Patent ID: 7281625

Claim:
A conveyor assembly having peripheral sidewalls, the assembly comprising: a first roller having ends and mounted on an axle, said roller being proximate a feed end of the conveyor; a second roller having ends and mounted on an axle having an associated bearing assembly at each end of the axle at an unloading end of the conveyor; said rollers have predetermined widths; a conveyor belt having opposing edges and top and underside surfaces, and a width less than the width of said rollers, the belt being operatively connected to the driving roller and the second roller and defining a gap between one of the sidewalls and belt; and at least one non-moving debris skirt associated with an edge of the conveyor belt, wherein the debris skirt extends from one of said sidewall and is positioned to the edge of the conveyor belt, and wherein a portion of said non-moving skirt is mitered to lie adjacent to one of said ends of said rollers and simultaneously overlies a portion of its axle, thereby preventing debris from accumulating on the underside of the belt via the gap adjacent one of the rollers and its axles.