Grain conveyor assembly

A conveyor assembly for conveying material along a forward longitudinal path of travel, comprising:

• a head section having a head section pulley assembled for rotation about a horizontal lateral axis;
• a tail section having a tail pulley assembled for rotation about a horizontal lateral axis;
• one pulley being a drive pulley and the other pulley being an idler pulley;
• an intermediate conveyor section assembled between the head section and the tail section;
• an endless flexible conveyor belt trained longitudinally over the head section pulley and the tail pulley and extending through the intermediate section and having an upper forward run from the tail pulley to the head section pulley, and a lower return run from the head section pulley to the tail pulley;
• a conveyor belt roller assembled in said intermediate section for rotation about a horizontal, lateral axis positioned to carry a portion of the forward run of the conveyor belt, said roller having a laterally concave surface whereby the conveyor belt forward run assumes a lateral concave profile as it travels over the roller to assist in maintaining material on the conveyor belt forward run;
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• housing means located adjacent the tail pulley for directing material from adjacent the bottom of the tail pulley to the top of the belt, and paddles means mounted on the tail pulley for moving material from adjacent the bottom of the tail pulley to the top of the belt.

A conveyor assembly for conveying material along a forward longitudinal path of travel, comprising:

• a head section having a drive pulley assembled for rotation about a horizontal lateral axis;
• a tail section having a tail pulley assembly for rotation about a horizontal lateral axis;
• at least one intermediate conveyor section assembled between the head and the tail section;
• an endless, longitudinal flexible conveyor belt trained over the drive pulley and trained over the tail pulley and extending through the intermediate section and having an upper forward run from the tail pulley to the drive pulley, and a lower return run from the drive pulley to the tail pulley;
• a tail pulley shroud having a shroud housing enclosing the tail pulley and the rear portion of the conveyor belt forward run and the rear portion of the conveyor return run, said tail pulley having a plurality of paddles mounted in straddling relationship to the conveyor belt portion trained over the tail pulley and extending radially outward thereof, said shroud having a funnel-shaped outlet opening directed toward the rear portion of the forward run of the conveyor belt, said paddles positioned to sweep accumulated spilled material from the lower portion of the shroud housing up to the upper portion and then through the outlet to discharge it on the forward run of the conveyor belt.