO BE ARRANGED, SAID SURFACES BEING INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CHANNELS, MEANS ASSOCIATED TO THE PRESENCE OF SAID CHENNELS AND OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF AN EGG IN EACH OF SAID CHANNELS FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF EGGS THROUGH SAID CHANNELS, AND MEANS FOR MOVING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID EGGS ORIENTING MEANS UPWARD AND DOWNWARD WITH RESPECT TO SAID EGG MOVING MEANS TO RAISE EGGS FROM THE EGGS MOVING MEANS AND SUPPORT THEM AT OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF WHILE PERMITTING THE EGGS TO ROTATE BETWEEN THE INCLINED SURFACES OF THE EGG ORIENTING MEANS TO POSITIONS WHEREIN THE LONG AXES OF THE EGGS EXTEND VERTICALLY AND THEREAFTER TO LOWER THE EGGS AGAIN ONTO SAID EGG MOVING MEANS.