Hook for sausage conveyor

A sausage conveyor hook has an elongated support arm having first and second ends and first and second arm portions disposed at an angle with respect to each other. The first arm portion normally is disposed in a horizontal position on the conveyor, and the second arm portion extends downwardly and outwardly from the first arm portion. The support arm extends outwardly from the conveyor chain at a right angle. The support arm has forwardly and rearwardly side edges. A pair of spaced hook elements extend forwardly from the second arm portion. When a strand of linked sausages comprised of a plurality of sausage links separated by link points is draped over the uppermost of the hook elements, the strand will bend on the pivotal link point proximate the upper hook element. The sausage links adjacent the bent link point will be held in an angular position with respect to each other by the relative positions and arm portions and the hook elements. Further, the center axes of adjacent sausage links draped across the upper hook element will be in substantially the same vertical plane, and will dwell in a plane that is diagonally disposed with respect to the forward edge of the support arm.