Harvesting conveyors with adjustable slats

Claim 1

IN A CONVEYING AND SORTING MECHANISM, A LOWER CONVEYOR INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SLATS MOVABLE ALONG A LOWER PATH AND BEING DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PATH WITH THE SLATS OF EACH PAIR EQUALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED A FIRST PREDETERMINED DISTANCE APART, THE CONFRONTING SLATS OF SUCCESSIVE PAIRS OF SLATS BEING SPACED A SECOND PREDETERMINED DISTANCE APART GREATER THAN SAID FIRST DISTANCE, AN UPPER CONVEYOR INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF UPPER SLATS OVERLYING AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LOWER SLATS, SAID CONVEYORS HAVING A FIRST SORTING POSITION IN WHICH EACH PAIR OF LOWER SLATS ARE SPACED EQUIDISTANTLY BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE UPPER SLATS, AND A SECOND SORTING POSITION IN WHICH EACH PAIR OF LOWER SLATS ARE DISPLACED FROM SAID SORTING POSITIONS, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID CONVEYORS.