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An endless conveyor for receiving, conveying in a conveying direction and delivering rotation-symmetrical products. The conveyor is provided with at least a single endless transport element, as well as with a number of transverse elements extending perpendicularly to the conveying direction. At leas

An endless conveyor for receiving, conveying in a conveying direction and delivering rotation-symmetrical products. The conveyor is provided with at least a single endless transport element, as well as with a number of transverse elements extending perpendicularly to the conveying direction. At least a single hourglass-shaped roller is provided on each transverse element, wherein the rollers form a corresponding at least single row and wherein between each two successive rollers in a row there is a conveying position for a product. The conveyor includes a lay-on portion and a successive downstream portion which are situated in different planes, the angle between these planes being greater than 180째 as measured from above.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An endless conveyor for receiving, conveying in a conveying direction and delivering rotation-symmetrical products, said conveyor comprising: an endless transport mechanism moving in a conveying direction, a number of transverse elements mounted successively to the tran

The invention claimed is: 1. An endless conveyor for receiving, conveying in a conveying direction and delivering rotation-symmetrical products, said conveyor comprising: an endless transport mechanism moving in a conveying direction, a number of transverse elements mounted successively to the transport mechanism and extending perpendicularly to the conveying direction, a single roller on each successive transverse element, said transverse elements forming a row in the conveying direction, and wherein between each two successive rollers in the row there is a conveying position for a product, said transverse elements forming a lay-on conveyor portion and a successive downstream conveyor portion, wherein the transverse elements in the lay-on portion are situated in a first plane and wherein the transverse elements in the successive downstream portion are situated in a second plane, the first and second planes intersecting at a kink, and a placement unit provided above the lay-on portion and immediately adjacent the kink for initially placing successive groups of products in the conveying positions of successive rollers of the lay-on portion just upstream from the kink, such that, when a previously-placed group of products placed on the lay-on portion is moved downstream past the kink and completely onto the successive portion and a newly-placed group of products is then initially placed on the lay-on portion by the placement unit, a downstream one of the newly-placed group of products on the lay-on portion adjacent the kink is immediately adjacent an upstream one of the previously-placed group of products in the successive portion adjacent the kink, and such that there is a predetermined plane interspace between products of the newly-placed group placed by the placement unit in the lay-on portion and also between products of the previously-placed group in the successive portion, and wherein the first plane of the lay-on portion and the second plane of the successive downstream portion are situated at an angle therebetween which is greater than 180째 as measured from above the portions such that the predetermined plane interspace is less than kink transition interspace between the downstream one of the products of the newly-placed group placed by the placement unit in the lay-on portion and adjacent the kink and the upstream one of the products of the previously-placed group located in the successive downstream portion and adjacent the kink. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the angle is at least 185째. 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the placement unit places at least two successive products in the row of rollers located in the lay-on portion simultaneously. 4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the placement unit includes at least two suction cups for holding respective products such that there are at least two products in each group.