A conveyor system (10) for transporting items in a first direction and diverting the items to the appropriate ones of a plurality of stations (50, 52) spaced from one another in the first direction. The system includes at least one diverter region (DR) and a diverter (16) arranged in each diverter region....http://www.google.de/patents/US6660953?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6660953 - Multi-fire and variable fire diverter conveyor system and method