Packet ejector with optional latch

Claim 1

ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR A PACKAGE-EJECTING MECHANISM TO BE SELECTIVELY PRE-SET FOR AUTOMATIC OR MANUALLYCONTROLLED EJECTING ACTION, AND COMPRISING, NAMELY: AN EJECTOR SHAFT TO BE ADVANCED UNIDIRECTIONALLY STEP-BYSTEP; A RATCHET WHEEL FAST WITH SAID SHAFT; A RECIPROCABLE DRIVING PAWL FOR ADVANCING SAID RATCHET WHEEL IN STEPS, SAID PAWL BEING PROVIDED WITH LATCH MEANS; COOPERATIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC AND SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING WITH SAID PAWL FOR RECIPROCATING THE SAME; AND SELECTIVELY PRE-SET LATCH MEANS FOR SAID PAWL INCLUDING A LATCH LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THERETO AND HAVING A LATCHING PART COOPERABLE WITH THE LATCH MEANS ON SAID DRIVING PAWL DISPOSED FOR MOVEMENT INTO LATCHING RELATION WITH SAID PAWL IN A CERTAIN POSITION THEROF RESPONSIVE TO ROCKING OF THE LATCH LEVER IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, AND MOVABLE OUT OF SAID LATCHING RELATION RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION; SPRING-ATTACHMENT MEANS ON SAID LATCH LEVER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROCKING AXIS THEREOF TOGETHER WITH SELECTOR SPRING MEANS HAVING OPTIONAL OPERATIVE CONNECTION WITH SAID LATCH LEVER AT ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE ATTACHMENT MEANS ON RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROCKING AXIS THEREOF AS AFORESAID AND EFFECTIVE TO URGE THE LATCH LEVER EITHER IN SAID CERTAIN DIRECTION OR OPPOSITELY THERETO DEPENDING UPON WHICH OF SAID OPTIONAL CONNECTIONS IS USED, WHEREBY SAID LEVER IS RENDERED EFFECTIVE TO LATCH THE PAWL OR RENDERED INOPERATIVE FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS HAVING AN IMPOSITIVE DRIVING RELATION WITH SAID LATCH LEVER FOR MOVING THE SAME OUT OF LATCHING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PAWL.