An endless egg conveyor is provided. The conveyor includes an endless element running around a set of rotational wheels and a drive unit defining a conveying direction. The conveyor has an upper run and a lower run and head sections where the direction of movement of the endless element is reversed. The conveyor also includes an egg retaining pocket coupled to the endless element, moving in the conveying direction. The retaining pocket has a central axis and an upper receiving opening to receive an egg with a longitudinal axis of the egg aligned with the central axis. The retaining pocket is coupled to the endless element by a bearing structure allowing rotation of the retaining pocket around a rotational axis extending parallel to the rotational axes of the rotational wheels, allowing the retaining pockets to remain in an upright position in every position in the lane. Adjacent retaining pockets of different lanes define a pocket row, wherein, the conveyor includes carrying elements that carry the pockets of one row. The bearing structure of each pocket row includes a support arm on either lateral side of the conveyor. The support arm is positioned upright with respect to the circulating endless element and connected thereto. The bearing structure of the pocket row includes a spindle connected to the carrying element, which pivotally connects the carrying element to the support arms.

A scalable vertical conveyor cyclically carries planters (i.e. trays) in a closed path through a sub-floor dark zone and an above floor illuminated zone. A dark zone, formed below a floor, provides a dark region that simulates nighttime. The rate of travel simulates a growing day, such as, but not limited to a 24 hour growing day. One or more lighting, irrigation and fertigation elements are provided in the illuminated zone. Optionally, the portion of the conveyor in the dark and illuminated zones are adjustable.

A scalable vertical conveyor cyclically carries planters (i.e. trays) in a closed path through a sub-floor dark zone and an above floor illuminated zone. A dark zone, formed below a floor, provides a dark region that simulates nighttime. The rate of travel simulates a growing day, such as, but not limited to a 24 hour growing day. One or more lighting, irrigation and fertigation elements are provided in the illuminated zone. Optionally, the portion of the conveyor in the dark and illuminated zones are adjustable.

Disclosed is an object transporting device for objects such as fruits or vegetables including a receptacle suitable for receiving at least one object, a support and a connecting mechanism for connecting the receptacle to the support in order to interlock them in longitudinal translation, permit a lateral tilting of the receptacle for the purpose of laterally discharging each object carried by the receptacle, and allow a displacement of the receptacle in vertical translation for the weighing of the receptacle and of the object which it carries. The connecting mechanism includes at least one ball interposed and imprisoned between at least one vertical bearing surface of the receptacle and at least one vertical bearing surface of the support in order to be able to roll without sliding on at least one of these vertical bearing surfaces. Also disclosed is a conveying and weighing device equipped with such transporting devices.

Bed foundation beams are sandwiched by a compression bar extending parallel to the first and second rails and moved towards the first and second rails while being conveyed. Further, the first and second rails and the spacers are sandwiched against spaced fixtures on an endless chain. While being compressed and sandwiched, staple guns fasten the rails and spacers together. The fixtures include front and back stops, with the back stop pivotable about a fixture axis to be movable by a cam moving in a cam track from a pushing position extending perpendicular to the endless chain and abutting with a trailing edge of one of the spacers and a non-intervening position after the staple gun and before the sprocket of the endless chain to reduce the apparatus footprint.

An apparatus which has rotatable carrier hooks wherein, the rotation is carried out in this instance in a selectively controlled manner when moving the carrier hook with items of clothing suspended on the transport bracket past at least one fixed control path. When items of clothing are transported in a state suspended on transport brackets through laundries and also manufacturing plants, the transport brackets with the items of clothing suspended thereon must occasionally be rotated or turned in order to be able to read data carriers of the items of clothing and/or the transport brackets or to orientate all the transport brackets with the items of clothing suspended thereon in an identical manner. To this end, at least one apparatus which is integrated in the respective conveyor path for rotating items of clothing suspended on transport brackets is used.

An apparatus which has rotatable carrier hooks wherein, the rotation is carried out in this instance in a selectively controlled manner when moving the carrier hook with items of clothing suspended on the transport bracket past at least one fixed control path. When items of clothing are transported in a state suspended on transport brackets through laundries and also manufacturing plants, the transport brackets with the items of clothing suspended thereon must occasionally be rotated or turned in order to be able to read data carriers of the items of clothing and/or the transport brackets or to orientate all the transport brackets with the items of clothing suspended thereon in an identical manner. To this end, at least one apparatus which is integrated in the respective conveyor path for rotating items of clothing suspended on transport brackets is used.

A roller-type conveying device for fruit and vegetable sorting includes a chain assembly and a conveying unit. Fruits and vegetables are placed on the conveying unit. The chain assembly includes a drive chain and a chain support bar, and the drive chain is arranged on the chain support bar. A conveying unit is arranged along a drive chain. The conveying unit includes outer rollers, a roller frame, pin shafts, rubber bushings, a roller shaft, and a support base. The two outer rollers are fixed coaxially on the two ends of the roller shaft. The roller shaft is equipped with the rubber bushing. The roller shaft is movably fitted into a special-shaped hole slot on the top of the roller frame. The roller shaft is arranged axially perpendicular to the transmission direction of the drive chain. The support base is mounted on the drive chain.

A roller-type conveying device for fruit and vegetable sorting includes a chain assembly and a conveying unit. Fruits and vegetables are placed on the conveying unit. The chain assembly includes a drive chain and a chain support bar, and the drive chain is arranged on the chain support bar. A conveying unit is arranged along a drive chain. The conveying unit includes outer rollers, a roller frame, pin shafts, rubber bushings, a roller shaft, and a support base. The two outer rollers are fixed coaxially on the two ends of the roller shaft. The roller shaft is equipped with the rubber bushing. The roller shaft is movably fitted into a special-shaped hole slot on the top of the roller frame. The roller shaft is arranged axially perpendicular to the transmission direction of the drive chain. The support base is mounted on the drive chain.

A filleting device and method for harvesting fillets from a poultry carcass that is moved in a conveyor-line and supported on a carrier. Fillets may be guided to a pulling device that may be placed in or adjacent to the path of the poultry carcass. Harvesting of the fillets may be completed with the pulling device while keeping the fillets pushed against the first guide rail or rails and/or the pulling device. Harvested fillets may be moved to at least one outlet for the fillets.