Patent ID: 8113332

Claim:
A conveyor system comprising: a base frame section, a mid frame section movably connected to the base frame section and an upper frame section movably connected to the mid frame section; a first operating means operable on the mid frame section, and a second operating means operable on the upper frame section, the first and second operating means acting to move the mid and upper frame sections between an operative position wherein they lie substantially in line with each other and the base frame section, to an inoperative position wherein the mid and upper frame sections are displaced with respect to the base frame section; and the first operating means acting to pivot the mid frame section relative to the base frame section about a first pivot axis, and the second operating means acting to pivot the upper frame section relative to the mid frame section about a second pivot axis wherein in the operative position the first and second pivot axes are obliquely angled relative to one another.