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This device includes a conveyor chain on which are fixed support members for supporting products, such members being between positions for transporting the products in the station and for removing the products from the device, under the control of a sorting control. Each support member includes a le

This device includes a conveyor chain on which are fixed support members for supporting products, such members being between positions for transporting the products in the station and for removing the products from the device, under the control of a sorting control. Each support member includes a lever joined, by an articulation joint, to a support stem fixed to the chain and including, on one side of the articulation joint, fingers for supporting the products, and on the other side of the articulation joint, an operating portion designed to interact with the sorting control to control the movements of the lever between the transport and removal positions.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A device for transporting products via a conveyor chain in a station for sorting the products, said device comprising:a support stem having a first end for fixing to the conveyor chain, and a second end;a lever having a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate por

[ I claim:] [1.] A device for transporting products via a conveyor chain in a station for sorting the products, said device comprising:a support stem having a first end for fixing to the conveyor chain, and a second end;a lever having a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate portion between said first end portion and said second end portion;support fingers provided on said first end portion of said lever to support the products;wherein an operating part is provided at said second end portion of said lever;wherein said lever is pivotally joined, at said intermediate portion thereof, to said second end of said support stem by an articulation joint such that said lever is pivotable between a first position for transporting the products in the station and a second position for removing the products from said device; andwherein a sorting control device is operably disposed for interacting with said operating part to control movements of said lever between said first and second positions by allowing said lever to pivot, due to gravity, from said first position to said second position at at least one predetermined location along a path of the conveyor chain.