Patent ID: 7281622

Claim:
A conveyor assembly configured to convey and maintain compression of multiple compressible batts, the assembly comprising a vertical stack of at least two conveyor systems, wherein adjacent pairs of conveyor systems within the conveyor assembly define a space between the pair of conveyor systems for receiving and conveying compressible batts; and a pair of adjacent conveyor systems has: i) at least two upper belts in a coplanar relationship and positioned above and facing the space between the pair of conveyor systems, with one of the two upper belts positioned above the space mounted for traveling in an advancing direction relative to the conveyor assembly and the other of the two upper belts positioned above the space mounted for traveling in a returning direction; and, ii) and at least two lower belts in a coplanar relationship and positioned below and facing the space between the pair of conveyor systems, with one of the two lower belts positioned below the space mounted for traveling in the advancing direction relative to the conveyor assembly and the other of the two lower belts positioned below the space mounted for traveling in the returning direction.