An inclined conveyor assembly (20) for a combine harvester (10) comprises a housing (62) on whose rear end an upper conveyor roller (64) is supported such that it can rotate, a lower conveyor roller (90) positioned on the front end of the housing (62) an extendible, endless conveyor element (82) circulating around the lower conveyor roller (90) and around the upper conveyor roller (64), with carriers (84) and a pendulum plate (78), which is hinged on the front end of the housing (62) and which can swivel around a pendulum axle (76), on which a harvesting attachment (18) can be affixed. Below the endless conveyor element (82), there is a flexible bottom element (100), which is coupled with the pendulum plate (78) on its front end, and with the housing (62) of the inclined conveyor assembly (20) on its rear end.
