Dishwashing machine conveyor

Claim 1

IN AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR FOR DISH WASHING MACHINES IN WHICH THE ARTICLES TO BE WASHED ARE SUBJECTED TO LIQUID SPRAYS PROJECTED UPWARD THEREAGAINST FROM BENEATH THE UPPER RUN OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID CONVEYOR HAVING AN UPPER RUN AND A LOWER RUN AND COMPRISING SIDE DRIVING MEMBERS EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID CONVEYOR, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RODS CONNECTING SAID DRIVING MEMBERS AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CONVEYOR AND SPACED APART LENGTHWISE THEREOF, AND A PLURALITY OF LINKS OF SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPE LENGTHWISE OF SAID CONVEYOR DISPOSED BETWEEN EACH TWO ADJACENT RODS AND SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CONVEYOR, SAID LINKS EXTENDING INWARD BETWEEN SAID RUNS AND RESPECTIVELY COMPRISING A LEADING ARM AND A FOLLOWING ARM AND A CONNECTING ELEMENT CONNECTING THE INNER ENDS OF SAID ARMS AND A FINGER EXTENDING OUTWARD FROM SAID CONNECTING ELEMENT AND SPACED FROM SAID LEADING AND FOLLOWING ARMS, THE LEADING ARMS OF SAID LINKS BEING PIVOTED TO ONE OF SAID TWO ADJACENT RODS AND THE FOLLOWING ARMS OF SAID LINKS BEING PIVOTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID TWO ADJACENT RODS, SAID LINKS BEING OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED AT THEIR SIDES FOR DOWNWARD INSERTION THEREINTO OF DISHES FROM THE UPPER RUN OF SAID CONVEYOR, SAID RODS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON PLANE AT THE UPPER RUN OF THE CONVEYOR AND THE HEIGHT OF SAID FINGER BEING WITHIN THAT OF SAID LEADING AND FOLLOWING ARMS WHEREBY THE UPPER FACE OF SAID UPPER RUN IS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS.