Patent ID: 8113331

Claim:
A chute for directing materials from a source conveyor to a plurality of discharge conveyors, the chute comprising: an upper chute section having an upper end and a lower end, a central vertical axis, a first flange at the upper end, a second flange at the lower end, and a first pair of opposing cinch plates disposed at the lower end; a chute body rotationally connected below the upper chute section having an upper end, a lower end, a third flange at the upper end defining a horizontal plane, a second pair of opposing cinch plates disposed at the upper end and connectable with cinch bolts to the first pair of cinch plates, and a fourth flange at the lower end, the chute body movable between a raised position and a lowered position and rotatable about the central vertical axis between a first rotational position and at least one rotational position using rotation means for rotating the chute body; and a plurality of lower chute sections, each having an upper end and a lower end, and a fifth flange at the upper end, each lower chute section reversibly connectable at the upper end to the lower end of the chute body at one of the selected rotational positions, and at the lower end to a conveyor; wherein the lower end of the chute body is rotationally displaceable from a first position above a first lower chute section and away from a second lower chute section, to a second position away from the first lower chute section and above the second lower chute section.