Patent ID: 8579105

Claim:
A conveyor system, comprising: a conveying surface for conveying articles, said conveying surface defined by a plurality of rollers, each of said rollers comprising an axle; a frame made up of at least two frame members that are spaced apart a distance that corresponds with a length of at least one of said plurality of rollers; and a plurality of axle retainers connected with at least one of said frame members, each of said axle retainers having a base and a plurality of axle retaining openings that are each adapted to receiving said axle at an end of one of said rollers, at least two of said openings being fixedly at different angles to said base, wherein said axle retainers are capable of mounting said rollers at more than one angle with respect to said at least one of said frame members as determined by which of said axle retaining openings receives said axle, each of said more than one mounting angle of said rollers corresponding to a different orientation of said base with respect to said at least one of said frame members.