Patent ID: 7946415

Claim:
A method of retrofitting a conveyor belt apparatus to provide an additional track for supporting a conveyor belt, said conveyor belt being supported at its outer edges by a pair of opposing permanent tracks, said permanent tracks having a plurality of spacers extending therebetween at predetermined locations along the length thereof, comprising: providing first and second convertible track sections each having opposing ends, each of said ends being formed with a notch sized to engage one of said spacers, each of said track sections having a preselected length substantially corresponding to the length between locations of said spacers; positioning said first section to extend between a first spacer and a second spacer; engaging said notches of said first track section with an upper portion of said first and second spacers; positioning said second section to extend between said second spacer and a third spacer; engaging said notches of said second track section with an upper portion of said second and third spacers; and securing one end of said first track section to one end of said second track section in the proximity of said second spacer.