Patent ID: 7284653
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor comprising: a first conveyor belt extending in width from a first side to a second side and in thickness from a top to a bottom and advancing in a first direction along a carryway from an upstream end to a downstream end, the first conveyor belt including rollers protruding past the top and bottom and retained in the first conveyor belt free to rotate on axes oblique to the first direction; a second conveyor belt positioned adjacent the first conveyor belt to receive articles from the first conveyor belt, wherein the second conveyor belt extends in width from a first side to a second side and in thickness from a top to a bottom and advances along a carryway from an upstream end to a downstream end in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, the second conveyor belt including rollers protruding past the top and bottom and retained in the second conveyor belt free to rotate on axes oblique to the second direction; a first bearing surface underlying the first conveyor belt in the vicinity of the second conveyor belt on the carryway along which the rollers roll as the first conveyor belt advances to push articles conveyed atop the rollers toward the second side of the first conveyor belt; a second bearing surface underlying the second conveyor belt in the vicinity of the first conveyor belt on the carryway along which the rollers roll as the second conveyor belt advances to push articles conveyed atop the rollers toward the second side of the second conveyor belt.