Patent ID: 8322288

Claim:
An operating system with a chain drive conveyor comprising: a microcontroller; an operator having an entrance; a carrier chain conveyor extending at least to said entrance of said operator and driven by at least one chain drive motor and a chain drive rotator; a plurality of pushers rotatably attached to said carrier chain conveyor; a channel having an upper side, said upper side containing said carrier chain conveyor; a plurality of extendable shelves under said upper side and distributed along the length of said channel; and, a plurality of shelf actuators, each of said plurality of shelf actuators operatively attached to one of said plurality of extendable shelves to move said one of said plurality of shelves into or away from a slot located on either side of said channel; wherein said microcontroller is functionally attached to at least said plurality of shelf actuators, each of said shelf actuators independently controlled by said microcontroller; and, a plurality of loading zones each of said plurality of loading zones having at least one shelf actuator.