Device for transferring bakery products or other articles by gravity between two superposed conveyor belts

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSPORTED OBJECTS FROM THE DELIVERY END OF A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING UPPER CONVEYOR BELT TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING LOWER CONVEYOR BELT, COMPRISING CONTINUOUSLY OPERATIVE DRIVE MEANS FOR ONE OF SAID BELTS, A TRAY MEMBER HAVING A FRONT PORTION FULCRUMED ON A FIRST HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR SWINGING BETWEEN AN UPWARDLY INCLINED LIMITING POSITION AND A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED LIMITING POSITION, SAID TRAY MEMBER HAVING A REAR EDGE REMOTE FROM SAID AXIS LYING ABOVE SAID AXIS IN LINE WITH SAID UPPER BELT IN SAID UPWARDLY INCLINED POSITION AND LYING BELOW SAID AXIS NEAR THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER BELT IN SAID DOWNWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, AT LEAST ONE ARM MEMBER OVERLYING SAID TRAY MEMBER, SAID ARM MEMBER BEING SWINGABLE ABOUT A SECOND HORIZONTAL AXIS DISPOSED FORWARDLY OF SAID REAR EDGE, A DEPENDING FINGER ON THE REAR END OF SAID ARM MEMBER INTERPOSABLE IN THE PATH OF SAID OBJECTS FROM SAID UPPER BELT ONTO SAID TRAY MEMBER, MOTION-TRANSMITTING MEANS ON ONE OF SAID MEMBERS ADAPTED AND DISPOSED TO COACT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS FOR RAISING SAID ARM MEMBER UPON A RETURN OF SAID TRAY MEMBER TO SAID UPWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, THEREBY LIFTING SAID FINGER SUFFICIENTLY TO ENABLE THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT OF SAID OBJECTS ONTO SAID TRAY MEMBER, AND LINK MEANS COUPLING SAID DRIVE MEANS WITH SAID TRAY MEMBER FOR PERIODICALLY SWINGING THE LATTER BETWEEN SAID LIMITING POSITIONS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSPORTED OBJECTS FROM THE DELIVERY END OF A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING UPPER CONVEYOR BELT TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING LOWER CONVEYOR BELT, COMPRISING CONTINUOUSLY OPERATIVE DRIVE MEANS FOR ONE OF SAID BELTS, A TRAY MEMBER HAVING A FRONT PORTION FULCRUMED ON A FIRST HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR SWINGING BETWEEN AN UPWARDLY INCLINED LIMITING POSITION AND A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED LIMITING POSITION, SAID TRAY MEMBER HAVING A REAR EDGE REMOTE FROM SAID AXIS LYING ABOVE SAID AXIS IN LINE WITH SAID UPPER BELT IN SAID UPWARDLY INCLINED POSITION AND LYING BELOW SAID AXIS NEAR THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER BELT IN SAID DOWNWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, AT LEAST ONE ARM MEMBER OVERLYING SAID TRAY MEMBER, SAID ARM MEMBER BEING SWINGABLE ABOUT A SECOND HORIZONTAL AXIS DISPOSED FORWARDLY OF SAID REAR EDGE, A DEPENDING FINGER ON THE REAR END OF SAID ARM MEMBER INTERPOSABLE IN THE PATH OF SAID OBJECTS FROM SAID UPPER BELT ONTO SAID TRAY MEMBER, MOTION-TRANSMITTING MEANS ON ONE OF SAID MEMBERS ADAPTED AND DISPOSED TO COACT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS FOR RAISING SAID ARM MEMBER UPON A RETURN OF SAID TRAY MEMBER TO SAID UPWARDLY INCLINED POSITION, THEREBY LIFTING SAID FINGER SUFFICIENTLY TO ENABLE THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT OF SAID OBJECTS ONTO SAID TRAY MEMBER, AND LINK MEANS COUPLING SAID DRIVE MEANS WITH SAID TRAY MEMBER FOR PERIODICALLY SWINGING THE LATTER BETWEEN SAID LIMITING POSITIONS.