| 摘要 |
<p>An egg transfer bar for use in groups arranged in parallel extending rows to form egg carrying conveyors, wherein each bar includes a main shaft, said main shaft defining a plurality of egg receiving locations each including a set of support members which are movably secured to the main shaft or to a carriage member which is, itself secured to the transfer bar, each of said support members within a set of support members being individually and independently pivotally movable with respect to the carriage member or the main shaft, each support member presenting an upwardly facing arcuate surface which is concave in the upwardly facing direction to thereby define the egg receiving locations laterally along the egg transfer bar, with use of the carriage member the egg transfer bar includes a pivot shaft which is secured to the carriage member and provides the point of attachment of each of the support members to the carriage member, each support member being pivotally movable about the pivot shaft or the main shaft to allow selective individual movement of each support member to allow release of an egg from the egg receiving location therebelow, the support members being biased into a steady state egg holding position, positioned by a resilient biasing device which is secured to the carriage member or the main shaft and urges the support members to be held in the horizontal orientation, each support member being movable to a releasing position responsive to a force being exerted against an abutment surface defined by the individual support members.</p> |
