Egg grader

Claim 1

EGG-GRADING EQUIPMENT EMBODYING A PLURALITY OF WEIGHTING DEVICES SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY OF THE EQUIPMENT EACH OF SAID WEIGHING DEVICES BEING PROVIDED WITH A BALANCE BEAM HAVING A PIVOT ABOUT WHICH IT IS MOVABLE AND HAVING TWO SPACED EGG-RECEIVING MEMBERS SECURED TO THE BALANCE BEAM ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, EGGMOVING MEANS MOVABLE IN AN ELLIPTICAL PATH AND IN A VERTICAL PLANE BETWEEN THE SPACED MEMBERS SECURED TO THE BALANCE BEAM AND ABOVE AND BELOW SAID MEMBERS FOR ADVANCING EGGS FROM ONE OF SAID WEIGHING DEVICE TO ANOTHER, SAID EGG-MOVING MEANS PRESENTING AN UPWARDLY FACING SURFACE WITH ELEMENTS THEREON FOR OPPOSING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF EGGS RELATIVE TO SAID MEANS DURING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE EGG-MOVING MEANS, SAID ELEMENTS BEING POSITIONED TO REGISTER WITH THE SPACED MEMBERS ON THE BALANCE BEAMS UPON MOVEMENT OF THE EGG-MOVING MEANS VERTICALLY BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, THE SPACED EGG-RECEIVING MEMBERS SECURED TO THE BALANCE BEAMS BEING IN THE FORM OF PARALLEL RAILS, THE RAIL WHICH IS FARTHER FROM THE PIVOT OF THE BALANCE BEAM BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DIAMETER NEAR THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF AND THE OTHER RAIL HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION WITH A CAVITY THEREIN PRESENTING SPACED POINTS ENGAGEABLE BY EGGS DEPOSITED ON SAID RAILS WHEREBY SAID RAILS COOPERATE TO PRESENT THREE POINTS OF CONTACT WITH AN EGG, TWO OF WHICH POINTS OF CONTACT ARE SPACED A LESSER DISTANCE FROM THE PIVOT ABOUT WHICH THE BALANCE BEAM IS MOVABLE THAN IS THE OTHER POINT OF CONTACT.