Conveyor transfer

Claim 1

A CONVEYING SYSTEM INCLUDING A TRANSFER FOR MOVING ARTICLES SIDEWAYS OFF THE MAIN CONVEYOR, COMPRISING: A MOVABLE MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN AN OPENING IN THE CONVEYING SURFACE OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT THEREOF; SAID MEMBER LYING BELOW SAID CONVEYING SURFACE OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR AND POSITIONED IN A SECOND PLANE INCLINED TO SAID CONVEYING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER BEING INCLINED THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LENGTH; SAID MEMBER MOVABLE IN SAID INCLINED SECOND PLANE TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE MAIN CONVEYOR; ROLLERS POSITIONED IN SAID OPENING ABOVE SAID MOVABLE MEMBER; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID ROLLERS TO PROVIDE POWERED CONVEYANCE ACROSS SAID OPENING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE OF SPEED TO ASSURE SEPARATION OF ARTICLES MOVING ALONG THE MAIN CONVEYOR; MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID MEMBER TOWARD SAID CONVEYING SURFACE, THE HEIGHT OF SAID MEANS PROGRESSIVELY DIFFERING FROM END TO END; THE TOP OF SAID MEANS LYING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID CONVEYING SURFACE AND NORMALLY LYING BELOW SAID CONVEYING SURFACE; AND SAID TOP OF SAID MEANS RISING BETWEEN SAID ROLLERS AND THROUGH AND ABOVE SAID CONVEYING SURFACE UPON SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER IN SAID SECOND PLANE FOR LIFTING AN ARTICLE FROM THE SURFACE OF THE ROLLERS AND MOVING IT SIDEWAYS FROM THE MAIN CONVEYOR WHILE MAINTAINING THE ARTICLE IN AN ATTITUDE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF SAID MAIN CONVEYOR AT ALL TIMES DURING SAID SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT.