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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2023
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Dalton Hege, Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Joseph Wunder, Lexington, VA (US);
Robert Knupp, Staunton, VA (US);
Eric Stempihar, Rockingham, VA (US);
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
An upper conveyor deck includes a plurality of belts each supported by an upstream end pulley and a downstream end pulley which belts are configured to be driven along a closed path having an interior such that a lower run of each of the belts travels in a downstream direction and an upper run of the each of the belt travels in an upstream direction. A first diversion pulley in the interior of at least one of the belts contacts the lower run of that belt, and a diversion guide outside the interior of the belt contacts the belt downstream from the first diversion pulley. A deflecting device at the first diversion pulley is configured to prevent scrap material from becoming pinched between the belt and the first diversion pulley.