Patent ID: 8662288

Claim:
A conveyor system for conveying at least one product, comprising at least one first conveyor and at least one second conveyor, wherein said at least one first conveyor, is adjacent to said at least one second conveyor via a junction, wherein a conveying direction of the first conveyor near the junction is different from a conveying direction of the second conveyor near the junction as seen from above, wherein the first conveyor has a first conveying surface and the second conveyor has a second conveying surface configured to support the product thereon, wherein the first conveyor describes at least a spiral path near the junction and a central axis of the spiral first conveyor extends at least substantially in a vertical direction, and further comprising a moving assembly configured to move the product from the first conveyor to the second conveyor, wherein the moving assembly comprises a push-out guide configured to make a stroke for each product that passes wherein the push-out guide is configured such that a return stroke of the push-out guide is different from a forward stroke of the push-out guide.