摘要 |
A transverse - roller conveyor belt (58) and a conveyor system (56) providing a drive mechanism (60) for driving the rollers in the belt to divert conveyed articles. The conveyor belt includes belt rollers (18) that each engage a pair of smaller- diameter, article - conveying rollers (30). The conveyor system's drive mechanism (60), when selectively actuated, rotates the belt rollers (18), which rotate the article - supporting rollers (30) to divert conveyed articles toward or off the side of the belt. Gaps between at least some of the pairs of article - supporting rollers admit the teeth (74) of a transfer comb (73) to strip remaining articles off the downstream end of the belt. |