Abstract: Conveying apparatus, comprises at least one rotatable disc, a belt conveyor for conveying transported material substantially tangentially towards the disc, and at least one removal conveyor for conveying the transported material away from the rotatable disc, a parallel collector arranged between the rotatable disc the apparatus including and the removal conveyor and comprising at least two grab arms and associated discs swivelable about shafts orientated substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotatable disc.