Patent ID: 8312989

Claim:
A conveyor belt for transporting a product, comprising: a plurality of transport assemblies, each one of the plurality of transport assemblies comprising: a side link assembly ( 20 ) comprising a pair of side links, each one of the side links in said pair comprising a central elongated aperture; a support assembly ( 40 , 42 ) comprising a pair of opposed ends, each one of said pair of opposed ends coacting with a corresponding one of the pair of side links; a product support member ( 14 ) having a surface for transporting the product thereon, the product support member supported on the support assembly and adapted for displaceable movement between a first position and a second position out of plane from the first position; and an actuation member ( 16 ) supporting the product support member with respect to the side link assembly and the support assembly, the actuation member coacting with the central elongated aperture of the side links for moving the product support member between the first position and the second position for providing a space between the product support member and an adjacent product support member of an adjacent one of the plurality of transport assemblies.