| 摘要 |
A conveyor for elongate objects particularly glass tubes is disclosed. The conveyor is adapted to turn the tubes through 90 DEG so that, while still travelling in the same direction they change from an orientation in line with the direction of movement to an orientation transverse the direction of movement. The conveyor includes a chain mounted on two parallel sprockets one above the other, and carrying a plurality of movable supports which are free to rotate over a limited range about a substantially vertical axis. The movable supports lift the objects in their initial orientation, rotate through 90 DEG guided by guide members as they are lifted by the chain, and transfer the glass tubes to another conveyor, moving parallel to the production line, in their new orientation transverse the direction of movement of the conveyor.
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