Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a finger guard apparatus comprising a mounting bracket configured to be secured to a conveyor assembly such that the mounting bracket defines a first lateral side of the finger guard apparatus; a finger guard plate detachably secured to the mounting bracket; and a lock assembly that secures the finger guard plate in a locked position relative to the mounting bracket and is configured to facilitate selective detachment of the finger guard plate from the mounting bracket, the lock assembly comprising: a lock arm connected to the mounting bracket such that the lock arm is configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the lock arm is configured to engage the finger guard plate in the locked position; and a retention element engaged with the lock arm and configured to bias the lock arm towards the locked position.

Abstract: An apparatus provides pulsed impingement jets to a sub-chamber within an impingement hood of a freezer, and includes a blower having an inlet and an outlet at an interior of the freezer; a duct having a first end in fluid communication with the outlet and a second end opening into the sub-chamber; and a flow valve disposed in the duct proximate the second end opening, the flow valve movable in repetitive open and closed positions for providing repetitive, discrete pulses of the impingement jets from the second end opening of the duct into the sub-chamber.

Abstract: A transfer plate and an orientation film generation system are provided. The transfer plate includes a bottom plate and a plurality of relief plates, wherein, the bottom plate is disposed on a printing cylinder and is distributed with a plurality of engagement holes, each of the engagement holes has a plurality of stopper locations configured to provide different engagement depths; and the plurality of relief plates and the plurality of engagement holes are disposed in one-to-one correspondence, and each of the relief plates is provided with an engagement pin cooperated with the stopper locations of a corresponding engagement hole, wherein the relief plate is made of permeable materials. The orientation film generation system includes the above transfer plate.

Abstract: A device for ejecting 1 a flat object 101 during the conveyance thereof along a conveying path 102 includes an inlet conveyor 10 and an outlet conveyor 20 which are successively arranged one after the other along the conveying path 102. At least the downstream part 11 of the inlet conveyor 10 is orientably mounted for pivoting between a conveying position and an ejecting position and at least the upstream part 21 of the outlet conveyor 20 is orientably mounted for pivoting between a conveying position and an ejecting position.

Abstract: A ball collection system for a tennis court (1), configured to be provided along an edge (2a) of a tennis court, comprising: a first slope (11), extending along said edge of the tennis court, and configured such that the height of the first slope decreases in a first direction away from said edge of the tennis court; a second slope 12), arranged adjacent to the first slope on the opposite side of the first slope from the edge of the tennis court, and configured such that the height of the second slope decreases in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, from a first end that is no higher than the lowest part of the first slope to a second end; and a ball collector (14), arranged at the second end of the second slope and configured to receive balls that roll down the second slope.

Abstract: A transportable drive-over conveyor system comprising a drive-over hopper for receiving grain or other material and having a belted conveyor for conveying the grain or other material, a transition section pivotally connected at an upstream end to the drive-over hopper, an auger mounted at a downstream end of the transition section, wherein the transition section transfers the grain or other material from the belted conveyor to the auger.

Abstract: A conveyor system is disclosed wherein the conveyor line includes two or more conveyor lines wherein all of the conveyor lines are built on a common frame. By building the conveyor lines on a common frame, the conveyor lines can be built adjacent to one another and share common sidewalls, eliminating gaps of traditional conveyor systems. Adjustable standing platforms can also be added to assist workers in reaching the conveyor lines. The result is a more modular, easier to clean, ergonomically beneficial conveyor system.

Abstract: A substrate transferring apparatus includes a first conveyer line assembly which transfers a substrate in a first direction, and includes a first base frame extending along the first direction, first and second pulleys respectively disposed at both end parts of the first base frame in the first direction, and a conveyer belt disposed on the first base frame, and driven by the first and second pulleys, and a first roller line assembly spaced apart from the first conveyer line assembly in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and including a second base frame extending along the first direction, and a first roller part connected to the second base frame and including a plurality of rollers which contacts to the substrate.

Abstract: A system for loading and/or unloading trays includes a first conveyor configured to convey the trays in a direction of transport. A lowering device is configured to lower the trays from the first conveyor onto a strip conveyor. A lift-out device is configured to lift the trays from the strip conveyor onto a second conveyor. The strip conveyor includes strips disposed perpendicularly to an upper surface of the strip conveyor and the trays include slots configured to receive the strips such that the strips perpendicularly emerge into corresponding slots while a respective one of the trays is being lowered onto the strip conveyor by the lowering device and perpendicularly emerge from the corresponding slots while the respective one of the trays is being lifted from the strip conveyor by the lift-out device.

Abstract: A packaging system (10) for packaging on or more articles the packaging system comprising two or more devices (14, 16, 20, 24, 32, 34) each for performing at least one packaging operation upon on or more articles, each of the two or more packaging devices being coupled to one another in a linear series by a first conveyor (19), the system comprising at least one bypass conveyor (26, 28) providing a forward bypass path and/or a reverse bypass path for bypassing one or more of the devices in a forward and/or reverse direction, and wherein there comprises one or more transfer switches (18, 22, 30, 36) for transferring one or more articles between the first conveyor and the at least one bypass conveyor.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for unloading trays loaded with articles using a first supply conveyor on which trays to be unloaded are delivered. The trays include a frame with a peripheral raised edge and a base having at least one aperture and a transport plate for the articles, the transport trays being positioned on the base of the frame. A lowering device is provided for lowering the frame of the tray, substantially without vertical movement of the transport plate.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus used for conveying an object is provided. The conveying apparatus includes a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit, and a supporting unit. An object leans against the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit and moves from the first conveying unit toward the second conveying unit along a conveying path. The supporting unit is configured between the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit to support and guide the object.

Abstract: A melting furnace system includes a conveyor for moving a stack of ingots toward an ingot melting station. The conveyor has a platform and a raised part extending from the platform for engaging an underside of the stack. The conveyor automatically transfers the stack to a bucket located at a downstream end of the conveyor. The bucket includes a bottom wall, a back wall and a pair of sidewalls, and is sized to receive the stack of ingots. The bottom wall of the bucket is configured to receive the raised part of the conveyor such that the stack is initially positioned above the bottom wall of the bucket via the raised part. A carriage provided at the downstream end of the conveyor engages the bucket and includes a lifting mechanism for raising the bucket together with the stack of ingots toward the ingot melting station.

Abstract: The machine and method employ a moving fluid, either a gas or liquid that is moved through a three-dimensional cavity of a form covered in part with a filter material. The filler material is introduced to the fluid stream and is deposited in the three-dimensional cavity of the form as the moving fluid is filtered from the stream by the filter material.

Abstract: A conveyor for a sheet glass tempering furnace, comprising a roller conveyor and an inclined airborne conveyor, as well as support and transport rollers at a lower edge of the airborne conveyor. The roller conveyor includes a horizontal level conveyor and an adapter conveyor between the horizontal level conveyor and the airborne conveyor. The adapter conveyor features a horizontal level upstream end and an inclined downstream end, the inclination angle of which matches substantially that of the airborne conveyor.

Abstract: Techniques for construction and operation of a programmable product picking apparatus are described herein. Such an apparatus picks up product according to a first spacing (e.g., from a conveyor) and releases the product according to a second spacing (e.g., into a carton). In one possible configuration, a fixed matrix plate defines at least first and second rows of slots. Two movable matrix plates, one that moves right-then-left and one that moves left-then-right, move in opposite directions parallel to the fixed matrix plate according to strokes of pneumatic cylinders. Each of a plurality of product pickers is driven by one of the two movable matrix plates. As that plate moves, the product picker is also moved according to a slot defined in the movable matrix plate. Each product picker comes to a stop when it reaches an end of a slot defined in the fixed matrix plate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a rigging table system that delivers the members from the cutting station to a location behind the workers at the rigging table, transports the members vertically below the surface of the floor on which the workers stand, horizontally transports the members underneath the floor on which the workers stand, and delivers the members vertically above the surface of the floor in front of the workers for assembly on the rigging table. The members are delivered through the use of systems that drop, slide, lift, and extend the members of the truss to the desired locations using automatic sensors or call buttons.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for feeding sand molds from multiple sand mold forming stations to a common metal pouring station. The method and apparatus of this invention utilize walking-beam-type conveyors having spaced apart fixed outboard rails and a central reciprocating rail. Transfer devices are provided for moving the sand molds onto and off of the conveyors.

Abstract: A system for loading and/or unloading trays includes a first conveyor configured to convey the trays in a direction of transport. A lowering device is configured to lower the trays from the first conveyor onto a strip conveyor. A lift-out device is configured to lift the trays from the strip conveyor onto a second conveyor. The strip conveyor includes strips disposed perpendicularly to an upper surface of the strip conveyor and the trays include slots configured to receive the strips such that the strips perpendicularly emerge into corresponding slots while a respective one of the trays is being lowered onto the strip conveyor by the lowering device and perpendicularly emerge from the corresponding slots while the respective one of the trays is being lifted from the strip conveyor by the lift-out device.

Abstract: A method of transferring items comprises feeding items toward a carrier mechanism from one or more input streams and engaging void areas in the items with one or more rods extending from the carrier mechanism. The method further comprises manipulating the carrier mechanism relative to the one or more input streams into a position substantially aligned with one or more output streams and feeding the items to the one or more output streams. The configuration of items in each input stream is different than the configuration of items in each output stream.

Abstract: It is disclosed a matrix conveyor (10) comprising: a plurality of individual roller modules (28), wherein respectively one roller module (28) is arranged at each point of intersection of a regular grid-shaped structure (68), and wherein the roller modules (28) commonly define a conveying plane (30), which is substantially planar, for transporting a conveying good (72) thereon; and a superordinated control device (12) being adapted to individually control each of the individual roller modules (28) so that the conveying good (72) can be transported along a path (74), which can be planned in advance, wherein a shape of the path (74) is defined by a plurality of overlaps of at least two basic conveying directions (60, 62) of the conveying plane (30); wherein the at least two basic conveying directions (60, 62) geometrically span the conveying plane (30), and wherein each of the roller modules (64) is drivable in only one of the at least two basic conveying directions (60), wherein directly adjacent roller modules

Abstract: A conveyor assembly (10) to deliver flavouring to a conveyor (11) upon which there is conveyed a product to be coated. The flavouring would be in granular form such as a powder. The assembly (10) includes a conveyor (17) consisting of a longitudinally elongated tray (23) that is vibrated by an actuator (19). The tray (19) and actuator (18) are adapted to distribute the flavouring transversely across the conveyor (11).

Abstract: In forming a mine shaft for an underground mine, earth excavated by a boring machine may be transported upwardly by a handling unit to a transfer station where it may be transferred into skips, which may be raised and lowered along skip guides within the shaft hole for transport of the excavated material to an earth surface region. The transfer station may be moved downwardly as excavation progresses.

Abstract: A device with a gripper conveyor and with a conveying-away device as well as with means for transferring two-dimensional products fed by the gripper conveyors, to the conveying-away device amid the formation of an imbricate formation, wherein the device forms a transfer region, in which the gripper conveyor is arranged above the conveying-away device. At least two, preferably at least three product release devices which are arranged in series after one another and distanced to one another, are individually activatable and are for the individual release of the products, are assigned to the gripper conveyor in the transfer region.

Abstract: In a feed device (1) for a perfect binder, it is proposed that the conveying device (30) features at least one clamping carriage (31.1 . . . 4) that takes hold of sheet stacks (2) that were aligned in the vibrator device (5) and stand on the block spine (2 a) laterally on the block spine (2 a) by means of clamping strips (33.1, 33.2) and supports the block spine (2 a) on supporting plates (32), wherein this clamping carriage receives the sheet stacks from an inclined designated position (21) and horizontally transfers said sheet stacks to the book block conveying device. The sheet stacks (2) are no longer pushed into the perfect binder through a channel, but rather transported by the clamping carriage (31.1 . . . 4) in a laterally clamped fashion.

Abstract: In a feed device (1) for a perfect binder, it is proposed that a vibrator device (5) features at least one first vibrating plate (6.1) that is inclined relative to the horizontal line and on which the sheet stacks (2) are aligned while they stand on first sheet edges (2 a) and second sheet edges (2 b) contact an aligning element (6.2) that is stationarily arranged in a plane lying perpendicular to the first vibrating plate (6.1), and that a conveying device (30) is realized in the form of a clamping conveyor (30, 31.1 . . . 4) for receiving aligned sheet stacks (2) from an inclined, stationary position (21) in the vibrator device (5) and for synchronously, positively transferring (22) said sheet stacks to the continuously driven book block conveying device with the block spine (2 a) positioned horizontally.

Abstract: A rake conveyor comprises a horizontal movable part and a rotating-swinging part and/or an inclined part. A screen is located above part of the rake conveyor. The rotating-swinging part and/or the inclined part of the rake conveyor is followed by a first bucket conveyor or the a part of the dual bucket conveyor, which lifts the used loose material into equipment for sorting of loose material. At least one of the outputs of equipment for sorting of loose materials is followed by a second bucket conveyor or by a second part of the dual bucket conveyor. The outlet of the second bucket conveyor or the second outlet of the dual bucket conveyor leads to a silo, which is additionally equipped with an outlet mouth, leading into a container. Once used abrasive material has accumulated, the excess abrasive material is taken out of the container above the rack conveyor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring products from a feeder conveyor belt (10) to a discharge conveyor belt (12), comprising a linear motor having conveyor elements (14) which are movably guided on a guide and have grippers (18) for the temporary accommodation of products (20). The guide is designed as a linear guide section (13), and the conveyor elements (14) can be moved back and forth on the guide section (13) for picking up and putting down the products (20). When products (20) are conveyed consecutively in a row in the conveying direction (z) of the feeder conveyor belt (10), the feeder conveyor belt (10), the discharge conveyor belt (12) and the guide section (13) are arranged in parallel next to one another, at least in one lateral overlapping area.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for sorting vials and small containers. The apparatus comprises at least one auger with a plurality of top recesses and a plurality of side recesses. Vials are placed into the apparatus and fall into the top recesses. As vials fall into the top recesses, the vials are transported through the apparatus by the rotation of the auger. If a vial does not fall into a top recess, it is diverted to a top recess, or to an agitation conveyor that transports the vial to a diverter to be diverted back to an auger. Vials within the top recesses are ejected into vertical alignment so that the vials are sorted and oriented properly for packaging.

Abstract: A system for displacing products includes: a conveyor (3) for conveying a product (5) in a conveying direction, a gripping device (7) having a moveable gripping head (9) to displace the product from the conveyor to another location, the gripping head includes: a base (32), at least one gripping finger (36) moveably mounted to the base for movement between a gripping position for holding a first side of the product and an open position in which the product is able to pass the at least one gripping finger in a passing direction, where the at least one gripping finger is arranged such that it initially moves away from the product in the passing direction when moving from the gripping position to the open position.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for unloading trays loaded with articles using a first supply conveyor on which trays to be unloaded are delivered. The trays include a frame with a peripheral raised edge and a base having at least one aperture and a transport plate for the articles, the transport trays being positioned on the base of the frame. A lowering device is provided for lowering the frame of the tray, substantially without vertical movement of the transport plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to conveyor system (1) for conveying packaging trays (2), for food products for example, from one or more import stations (3) to one or more export stations (4). The conveyor system is provided with an endless conveyor track comprising a rail (5), a multiplicity of trolleys which are movably connected to the rail (5), and a multiplicity of tray carriers (7) which are each coupled to the rail (5) via at least one trolley. Each tray carrier (7) is provided with a support member, preferably a support platform, configured for supporting at least one packaging tray. The use of a conveyor system (1) of this type for conveying packaging trays has the advantage over the use of a roll track, for example, that the system takes up relatively little floor space.

Abstract: A storage device transfer station includes a first slot, a second slot, and a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly is configured to receive and support a plurality of storage devices such that the storage devices are vertically stacked and in spaced relation to each other. The conveyor assembly is operable to convey the storage devices between the first slot and the second slot.

Abstract: A mobile system for improving the picking and preliminary processing of apples, citrus, stone fruit and the like is disclosed and claimed. The system comprises a mobile chassis upon which can be mounted picking stations, pneumatic tube transport subsystems, receiving and conveying subsystems, object scanning subsystems, cull diverter subsystems, labeling subsystems, and subsystems for relatively gently placing the objects in a predetermined location in a receiving bin. The system can also include a subsystem for gently placing diverted objects in a receiving bin.

Abstract: The system and method make transformer core assemblies from core segments output from a segment forming machine. The system includes a rack assembly and a transfer mechanism for moving the segments from the segment forming machine to the rack assembly. A work table is positioned adjacent to the rack assembly. The rack assembly is rotatable and holds a pair of racks, wherein one rack receives segments and the other may be lowered at the same time to perform finishing steps. The system further increases efficiency by including a second segment forming machine, transfer mechanism, and rack assembly.

Abstract: A transportation device capable of smoothly transporting even an object having a sticky surface or the like and a weighing device including the same are provided. A transportation device (10) is for transporting an object placed on a trough (11) in a predetermined direction by reciprocating the trough (11) by a parallel link mechanism (20), and a control unit (30) controls the rotation driving of a rotatable motor (14) such that the trough (11) moves forward with respect to the transportation direction at a higher velocity than backward.

Abstract: A conveying device for conveying substantially round objects, such as eggs or fruit. The conveyor device has a roller conveyor with an endless transport element and successive rows of one or more rollers An object receiving space for receiving an object is delimited by two successive rollers. The roller conveyor has a discharge end where said objects are discharged by falling from said roller conveyor. The conveyor device furthermore has a second conveyor with an endless element and successive rows of one or more object holders, each object holder having an opening allowing to receive an object therein The second conveyor has a receiving end which is positioned in line with the discharge end of the roller conveyor so as to receive objects discharged by falling from the roller conveyor in the object holders of the second conveyor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and to a method for handling objects, in particular items of luggage. The device has a supporting arm that is freely moveable in at least two axes and that is articulated on a central unit which is positioned at the end of a conveyor belt for conveying objects. The movement of the supporting arm is controlled in a predeterminable manner and a loading device is configured at the free end of the supporting arm. The loading device has a supporting platform for picking up objects and has a rear and a side boundary against which the object that has been picked up in each case rests. The device includes an unloading device which removes the object that has been picked up from the supporting platform.

Abstract: A high speed apparatus and method for reorienting and assembling individual ones of flat articles, such as envelopes, into horizontal rows of articles which are vertically oriented, on edge, and stacked in facing relation. Envelopes are delivered horizontally and seriatim, to an article rotation assembly. The rotation assembly reorients the envelopes into a vertical, on-edge orientation, and feeds them individually to a helical drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a pair of parallel, counter-rotating, helical screws, mounted on a pivotally suspended sub-frame. The screws transport the envelopes in spaced relation to an accumulating conveyor. The conveyor has movable brace plate, transversely positioned over a pair of conveyor belts. A roller on one end of the plate rests upon one of the belts. Successive envelopes are delivered to and stacked against the brace plate. As the pressure increases, the sub-frame pivots away from the plate until a predetermined limit is reached.

Abstract: A vertical conveyor for transporting a load in a warehouse equipped with shelves. This vertical conveyor comprises a plurality of receiving devices spaced apart from one another. These receiving devices receive a load and can be displaced vertically. There are also a series of stationary transport elements disposed adjacent to the plurality of receiving devices in an alternating manner. The plurality of receiving devices can comprise driven rollers while the series of stationary transport elements can also comprise driven rollers.

Abstract: A first conveying device has first bearing elements which are arranged parallel to one another and define a planar first bearing surface. The first bearing elements are driven such that they can be displaced in a first conveying direction. A second conveying means has second bearing elements which run parallel to one another and to the first bearing elements and define a second planar bearing surface. The second bearing elements are designed as conveying elements which are driven in a second conveying direction, which runs at right angles to the first conveying direction. The second bearing elements can be displaced, by means of a lifting drive, in a lifting direction, which runs at right angles to the two bearing surfaces. The first and second bearing elements are spaced apart from one another and arranged such that, upon displacement of the second bearing elements, the latter can be pushed through the interspaces between the first bearing elements.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for moving elements from a receiving location to delivery location which comprises a frame, two sets of stairs mounted on rectilinear, inclined slide bearings within the frame, a drive mechanism comprising a rocker assembly connected to both sets of stairs to reciprocate the stairs upwardly and downwardly on the bearings one set of stairs moving upwardly as the other moves downwardly.

Abstract: A magazine with removable inclined frames comprising a plurality of inclined frames arranged side by side in a parking area, each frame having, at its base, a carriage-like structure which carries the inclined frame so that it is mounted on, and slideable in, a pair of rails dedicated thereto in the parking area. A transfer structure is provided to the side of the parking area and comprises a shuttle to receive one or more carriages and to convey the carriage at right angles to the plane of arrangement of the frame. A motor is provided for producing the translational motion of the carriages on the shuttle, and additional motors are provided for producing the translational motion of the shuttle parallel to the parking area of the set of frames.

Abstract: Equipment for feeding product groups to a conveyor for their packaging, wherein the groups of products (13), previously divided and spaced, must be transferred on and phased with said conveyor (12) characterized in that it comprises a transport unit (15) that can be moved in the direction of said conveyor (12) and lowered and lifted towards the same, said transport unit (15) receiving said divided and spaced product groups (13) and releasing them on belts (45) that continuously advance in the direction of a pusher tug conveyor (40, 41) associated to them and being part of said conveyor (12), said belts (45) being arranged according to a closed ring and releasing said product groups (13) on said pusher tug conveyor (40, 41) to one of their ends, motor means (43, 25) of said pusher tug conveyor (40, 41), of said belts (45) and of said transport unit (15) being controllable in phase by means of a common processor (49).

Abstract: An apparatus for stacking containers on a pallet, the apparatus having a conveyor for transporting a horizontal pallet to a loading station, a horizontal plate moving horizontally to and from the loading station in superimposed relation to a pallet in the station, a conveyor which has an elevatable section and transports containers to a stacking station adjacent to the loading station, elements for assembling a row of containers on the section and elevating it together with the row, a clamp adjacent to the station to clamp and support an elevated row while a further row is assembled beneath the elevated row to be raised to the elevated row to form a stack of containers, a pusher for moving successive stacks of containers from the stacking station onto a pack rested on the plate while the plate is at the loading station, and elements for sliding the plate from beneath the pack so that it descends onto the pallet.

Abstract: Apparatus for inspecting nuclear fuel pellets in a sealed container for diameter, flaws, length and weight. The apparatus includes, in an array, a pellet pick-up station, four pellet inspection stations and a pellet sorting station. The pellets are delivered one at a time to the pick-up station by a vibrating bowl through a vibrating linear conveyor. Grippers each associated with a successive pair of the stations are reciprocable together to pick up a pellet at the upstream station of each pair and to deposit the pellet at the corresponding downstream station. The gripper jaws are opened selectively depending on the state of the pellets at the stations and the particular cycle in which the apparatus is operating. Inspection for diameter, flaws and length is effected in each case by a laser beam projected on the pellets by a precise optical system while each pellet is rotated by rollers.

Abstract: An apparatus for stowing and conveying articles comprises at least one plurality of supporting and conveying units mutually interconnected at predetermined intervals, movable in continuously horizontal positions on an endless runway formed by fixed tracks for guiding the supporting members of said units, continuity of support by said tracks and by auxiliary fixed means associated therewith being provided for the supporting or conveying units through the whole runway, the means for interconnecting the units also serving to produce the control movements.

Abstract: A horizontal stack foundry molding machine having opposed high pressure horizontally aligned rams adapted to close and then move into the open ends of a mold box filled with sand to make a high quality sand mold, such box being formed by opposed L-shape parts, the L-shape part forming the lower side of the box being horizontally movable after the rams have been retracted to shift the mold formed in the box from between said rams to a position in alignment with a pouring conveyor, a pusher being provided to move such mold from the movable L-shape part onto the pouring conveyor into juxtaposition with previously formed molds to form the horizontal stack.

Abstract: A loading device for the conveyance of containers with a driven endless chain, on which at least one driver is fastened. Parallel to the transporting chain stringer portion of the driven endless chain, a loading rod is axially displaceably disposed and is arranged releaseably connected with the endless chain, which is provided with at least two adjustable drivers arranged spaced from one another provided on the loading rod, which in their transport position provide the connection for the endless chain and for the transport container.

Abstract: Sliders are moved single file along a conveyor track to a terminal portion of the conveyor track were the sliders are transferred to a raising member which raises the sliders to a position for assembly on a slider chain. The raising member is an elongated post having facilities for receiving a slider in the top of the post and which is longitudinally moved along a vertical guide path between lowered and raised positions.