US Patent 10543986 Roller belt conveyor

The present disclosure relates to a roller belt conveyor having an array of pivot rollers defining a conveyance surface that supports an article being conveyed in a first conveying direction, at least one drive plate pivotally coupled to at least a subset of the array of pivot rollers, and an actuator coupled to the at least one drive plate, such that, the actuator may manipulate the at least one drive plate to adjust an angular orientation of the at least one subset of the array of pivot rollers from the first conveying direction to a second conveying direction.