Patent ID: 7484617

Claim:
A sealing assembly for a conveying system between a conveying belt and a containment wall situated laterally relative to a conveying portion of the conveying belt, the sealing assembly comprising: a primary sealing subassembly; a secondary sealing subassembly; and a connecting assembly that joins and maintains the primary sealing subassembly and secondary sealing subassembly together, the connecting assembly defining a locally flexible region whereat the sealing assembly can be reconfigured to allow selective movement of the primary and secondary sealing subassemblies each relative to the other, the sealing assembly configured so that with the sealing assembly in an operative position on a conveying system: a) a primary sealing subassembly is situated to block passage of material from a conveying portion of a conveying belt laterally beyond a containment wall; and b) the secondary sealing subassembly is situated to laterally confine material that has moved laterally beyond a containment wall from a conveying portion of a conveying belt, along a length of the conveying system.