Automatic lumber sorter

Claim 1

A LUMBER HANDLING SYSTEM COMPRISING, A LUMBER PLATFORM, MEANS FOR MOVING LUMBER TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID PLATFORM, A PLURALITY OF GATES IN SAID PLATFORM EACH SAID GATE HAVING AN OPEN AND A CLOSED POSITION, SAID LUMBER BEING CARRIED ACROSS EACH SAID GATE WHEN IN ITS CLOSED POSITION, AND DROPPING FROM SAID PLATFORM THROUGH ONE OF SAID GATES WHEN IN ITS OPEN POSITION, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL TRIP MEANS ABOVE SAID PLATFORM, EACH OF SAID TRIP MEANS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH A RESPECTIVE GATE, SAID PLATFORM BEING FIXED AND SERVING AS A STABLE BASE FOR DETERMINING THE DIMENSION OF SAID LUMBER BY SAID TRIP MEANS, SAID TRIP MEANS BEING SO PLACED RELATIVELY TO SAID PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT BY LUMBER WHEN OF A CHOSEN DIMENSION TO OPEN SAID RESPECTIVE GATE, A BIN BELOW EACH SAID GATE FOR COLLECTING SEPARATELY LUMBER DROPPED THROUGH EACH SAID GATE, A LUMBER TRANSFER BELOW SAID BINS, DISCHARGE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH BIN FOR RELEASING LUMBER COLLECTED IN A RESPECTIVE BIN ON TO SAID TRANSFER, AN INCLINED CONVEYOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED MEMBERS TO BE ADVANCED AT THE SAME SPEED AS ONE ANOTHER, LUGS ON EACH SAID MEMBER FOR HOLDING A PIECE OF LUMBER TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE INCLINED CONVEYOR, SAID LUGS PROJECTING FROM SAID MEMBERS SUFFICIENTLY ONLY TO ENGAGE AND CARRY A SINGLE PIECE OF LUMBER, SAID TRANSFER BEING ARRANGED TO DISCHARGE LUMBER TRANSVERSELY FOR GRIPPING BY SAID INCLINED CONVEYOR LUGS, WHEREBY LUMBER IS DISCHARGED ONE PIECE AT A