Patent ID: 8241098

Claim:
An adjustable conveyor assembly attachable to a combine for transporting harvested material from a combine bin, said assembly comprising: a vertical auger assembly attachable to said combine bin to transport said harvested material upwardly from said combine bin; a telescoping conveyor assembly adapted to transport said harvested material away from said combine bin comprising a fixed conveyor section having a proximal end fastened to an upper end of said vertical auger assembly to receive said harvested material and a distal end and an adjustable conveyor section having a proximal end slidingly coupled to said fixed conveyor section and a distal end outwardly extendable relative to said fixed conveyor section; a conveyor belt continuously looped around said telescoping conveyor assembly for carrying said harvested material; a belt tensioning mechanism disposed at said proximal end of said adjustable conveyor section to provide a tensile force upon said conveyor belt; a conveyor section drive assembly to extend and retract said adjustable conveyor section relative to said fixed conveyor section; a conveyor belt drive assembly to move said conveyor belt around said telescoping conveyor assembly; a user interface control module to provide a plurality of operational control functions to said conveyor section drive assembly and said conveyor belt drive assembly; and, a plurality of sensors disposed upon a lower side of said fixed conveyor frame to provide an input signal to said control module in response to incremental linear motion of said adjustable conveyor section relative to said fixed conveyor section.