Patent ID: 7341140

Claim:
Off-loading conveyor of produce along a conveying path, comprising an endless flexible element extending to move along the conveying path; support elements mounted to pivot from the conveying path and to move with the endless flexible element along the conveying path, each support element including an elongate body, a pivot adjacent a first end of the elongate body and an upward protrusion adjacent a second end of the elongate body, the elongate bodies being centered on and extending transversely across the conveying path from the pivots, the pivots being alternately on opposite sides of the conveying path to support the produce centrally on the conveying path; mounts fixed to the endless flexible element, the mounts including posts and pivot pins extending through the posts, respectively, and receiving the pivots, respectively; parallel rails to either side of the conveying path, the mounts slidably engaging the rails.