Multi-level conveyor system that reorients objects into a sequential orientation

A multi-level conveyor system configured to reorient objects from a side-by-side orientation to a sequential orientation, the conveyor system comprising:

• an upper conveyor level having an upper conveyor segment that has an upstream end, a downstream end opposite the upstream end along an upper-level flow direction, a pair of lateral sides that oppose one another, a top side, and a bottom side that opposes the top side along a vertical direction, the upper conveyor segment defining an upper conveying surface having a plurality of upper rollers between the pair of lateral sides, and the upper conveyor segment defining an upper discharge opening between the plurality of upper rollers and a lateral side of the pair of lateral sides, the upper discharge opening extending through the top side and the bottom side along the vertical direction;
• and
• a subsequent conveyor level having a subsequent conveyor segment disposed below at least the upper discharge opening along the vertical direction and configured to carry objects along a subsequent-level flow direction,
• wherein, when the upper conveyor segment receives first and second objects in a side-by-side orientation such that the first object is aligned with the upper discharge opening and the second object is aligned with the plurality of upper rollers, the first object is dropped through the discharge opening to the subsequent conveyor level before the second object is dropped to the subsequent conveyor level so as to arrange the first and second objects on the subsequent conveyor level in a sequential orientation.