Patent ID: 6854588

Claim:
A conveyor for conveying product from a hand off location to a deposit location, comprising: a trap door system, comprising: a frame having first and second ends, a length, a top and a bottom; a plurality of elongated support members having first and second ends and a length, said first and second ends of said support members pivotally engaging said first and second ends of said frame, respectively, so as to selectively form a support surface for receiving product thereon, forming a product support mode; a linkage system for orienting said support members from said product supporting mode, to an unloading mode, wherein there is formed between said support members a space for the passage of said product therebetween; positioning means for positioning said trap door system from a receiving location to an unloading location and visa versa; control means for coordinating the operation of said trap door system and said linkage system so that said support members of said trap door system are in said product support mode when said trap door is at said receiving location, to an product unloading mode when said trap door is at said unloading location.