Molded pulp article denesting machine

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DENESTING TIGHTLY NESTED ARTICLES OF MOLDED PULP COMPRISING MAGAZINE MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING A STACK OF TIGHTLY NESTED, INVERTED RECTANGULAR MOLDED PULP CONTAINERS, SAID MAGAZINE MEANS HAVING A LOWER APERTURE, A PAIR OF SPACED SUPPORT PLATES HAVING SPACED, OPPOSED LIPS FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF CONTAINERS IN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS, SAID LIPS BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID CONTAINERS A PUSHER PLATE SLIDABLE ON ONE OF SAID SUPPORT PLATES IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO A SIDE OF A CONTAINER OF SAID SUPPORT PLATES, SAID PUSHER PLATE BEING THINNER THAN THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PUSHER PLATE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH A LEADING EDGE OF SAID PUSHER PLATE IS WITHDRAWN FROM CONTACT WITH A CONTAINER RESTING ON SAID SUPPORT PLATES AND A SECOND POSI TION IN WHICH THE LEADING EDGE OF SAID PUSHER PLATE EXTENDS BEYOND THE EDGE OF SAID APERTURE AND CONTACTS THE CONTAINER, SAID PUSHER PLATE HAVING A WIDTH RELATIVELY SMALLER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER CONTACTED THEREBY, ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS UNDERLYING SAID MAGAZINE MEANS FOR RECEIVING CONTAINERS THEREFROM, SUCTION CUP MEANS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SUCTION CUP MEANS PAST SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF A CONTAINER AND FOR RETRACTING SAID SUCTION CUP MEANS AND DEPOSITING SAID CONTAINER ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, AND AN ENDLESS, DRIVEN CHAIN HAVING A RUN THEREOF LYING GENERALLY IN THE PLANE OF SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS, SAID CHAIN HAVING MEANS THEREON AT SPACED INTERVALS FOR ENGAGING CONTAINERS DEPOSITED ON SAID ELONGATED SUPPORT MEANS.