Conveyors having a rotatable transfer section

An apparatus comprising:

• a conveyor segment on which objects may be moved by a fixed drive system,
• wherein the conveyor segment includes a transfer section, an acceleration section, and a braking section,
• wherein the acceleration section is positioned upstream of the transfer section and the braking section positioned downstream of the transfer section,
• wherein the objects in the acceleration section are to be accelerated by a supply unit from a first transport speed to a higher second transport speed,
• wherein the accelerated objects are to be moved into the transfer section in a first direction of movement from the acceleration section, to be rotated in the transfer section about an axis of rotation, and to be moved to the braking section in a second direction of movement different from the first direction of movement, and
• wherein the objects in the braking section are decelerated by a handover unit from a third transport speed to a lower fourth transport speed.

An apparatus for treating the surface of workpieces comprising:

• a conveyor for transporting objects arranged in order, having a conveyor segment on which the objects may be moved by a fixed drive system, wherein the conveyor segment has a transfer section, to which the objects are supplied in a first direction of movement, in which the objects are rotated about an axis of rotation, and from which the objects are removed in a second direction of movement different from the first direction of movement,
• wherein the transfer section of the conveyor segment has a rotary device that is rotatable about the axis of rotation and has a linear movement arrangement for pulling objects in the first direction of movement and releasing objects in the second direction of movement, and
• wherein the linear movement arrangement of the rotary device is arranged in a hot-gas atmosphere region of a dryer tunnel and has a drive positioned outside the hot-gas atmosphere region of the dryer tunnel, wherein the drive of the linear movement arrangement is coupled by a transmission that contains a transmission element protruding from outside the hot-gas atmosphere region into the hot-gas atmosphere region and consisting at least of a section extending from outside the hot-gas atmosphere region into the hot-gas atmosphere region, the transmission element including material with a thermal conductivity lower than
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An apparatus comprising:

• first and second conveyors transporting objects in order;
• a rotatable transfer section to which the objects are provided from the first conveyor in a first direction, the objects to be rotated about an axis of rotation and placed onto the second conveyor from the rotatable transfer section in a second direction different from the first direction;
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• an acceleration section positioned upstream of the transfer section and a braking section positioned downstream of the transfer section, wherein the objects are accelerated in the acceleration section in the first direction prior to entering the transfer section and the objects are decelerated in the deceleration section in the second direction subsequent to leaving the transfer section.