ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,007, issued on Aug. 11.

"Systems and methods for large debris conveyance" was invented by Steve L. Gilbert (Toquerville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sorting particulate material includes a main conveyor belt, a separation screen, a graded material conveyor, and an oversize material conveyor. The separation screen is configured to separate the material into a first portion and a second portion with a larger average particle diameter than the first portion. The graded material conveyor is positioned below the separation screen to receive the first portion of the material, and the oversize material conveyor is posit...