Patent ID: 8328004

Claim:
A conveyor system for conveying at least one product, comprising; at least one first conveyor and at least one second conveyor, wherein the at least one first conveyor is adjacent to the 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 for supporting the product thereon, wherein an orientation of a normal of a part of the first conveying surface adjacent to junction is substantially different from that of a normal of a part of the second conveying surface further away from the junction, wherein the first conveyor described an arcuate path at least near the junction, and wherein the normal of the part of the first conveying surface adjacent to the junction has the same orientation as the normal of a part of the second conveying surface adjacent to the junction such that the second conveying surface becomes a twisted surface; and a moving assembly configured to move the product from the first conveyor to the second conveyor, or vice versa.