MULTIPLE PITCH PROCESSING CONVEYOR

摘要

A multiple pitch conveyor for supporting elongated articulating carrier bars which are spaced different distances apart. Each carrier bar cooperates with the next adjacent carrier bar so as to confine a row of containers of one size range on one side thereof and to confine a row of containers of another size range on the other side thereof when passing through the heat treatment chamber of a cooker. The carrier bars are specifically designed to maintain positive container control and maximum container density per running foot of conveyor while permitting the cooker to handle at least two different size ranges of containers with the same or different commodities hermetically sealed therein.