Conveyor gap blocker

A gap blocker for a roller conveyor having upstream and downstream rollers for conveying an object in a downstream longitudinal direction and a gap between the upstream and downstream rollers, the gap blocker comprising:

• a body configured to be supported in the gap by the upstream and downstream rollers as the upstream and downstream rollers rotate during operation of the roller conveyor;
• an upper blocking portion of the body to inhibit the object from falling through the gap;
• a plurality of laterally spaced upstream lower members of the body having laterally aligned, upstream lower free end portions to be positioned below a narrowest portion of the gap for keeping the body in the gap;
• wherein at least one of the upstream lower free end portions has an upstream recessed portion that is recessed above a lowermost end of one of the other laterally aligned, upstream lower free end portions to provide clearance for a drive member;
• a plurality of laterally spaced downstream lower members of the body having laterally aligned, downstream lower free end portions to be positioned below the narrowest portion of the gap for keeping the body in the gap;
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• wherein at least one of the downstream lower free end portions has a downstream recessed portion that is recessed above a lowermost end of one of the other laterally aligned, downstream lower free end portions to provide clearance for the drive member.