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Conveyor for transporting an object particularly for use in a system which treats objects while they are continuously in motion. The conveyor is made up of carriers which are combined with other carriers to form an endless chain for carrying the objects to be treated from one work station to another

Conveyor for transporting an object particularly for use in a system which treats objects while they are continuously in motion. The conveyor is made up of carriers which are combined with other carriers to form an endless chain for carrying the objects to be treated from one work station to another. Each carrier is connected to a similar carrier with at least a degree of freedom of turning of one carrier with respect to its neighbor or neighbors about the longitudinal axis of the conveyor chain whereby the conveyor can be gradually twisted or turned to be inverted in its travel. Each carrier is provided with a housing having guides for retaining an object within the carrier.

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An endless chain conveyor adapted to transport objects in an installation for treating them while they are in continuous motion, the conveyor being made up of a plurality of simlar open-topped carriers which carry objects to be treated from one station of the installation to another, the conveyor fu

An endless chain conveyor adapted to transport objects in an installation for treating them while they are in continuous motion, the conveyor being made up of a plurality of simlar open-topped carriers which carry objects to be treated from one station of the installation to another, the conveyor further comprising means for connecting each pair of consecutive carriers with at least a degree of freedom of tipping of one carrier with respect to another in a direction angularly about the direction of travel of the chain conveyer, conveyer drive means for cooperating with an external drive means, means for turning the chain conveyor gradually about a first axis which extends in the direction of travel of the chain conveyor to invert the chain conveyor including its carriers, said means for connecting each pair of consecutive carriers, and said conveyor drive means from their upright positions at a first location, and means for thereafter turning the entire chain conveyor gradually about a second axis parallel to the first axis to return the chain conveyor and the carriers to their upright positions.