Patent ID: 8528845

Claim:
A chip discharge chute providing a chip discharge path for a chipper, the chip discharge chute being adjustable to eject chips into a chip receiving area in a selectable one of a horizontal trajectory and a generally vertically downward trajectory, the chip discharge chute comprising: a chute main section having an upstream end connectable to a chipping machine output; a chute main section elevation mechanism connected to a downstream end of the chute main section for controlling a height of the downstream end of the chute main section with respect to the chip receiving area; a chute deflector section being pivotably connected adjacent the downstream end of the chute main section and having an upstream input for receiving chips from the downstream end of the chute main section and a downstream end with an ejection opening for discharging chips into the chip receiving area; the chute deflector section being rotated into a stowed first orientation out of alignment with the chute main section, when the chips are to be discharged along the horizontal trajectory, so that the chip discharge path includes only the chute main section; and the chute deflector section being rotated into an operative second orientation in alignment with the chute main section, when the chips are to be discharged along the generally vertically downward trajectory, so that the chip discharge path includes both the chute main section and the chute deflector section.