Patent ID: 7802674

Claim:
A pivoting assembly for applying tension to a vertical conveyor belt circulating about a pulley or a follower roll; said pivoting assembly comprising: a) a lever mounted inward of and between a pair of upper horizontal members and a pair of lower horizontal members of a vertical conveyor belt frame, wherein said lever includes an upper section and a lower section for engaging a lower movable plate secured about said lower horizontal members; said lower movable plate comprising a lower rotable bearing; b) an upper plate mounted to said upper horizontal members, wherein said upper plate comprises: i) an upper rotable bearing ii) a first torsion adjuster; and iii) a second torsion adjuster; and c) said pulley or said follower roll secured to said upper rotable bearing and said lower rotable bearing such that application of pressure to said upper section of said lever pivots said lower section of said lever to contact said lower movable plate, thereby increasing tension to said vertical conveyor belt.