Conveyor system

A conveyor system for accepting one or more streams of product input and converting said one or more streams to a format that is suitable for automatic loading to a subsequent machine, the conveyor system comprising:

• first and second level shifting conveyors disposed to receive the one or more product input streams, each of the first and second level shifting conveyors being independently movable between a first upper level position and second lower level position;
• first and second upper level strip conveyors disposed to receive product from one or both of the first and second level shifting conveyors when one or both of the level shifting conveyors are moved to the first upper level position;
• first and second lower level strip conveyors disposed to receive product from one or both of the first and second level shifting conveyors when one or both level shifting conveyors are moved to the second lower level position;
• third and fourth level shifting conveyors, each of the third and fourth level shifting conveyors being independently movable between a first upper level position at which one or both of the third and fourth level shifting conveyors are disposed to receive product from the first and second upper level strip conveyors and a second lower level at which one or both of the third and fourth level shifting conveyors are disposed to receive product from the first and second lower level strip conveyors.

A conveyor system for accepting one or more streams of product input and converting said one or more streams to a format that is suitable for automatic loading to a subsequent machine, the conveyor system comprising:

• level shifting conveyor means disposed to receive the one or more product input streams, the level shifting conveyor means being operable to independently move the one or more product input streams between a first upper level position and a second lower level position;
• upper level strip conveyor means disposed to receive product from the level shifting conveyor means when the level shifting conveyor means moves product from the one or more streams of product input to the first upper level position;
• lower level strip conveyor means disposed to receive product from the level shifting conveyor means when the level shifting conveyor means moves product from the one or more streams of product input to the second lower level position;
• second level shifting conveyor means operable to independently move product from the upper and lower level strip conveyor means to a further conveyor level.

A conveyor system for accepting one or more streams of product input and converting said one or more streams to a format that is suitable for automatic loading to a subsequent machine, the conveyor system comprising:

• first and second level shifting conveyors disposed to receive the one or more product input streams, each of the first and second level shifting conveyors being independently movable between a first upper level position and second lower level position;
• an upper level strip conveyor disposed to receive product from one or both of the first and second level shifting conveyors when one or both of the level shifting conveyors are moved to the first upper level position;
• a lower level strip conveyor disposed to receive product from one or both of the first and second level shifting conveyors when one or both level shifting conveyors are moved to the second lower level position;
• third and fourth level shifting conveyors, each of the third and fourth level shifting conveyors being independently movable between a first upper level position at which one or both of the third and fourth level shifting conveyors are disposed to receive product from the upper level strip conveyor and a second lower level at which one or both of the third and fourth level shifting conveyors are disposed to receive product from the lower level strip conveyors.