Rotatable v-shaped conveyor and system and method of using the same

A conveyor system, comprising:

• a first conveyor end and a second conveyor end that are offset from one another along a first direction;
• a first conveyor having inner and outer conveyor sides and a first conveyor surface between the inner and outer conveyor sides that is configured to carry payloads between the first and second conveyor ends along the first direction;
• and
• a second conveyor having inner and outer conveyor sides and a second conveyor surface between the inner and outer conveyor sides of the second conveyor that is configured to carry payloads between the first and second conveyor ends along the first direction, the first and second conveyors being coupled to one another such that the inner conveyor sides are spaced closer to one another than the outer conveyor sides, and the first and second conveyors are angularly offset from one another so as to define a recess therebetween,
• wherein the conveyor system is configured to rotate between a first orientation and a second orientation about an axis that extends along the first direction, and
• wherein the conveyor system is configured to translate as it transitions between the first and second orientations such that the axis translates in at least one of a vertical direction and a second direction, perpendicular to both the first direction and the vertical direction.

A comprising a plurality of conveyor systems, each comprising

• a first conveyor end and a second conveyor end that are offset from one another along a first direction;
• a first conveyor having inner and outer conveyor sides and a first conveyor surface between the inner and outer conveyor sides that is configured to carry payloads between the first and second conveyor ends along the first direction;
• and
• a second conveyor having inner and outer conveyor sides and a second conveyor surface between the inner and outer conveyor sides of the second conveyor that is configured to carry payloads between the first and second conveyor ends along the first direction, the first and second conveyors being coupled to one another such that the inner conveyor sides are spaced closer to one another than the outer conveyor sides, and the first and second conveyors are angularly offset from one another so as to define a recess therebetween,
• wherein each conveyor system is configured to rotate between a first orientation and a second orientation about an axis that extends along the first direction;
• and
• wherein the conveyor systems are arranged in one or both of (i) at least one of a row of the conveyor systems that extends along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and (ii) at least one column of the conveyor system that extend along a vertical direction.