the top chute about its center of curvature 2 translating the top chute relative to a head pulley and 3 translating the top chute and the head pulley together fig1 is a side elevation of a transfer system shown generally at 10 and comprising an upper chute 12 and a lower chute 14 positioned relative to each other to provide for transfer of a bulk material from an upper conveying belt 16 to a lower following or receiving belt 18 for convenience of illustration the belts are shown as moving in parallel directions however it will be clear from the description to follow that the belt directions may subtend any desired angle as viewed in plan each transfer chute 12 and 14 consists of a plurality of elements 20 which are arranged contiguously in sequence along supporting slotted channel shaped frames tracks or brackets 22 and 24 respectively as shown in fig1 to 3 the upper chute frames 22 are mounted on a forked pivotal yoke 26 as shown in fig1 and 5 the lower chute frames are supported by a yoke 27 adjustably fastened to a movable parallel support structure 28 a turnbuckle 30 is used to adjust the angular position of the upper pivotal yoke 26 the angle of the lower unit 14 is adjusted by raising or lowering pivot support pieces 32 which are adjustably movable in slotted parallel tracks 34 as is most clearly shown in fig3 and 5 the elements 20 have studs 38 at their sides which project into the channel frames in another embodiment shown in fig6.