Product conveying apparatus

An apparatus for supporting an article during its conveyance along a longitudinal path of travel and for rotating the article about a longitudinal axis during such conveyance, and comprising

• conveying track means including an article tilting section which comprises a transferring track segment and a receiving track segment which are positioned in a laterally side by side arrangement, with said transferring track segment being inclined progressively along its longitudinal length from a substantially horizontal orientation to a laterally tilted orientation, and with said receiving track segment being inclined progressively along its longitudinal length from a tilted orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation, and such that the transferring track segment and the receiving track segment form a V-shaped channel therebetween in a common transfer length wherein transfer of the conveyed article to said receiving track segment occurs,
• said transferring track segment and said receiving track segment each comprising a plurality of laterally directed and longitudinally separated rollers, and wherein, in said common transfer length, the rollers of the transferring track segment lie between the rollers of the receiving track segment, and
• a plurality of articles which are adapted to be conveyed along said path of travel, with each of said articles comprising first and second surfaces which are disposed at an angle with respect to each other and such that each article is adapted to rest upon its first surface during conveyance along said transferring track segment and to be tilted about a longitudinal axis and transferred to said receiving track segment and so that the article rests upon its second surface during conveyance along said receiving track segment.