Multi-tiered conveyor system

Claim 1

MULTI-TIERED CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL PAIRED COPLANAR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ENDLESS CHAIN MEMBERS OPPOSITELY DISPOSED AND SPACED APART TO DEFINE THEREBETWEEN A CONVEYOR RUN, SAID CONVEYOR IN A RECURRENT A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL TRAVERSES DISPOSED IN A RECURRENT SERPENTINE MANNER TO DEFINE THE MAIN CIRCUIT OF THE SYSTEM; ROTATABLE SPROCKET MEMBERS DISPOSED IN TANDEM OFFSET RELATIONSHIP AT THE ENDS OF EACH HORIZONTAL TRAVERSE AT EACH LEVEL IN CONTACT WITH SAID CHAIN MEMBERS, ALIGNED MESHING GEAR MEMBERS COMMUNICATING WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SPROCKET MEMBERS AT AN END OF EACH TRAVERSE; INTERCONNECTED DRIVE MEANS COACTING WITH SAID GEAR MEMBERS; A PLURALITY OF SPACED RIGID CARRIER MEMBERS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER PLANAR SURFACES; MEANS CONNECTING ONE END OF EACHOF SAID CARRIER MEMBERS TO THE INSIDE CHAIN MEMBERS AND MEANS CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID CARRIER MEMBERS TO THE OUTSIDE CHAIN MEMBERS; AN AUXILIARY CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTING THE UPPER AND LOWER TRAVERSES AND INCLUDING A VERTICAL RUN; AN ADDITIONAL ARRAY OF TANDEM OFFSET SPROCKET MEMBERS DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID VERTICAL RUN AND COACTING WITH EACH OF SAID CHAIN MEMBERS; SAID SPROCKET MEMBERS BEING VERTICALLY DISPOSED TO DEFINE TWO SHORT VERTICAL RUNS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO REVERSE THE DISPOSITION OF THE ENDS OF THE CARRIER MEMBERS DURING TRAVERSAL OF THE AUXILIARY CIRCUIT.