Device for supporting and turning over board-like objects, to be transported through a continuous circulation oven

An arrangement for transporting boards having generally planar, opposite, board surfaces and side edges along a path through a dryer operative for drying a wet substance applied to at least one of said board surfaces, said arrangement comprising:

• (a) supply means for successively feeding the boards, one after another, to the dryer;
• (b) endless conveyor means in the dryer for successively conveying the boards fed from the supply means along a vertical ascent portion of the path, a horizontal portion of the path, and a vertical descent portion of the path;
• (c) a plurality of support means mounted for joint movement on, and successively arranged along, the conveyor means, each support means being operative for supportably holding respective boards during conveyance along said path portions and including a generally planar base plate and a plurality of arms extending away from the base plate, each arm having a pair of elongated inclined section crossing each other in an X-shaped configuration and operative for supportably engaging only the side edges of a respective board, each support means further including a stop for abuttingly engaging a side edge of a respective board and an inclined ramp along which the side edge of the respective board slides during conveyance between the ascent and horizontal path portions and during conveyance between the horizontal and descent path portions;
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• (d) delivery means for successively discharging the boards, one after another, from the dryer.