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There is provided a power supply mechanism of a conveyor system in which power can be provided to a product placed on a pallet by conductive brushes in which said pallet is slidingly transferred to contact the conductive brushes. The power supply mechanism includes a switch for connecting or disconnecting first and second groups of conductive brushes of the conveyor system to or from each other, a driving power source electrically connected to the switch, for providing power for operating the switch, a limit switch for continuing or discontinuing power supplied from the driving power source to the switch, a first connection line for connecting the first conductive brush group to the switch, and a second connection line for connecting the second conductive brush group to the switch. According to the above power supply mechanism, the limit switch is operated only after the copper contact terminal plate on the bottom surface of the pallet completely contacts the second conductive brush group. Also, after the limit switch is operated, power is applied to the switch. The first and second conductive brush groups are connected to each other by the operation of the switch, so that alternating current (AC) power is supplied to the brushes in the second group and the pallet in contact with the brushes. Therefore, problems such as sparks being generated by the pallet contacting brushes that are already conducting electricity, is prevented for the most part.

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