Patent ID: 8807323

Claim:
A conveyor comprising a frame having first and second spaced frame elements having outer sides and facing inner sides, first and second drive rollers between the first and second frame elements, a flexible belt mounted on the first and second drive rollers, first and second drive wheels connected to the first and second drive rollers, and a drive operably connected to the first and second drive wheels and configured to drive the belt in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the conveyor comprises a first end portion including the first drive roller, a second end portion including the second drive roller and a central portion including a midpoint between the first drive roller and the second drive roller, and wherein said first frame element and said second frame element each include a top and a bottom, and wherein a conveyor interior volume is bounded by said first frame element and said second frame element and a plane including said first frame element bottom and said second frame element bottom, and wherein said conveyor interior volume includes a lift-table-receiving space in said central portion, said belt not extending into said lift-table-receiving space.