Patent ID: 7249669

Claim:
A conveyor comprising: a conveyor belt including a plurality of cavities, a plurality of first diverting rollers, and a plurality of second diverting rollers, each diverting roller being disposed in a cavity; at least one first transverse roller having an axis that extends in a direction of travel of the conveyor belt and that can couple to the plurality of first diverting rollers to cause the first diverting rollers to rotate as they travel along the at least one first transverse roller; at least one second transverse roller having an axis that extends in the direction of travel of the conveyor belt and that can couple to the plurality of second diverting rollers to cause the second diverting rollers to rotate as they travel along the at least one second transverse roller; and wherein each of the plurality of first diverting rollers is oriented at a first angle relative to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt and each of the plurality of second diverting rollers is oriented at a second angle relative to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt.