High speed take-off

Claim 1

A CONVEYOR APPARATUS WITH POWER DIVERTING MEANS COMPRISING: MEANS FORMING A MAIN ARTICLE CONVEYING SURFACE, AND A BRANCH ARTICLE CONVEYING SURFACE AT AN ANGLE TO SAID MAIN SURFACE; ARTICLE DIVERTING MEANS ORIENTED ALONG SAID BRANCH SURFACE AND OVERLAPPING BOTH SURFACES; SAID DIVERTING MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE ELEMENTS, AND HAVING CIRCUITOUS, ENDLESS, FLEXIBLE DRIVE MEANS DRIVINGLY AND ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID ROTATABLE ELEMENTS IN A FORWARD PATH PORTION OVERLAPPING SAID MAIN SURFACE AND SAID BRANCH SURFACE AND ORIENTED ALONG SAID BRANCH SURFACE AND A RETURN PATH PORTION BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID MAIN SURFACE AND BRANCH SURFACE; AN ELONGATED VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE SUPPORT TRACK UNDERLYING SAID ROTATABLE VERTICALLY IN SAID FORWARD PATH PORTION, BEING VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE BETWEEN ELEVATED SAID LOWERED POSITIONS, AND CAUSING, WHEN IN SAID ELEVATED POSITION, SAID ROTATABLE ELEMENTS TO PROJECT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID MAIN AND BRANCH SURFACES WHILE ROLLING ALONG SAID SUPPORT TRACK; POWER OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FLEXIBLE DRIVE MEANS TO DRIVE SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS ALONG SAID SUPPORT TRACK TO DIVERT ARTICLES FROM SAID MAIN SURFACE TO SAID BRANCH SURFACE; AND MEANS TO RAISE AND LOWER SAID SUPPORT TRACK AND ROLLING ELEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SAID MAIN SURFACE FOR SELECTIVE DIVERTING.