Patent ID: 8561790

Claim:
A modular conveyor system, comprising a transport member having a conveying surface that is configured to transport articles in a transport direction, said transport member divided into a plurality of tandem units each having a conveying surface; an endless strip extending along said transport member and a drive for propelling said endless strip; and a power tap off between said strip and said transport member, said power tap off having an input that is driven by said strip and an output that drives said transport member, wherein said power tap off provides a positive transfer of power from said strip to said transport member; at least one of said tandem units comprising a diverter, wherein said transport member comprises a transport surface of said diverter, wherein said transport surface of said diverter comprises a plurality of belts that are interspersed between transfer members of a right angle transfer, wherein said plurality of belts are moveably supported by a pair of rollers wherein said power tap off drives one of said pair of rollers and wherein said diverter can be positioned at substantially any location along said transport member, wherein at least one of said pair of rollers has a crowned surface at each of said plurality of belts to track the corresponding one of said plurality of belts, wherein each said crowned surface comprises an elastic band stretched over said at least one of said pair of rollers.