Patent ID: 8960417
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor apparatus including a first conveyor, a frame having a return frame portion, an intermediate frame portion adjacent the return frame portion, and a drive frame portion adjacent the intermediate frame portion, the return and intermediate frame portions being movable with respect to each other generally along a longitudinal axis of the conveyor, the drive frame portion having a delivery end and being movable with respect to the intermediate frame portion generally along the longitudinal axis of the first conveyor, a return sprocket mounted on said return frame portion for supporting one end of said first conveyor, a drive sprocket mounted on said drive frame portion for supporting and driving the other end of said first conveyor, a first actuator having a first end coupled to the drive frame portion and a second end coupled to the intermediate frame portion to move said drive sprocket and said intermediate frame portion with respect to each other, a second actuator having a first end coupled to the return frame portion and a second end coupled to the intermediate frame portion to move the return sprocket relative to the drive sprocket, an auxiliary conveyor receiving material discharged by the first conveyor, the auxiliary conveyor being positioned adjacent the delivery end of the first conveyor, the frame portion proximate the delivery end of the first conveyor being coupled to and movable with the auxiliary conveyor along the longitudinal axis of the first conveyor, and a control system operable to