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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Steven R. Aposhian, Farmington, UT (US);
Eric E. Aston, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
William M. Decker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Samuel Drake, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Steven R. Aposhian, Farmington, UT (US);
Eric E. Aston, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
William M. Decker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Samuel Drake, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Firefly Equipment, LLC, Farmington, UT (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to a conveyor system that allows the spacing between slabs on a conveyor to be controlled. Because the spacing can be controlled, a single stacking head can be used to pick up and stack multiple slabs at the same time. In this manner, a harvesting machine employing the conveyor system of the present invention can utilize a single stacking head while still harvesting sod at least as quickly as harvesting machines employing multiple stacking heads.