Phase conversion conveyor system

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A CONVEYOR SYSTEM ADAPTED TO TRANSPORT ARTICLES RELATIVE TO A PLURALITY OF STATIONS COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF CONVEYOR RUNS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID STATIONS AND ARRANGED TO SERVE SAID STATIONS; A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE CARRIERS SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER ALONG SAID RUNS, SAID CARRIERS BEING JOINED TO SAID CONVEYOR RUNS AND ARRANGED TO TRANSPORT ARTICLES RELATIVE TO SAID STATIONS; SAID CONVEYOR SYSTEM INCLUDING A FIRST CONVEYOR SECTION WHEREIN SAID RUNS ARE DISPOSED LATERALLY APART FROM ONE ANOTHER, SAID ARTICLE CARRIERS BEING ARRANGED TO ADVANCE IN PHASE WITH ONE ANOTHER ALONG SAID FIRST CONVEYOR SECTION; SAID CONVEYOR SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONTIGUOUS SECTION WHEREIN SAID RUNS ARE DISPOSED GENERALLY IN PARALLELISM WITH AND ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER; ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR RUNS HAVING AN IRREGULAR SECTION INTERCONNECTING ONE OF SAID FIRST LATERALLY SPACED RUNS TO ONE OF SAID CONTIGUOUS RUNS; SAID IRREGULAR SECTION ADAPTED TO INCREASE THE DEVELOPED LENGTH OF THE SAID CONVEYOR RUN A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO THROW SAID IN-PHASE ARTICLE CARRIERS OF SAID FIRST, LATERALLY DISPLACED CONVEYOR RUNS OUT OF PHASE WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER UPON ADVANCEMENT ALONG THE IRREGULAR SECTION, WHEREBY SAID ARTICLE CARRIERS MERGE ALTERNATELY WITH ONE ANOTHER INTO INTERLEAVED RELATIONSHIP DURING ADVANCEMENT ALONG SAID CONTIGUOUS SECTION FOR TRANSPORT OF THE CARRIERS SEQUENTIALLY WITH RESPECT TO ONE OF SAID STATIONS.