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1. A device for loading livestock via conveyor belts, comprising:
a main conveyor comprising a lift section and a top section, and a conveyor belt traversing the lift section and the top section;
said lift section and top section joined and articulated each relative to each other, said articulation creating an angle of articulation between them, the main conveyor being raisable or lowerable, said top section having a distal end with respect to a juncture of said lift section and said top section, a distance between said distal end and said juncture being selectively adjustable; the device also comprising an auto-loader section depending from the top section; the top section, and the auto-loader section each comprising a conveyor belt, each belt comprising a transport surface portion having a length and each belt functioning independently of the other in speed of motion, direction of motion, extension, retraction, and transport surface portion length; said auto-loader section conveyor belt being independently extendable or retractable with respect to said main conveyor; and said device also comprising a trailer having a frame, whereby the device is movable from place to place wherein said main conveyor belt includes a serpentine conveyor belt, comprising a slack loop and a means of exerting tension on the slack loop, whereby tension can be maintained on the serpentine belt by permitting the size of the slack loop to vary with extension or retraction of the top end section. |