Patent attributes
An extendable and retractable conveyor includes a hopper for receiving agricultural product, and a housing having an inlet and an outlet that are separated by a fixed distance, the inlet being adjacent to the hopper for receiving the agricultural product from the hopper. The extendable and retractable conveyor also include a belt conveyor disposed within the housing for conveying the agricultural product from the inlet to the outlet, the conveyor defining a direction of conveyance; a hood connected to the outlet for deflecting the agricultural product relative to the direction of conveyance; and a movable spout that is slidably connected to a tube and disposed beneath the hood to receive the agricultural product from the hood, the movable spout being slidable in a direction parallel to the direction of conveyance to thereby extend or retract the conveyor.
