Conveyor carriage and lading supporting rack

Claim 1

Apparatus adapted for transfer of products through stages of processing while allowing interim storage of such products including in combination: a. roller carriage means adapted to depend in a rolling relation from a conveyor track means; b. a vertical swivel means depending from said roller carriage means and supporting a hook means; c. a tiered carrier means including a support bar supported in readily removable relation from said hook means; d. a vertical support means including at least two vertically disposed and laterally spaced apart support members connected to a bracket means extending laterally from said support means into connection with said support bar with said support bar being mounted at substantially the horizontal center of gravity of said tiered carrier means to provide and maintain a substantial vertical posture of said tiered carrier means; e. a plurality of vertically spaced apart yokes mounted in transversely aligned relation to said vertically disposed support means; f. a plurality of support shafts each being received in and supported by at least two said transversely aligned yokes; g. at least two substantially horizontal support members connected to each said shaft to extend transversely from said vertically disposed support means; and h. said two horizontal support members being also connected to a positioning bias means which engages at least one of said vertical support members to support said horizontal support members in said horizontal position and adapted to allow the combination of said shaft and said horizontal support members to be pivoted upwardly then be readily removed from said tiered carrier such as for cleaning.