Layboy with adjustable lower conveyor and method for operating the layboy

The layboy conveyor of 4, wherein shifting the first frame element relative to the second frame element shifts the first support roller relative to the first end of the upper conveyor.

A method comprising:

• providing a layboy conveyor, the layboy conveyor having an upper conveyor having a top and a bottom and a first end and a second end, and a lower conveyor having a top and a bottom and a first end and a second end, the lower conveyor top being disposed adjacent to the upper conveyor bottom and defining with the upper conveyor bottom a transport path configured to transport a sheet of material in a direction from the first end of the layboy conveyor to the second end of the layboy conveyor, and a drive operably connected to the upper conveyor and to the lower conveyor and configured to drive the upper conveyor bottom and the lower conveyor top in the direction,
• positioning the layboy conveyor with the first end of the upper conveyor and the first end of the lower conveyor adjacent to an output of a sheet feeding apparatus such that the first end of the upper conveyor is spaced a first distance from the sheet feeding apparatus and the first end of the lower conveyor is spaced a second distance from the sheet feeding apparatus, and
• changing the second distance by changing the length of the lower conveyor without changing the first distance.