Receptacle for storing articles in combination with unloading fixture

Claim 1

A RECEPTACLE FOR STORING ARTICLES IN COMBINATION WITH A FIXTURE FOR RECEIVING SAID RECEPTACLE TO ACCOMPLISH UNLOADING OF SAID ARTICLES FROM SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID RECEPTACLE COMPRISING: AN ENCLOSURE; SAID ENCLOSURE ENCLOSING THEREIN MEANS FOR ACCEPTING AND STORING ARTICLES; A RATCHET MECHANISM WHICH INCLUDES A TOOTHED WHEEL AND A PAWL COUPLED TO SAID MEANS; AN APERTURE IN A WALL OF SAID ENCLOSURE THROUGH WHICH ARTICLES DISPOSED IN SAID ENCLOSURE ARE MOVED THEREFROM DURING UNLOADING; DRIVE MEANS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF SAID ENCLOSURE AND COUPLED TO SAID MEANS FOR ACCEPTING AND STORING ARTICLES AND TO SAID RATCHET MECHANISM WHEREBY OPERATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS, WHEN THE LATTER ARE RENDERED OPERATIVE, CAUSES ARTICLES STORED IN SAID ENCLOSURE TO BE MOVED THEREFROM THROUGH SAID APERTURE; MAGNETIC MEANS DISPOSED ON SAID FIXTURE WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO MOVE SAID PAWL FROM SAID WHEEL WHEN SAID RECEPTACLE IS POSITIONED ON SAID FIXTURE, WHEREBY TO RENDER SAID DRIVE MEANS OPERABLE TO EFFECT RELEASE OF ARTICLES STORED IN SAID ENCLOSURE AND THE DRIVE MEANS BEING RENDERED INOPERABLE WHEN SAID PAWL IS ENGAGED WITH SAID TOOTHED WHEEL.