Conveyor

Claim 1

A generally horizontal conveyor for the conveying of tree stems or the like elongated elements, said conveyor having at least two fixed spaced conveying sections each provided with upright sidewalls and transverse powered driving members spaced from one another and mounted between said sidewalls, said driving rollers being adapted to contact said elongated articles to drive them into conveying motion, the improvement in the combination therewith comprising: a. one further conveying section disposed between said two fixed sections and formed of upright sidewalls and at least one powered driving roller for driving said elongated elements when said powered driving roller comes into contact with said elements; b. means mounting said further section for pivotal movement about a transverse axis lOcated at one end thereof, said further section being pivotable to and from a first position wherein it is in alignment with said fixed section to a second position wherein its end away from its pivoted end stands above said fixed sections whereby said powered driving roller of the adjacent pivotable section may come in contact with elongated articles that are partially curved in the longitudinal direction and would otherwise remain out of contact with said driving roller of said pivotable section, and c. power means to drive said pivotable section into pivoting motion between said positions.