Egg conveyor assembly

An egg conveyor assembly comprising:

• a first conveyor comprising and endless element and a plurality of lanes of first egg retainers connected to the endless element and extending in a first conveyor direction (X),
• a second conveyor arranged on a lower height level than the first conveyor and comprising an endless element and at least one lane of second egg retainers connected to the endless element and extending in a second conveyor direction (Y) transverse to the first conveyor direction (X),
• a transfer device arranged on a height level between the first conveyor and the second conveyor and adapted to transfer eggs from the first conveyor to the second conveyor and comprising egg transfer retainers adapted to receive the eggs from above from the first conveyor, and adapted to release the eggs in the second egg retainers of the second conveyor,
• wherein the transfer device includes a transfer conveyor comprising an endless element and at least one lane of said egg transfer retainers connected to the endless element and extending in the second conveyor direction (Y),
• wherein, in use, the second conveyor circulates said at least one lane of second egg retainers continuously, and the transfer conveyor circulates said at least one lane of egg transfer retainers discontinuously, in such a way that the lane of egg transfer retainers of the transfer device is approximately standing still when receiving eggs from the first conveyor, and such that the lane of egg transfer retainers of the transfer device is moving approximately synchronously with the lane of second egg retainers of the second conveyor when dropping the eggs in the second egg retainers of the second conveyor, and
• wherein the second conveyor and the transfer device are arranged such that they have at least one section where circulating lanes of the second conveyor and the transfer conveyor run in parallel and one above the other, in which section the transfer device releases the eggs in the second egg retainers of the second conveyor.