Patent ID: 8176879

Claim:
A machine for loading livestock via conveyor belts, comprising: a main conveyor section comprising a conveyor belt, and having a lift section and a top section, the main conveyor section conveyor belt traversing the lift section and the top section, said lift section and top section joined and articulated each relative to each other, the top section being extendable or retractable, and the main conveyor section being raisable or lowerable; the machine also comprising a major assembly comprising the top section, a swing belt section depending from and communicating with said top section, and an auto-loader section depending from the swing belt section, such that the swing belt section is disposed between the top section and the auto-loader section, and can communicate with both the said auto-loader section and the top section, and such that the top section, the swing belt section, and the auto-loader section comprise conveyor belts independent of one another and independently variable in speed of travel, direction of travel, extension, retraction, or length each relative to the other, the auto-loader section comprising a plurality of independent conveyor belts configured essentially side-by-side, each auto-loader section conveyor belt independent of the others and independently variable in speed of travel, direction of travel, extension, retraction, or length of each relative to the other, said auto-loader section conveyor belts being independently extendable or retractable, said swing belt section being pivotable to alternately communicate with any one or another of the plurality of auto-loader section conveyor belts.