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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1975
Roy L Horn, Philadelphia, PA (US);
M Jack Lane, Langhorne, PA (US);
H. C. Price Co., Bartlesville, OK (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for conveying elongated objects of small diameter. After an object is coated with a protective coating, a first conveyor flight having a generally V-shaped groove receives the leading end of the object. A second conveyor flight has a generally U-shaped groove to be positioned in alignment with the object for receiving it if additional support is necessary, although generally remaining out of contact with the object. Another one of the aforedescribed first conveyor flights follows each of the aforedescribed second conveyor flights so that both ends of the object are normally supported by one of the first conveyor flights. In the event either end of the object misses one of the moving first conveyor flights, an adjacent second conveyor flight will receive the object and support it for movement. In a modified form of the invention the second conveyor flight having the U-shaped groove is eliminated and a second flight having a V-shaped groove which is removably inserted into the conveyor is utilized if needed.