Pivoting and reversibly expanding-contracting transfer conveyor for food process lines

A food process line transfer conveyor for situating between an immediately upline food process line machine and an immediately downline food process line machine, said transfer conveyor comprising:

• an endless conveyor belt having an upper, food-product carrying run and a lower, return run, the upper, food-product carrying run extending between one nose roller defining an intake end and another nose roller defining a discharge end;
• a turret comprising a central body flanked between one movably mounted assembly for holding out the one nose roller relative to the central body and another movably mounted assembly for holding out other nose roller likewise relative to the central body;
• wherein the movably mounted assemblies are movable between extended and retracted extremes wherein cooperatively the movably mounted assemblies are movable to hold out the respective nose rollers thereof in relative extended and retracted extremes giving the upper food-product carrying run respective extended and retracted states;
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• further comprising a carriage with pivot hardware pivotally propping the turret above the carriage;
• wherein said transfer conveyor can pivot in place to thereby give better access to all of said transfer conveyor, said immediately upline food process line machine and said immediately downline food process line machine for washing and/or maintenance operations.