Automatic spraying apparatus

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS, A PAIR OF CONTINUOUS AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO SAID MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS AND INTERSECTING THE PLANE OF SAID MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS AT OPPOSED PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYORS HAVING INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED PORTIONS DISPOSED ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS, EACH INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH AND IN SUBSTANTIAL JUXTAPOSITION WITH ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR BELTS WHEREBY AN ITEM MAY MOVE ONTO SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS FROM SAID MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS AND BE RETURNED TO SAID MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF OPERATION, FIRST TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED STOP MEANS NORMALLY DISPOSED IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS, MEANS FOR RETRACTING SAID STOP MEANS BELOW THE PLANE OF SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS UPON CONTACT BEING EFFECTED WITH SAID STOP MEANS, SECOND TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED STOP MEANS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST STOP MEANS NORMALLY DISPOSED IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS, AND CONTROL MEANS ACTUATED WHEN CONTACT IS MADE WITH SAID SECOND STOP MEANS; SAID CONTROL MEANS ACTUATING A PROCESSING MEANS TRANSVERSELY OPERABLE OVER SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS, SAID PROCESSING MEANS RETRACTING SAID SECOND STOP MEANS FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION FOLLOWING AN OPERATING CYCLE THEREOF, SAID AUXILIARY CONVEYOR BELTS MOVING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED THAN SAID MAIN CONVEYOR BELTS.