Abstract: A conveyor of like, individual, flat-top articulated links is described wherein the articulating mechanism permits angular movements in a common plane and wherein the individual links are downwardly stepped at a top front surface portion and upwardly stepped at a bottom rear surface portion to provide for nesting interfitting of top and bottom surface portions of successive links permitting fanning out in a common plane without mutual separation while at the same time presenting link .[.supper.]. .Iadd.upper .Iaddend.surface support portions lying in a common plane. .Iadd.This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 623,485, filed Oct. 17, 1975, now abandoned, which was a continuation of Ser. No. 455,802, filed Mar. 28, 1974, now abandoned, for Reissue of Pat. No. 3,653,494, and which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 769,248, filed Oct. 21, 1968, and now Pat. No. 3,513,965, said Ser. No. 769,248 being a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No.