Abstract: A material handling turntable includes a turntable including a top for receiving a load thereon and also a bottom. The turntable further includes a motor and gear set for driving said turntable in circular motion and also includes a low friction disc slidably receiving said bottom of said turntable thereon. Preferably the turntable is assembled from multiple pie sections fastened to each other wherein each pie section including a lattice work type frame with the bottom of each frame member defining a bottom load bearing surfaces making sliding contact with said low friction disc.

Abstract: The present invention a material handling turntable comprises a turntable including a top for receiving a load thereon and a bottom. The turntable further includes a motor and gear set for driving said turntable in circular motion and also includes a low friction disc slidably receiving said bottom of said turntable thereon. Preferably the turntable is assembled from multiple pie sections fastened to each other wherein each pie section including a lattice work type frame with the bottom of each frame member defining a bottom load bearing surfaces making sliding contact with said low friction disc.

Abstract: An article dispenser is disclosed including a continuous carrier; a plurality of article engaging members formed on the carrier and regularly spaced therealong; a least two article guide members separated at a predetermined distance from one another and aligned with the carrier adjacent the article engaging members at a predetermined spacing therefrom; adjustment member for adjusting the predetermined distance and the predetermined spacing so that the article may be held between a pair of the article engaging members and leans at an angle against the article guide members for sliding movement therealong. Also disclosed is a method of dispensing articles.

Abstract: A wrap for a flower pot comprises a sheet of material formed into the shape of a flower pot and having a pair of matching rings trapping the material between them at a location which, in use, will be adjacent to the upper margins of a flower pot. There is also disclosed a method of forming a flower pot wrap in which a first ring is placed on a mandrel having the shape of a flower pot, a sheet of material is placed over the mandrel and a second ring is moved over the sheet about the mandrel to engage the first ring and trap the sheet between the two rings.

Abstract: A conveyor device is disclosed having a drive unit and a follower unit, each of which has a roller with a peripheral surface to carry a reversing portion of a continuous belt, an engaging element to engage the units with one end portion of a plank defining a belt support surface, so as to align the belt support surface with the peripheral surface.