Patent ID: 8408383

Claim:
A method of mounting a conveyor belt to a telescoping conveyor residing downstream of a clipper, comprising: providing a closed loop conveyor belt configured to mount to a telescoping conveyor mechanism to define a telescoping conveyor belt; placing the conveyor belt on the telescoping conveyor mechanism; pivoting a first idler roller held by a conveyor frame to an operative position; moving an idler, held by the conveyor frame and residing under a conveying surface of the conveyor belt below the first idler roller inside the closed loop of the conveyor belt between forward and rearward idler rollers, upward and rearward into its respective operative position, wherein, in the operative position, the idler is mounted to the conveyor frame with a mounting bracket having a substantially horizontally extending slot and the idler does not move axially with the telescoping conveyor belt during operation; and sliding the idler in a longitudinal direction in the slot in the mounting bracket holding the idler to the conveyor to adjust tension in the belt.