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1,114,890. Endless conveyers. INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY CORPORATION S.A. 2 June, 1965 [3 June, 1964; 20 Aug., 1964], No. 13337/67. Divided out of 1,109,514. Heading B8A. An endless conveyer for carrying rows of containers through a sterilizing or preserving apparatus comprises a pair of endless chains which are guided in tracks 54a secured to the apparatus frame and each link 66a of which is extended in the longitudinal direction beyond one pivot point and away from the other pivot point, and a carrier 95 is secured to the extensions of each link to co-operate with the adjacent carrier to define a pocket for the containers. As shown, the carriers are S-shaped in cross-section, but in other embodiments the carriers are C-shaped, Figs. 4-6 (not shown), E-shaped, Figs. 8, 9 (not shown), and S-shaped, Figs. 10, 11 (not shown), the carriers of the latter two embodiments each being adapted to carry two rows of containers. Feed and discharge mechanisms Fa, D are provided adjacent a sprocket-wheel 48a.
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