Patent ID: 6805229
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A conveyor apparatus comprising:an upper conveyor tube having an upper discharge end and an open lower intake end; a lower conveyor tube having an open upper discharge end telescopically engaged with the upper conveyor tube, and a lower intake end with an intake hopper mounted on the lower intake end; a telescope actuator operative to selectively extend and retract the lower conveyor tube with respect to the upper conveyor tube; at least one wheel attached to the upper conveyor tube and operative to support the lower intake end of the upper conveyor tube and the lower conveyor tube, the at least one wheel oriented for travel transverse to the upper and lower conveyor tubes; an elevating actuator operative to raise and lower the at least one wheel with respect to the upper conveyor tube; a conveyor belt having a top run that passes through the hopper, lower conveyor tube, and upper conveyor tube, and having a bottom run that passes under the conveyor tubes; and a belt drive operative to move the top run of the conveyor belt up through the conveyor tubes to carry material from the intake hopper to the upper discharge end of the upper conveyor tube.