Deflector device for conveyors and the like

Claim 2

A MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONVEYOR MEANS FOR ROUTING THE FLOW OF MATERIAL AWAY FROM SAID CONVEYOR INCLUDING RETRACTABLE AND EXTENDIBLE DEFLECTOR MEANS COMPRISING A FRAME, ROTATABLE ARM MEANS CARRIED ON PIVOT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, PULLEY MEANS JOURNALLED ON SAID PIVOT MEANS AND JOURNALLED ON SHAFT MEANS AT THE END OF SAID ARM MEANS OPPOSITE SAID PIVOT MEANS, BELT MEANS CARRIED ON SAID PULLEY MEANS, DRIVING MEANS FOR SAID BELT MEANS, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ARM MEANS TO RETRACT AND EXTEND SAID ARM MEANS TO PERMIT FLOW ALONG SAID CONVEYOR WHEN SAID ARMS ARE RETRACTED AND DEFLECT MATERIAL AWAY FROM SAID CONVEYOR WHEN EXTENDED, SAID ROTATABLE ARM MEANS COMPRISING A SUPPORT PORTION CARRIED ON SAID PIVOT MEANS AND A TELESCOPING PORTION CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT PORTION AND MOUNTED FOR LIMITED MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID PIVOT MEANS, SAID SHAFT MEANS BEING JOURNALLED IN SAID TELESCOPING PORTION AT THE END THEREOF OPPOSITE SAID PIVOT MEANS, SAID TELESCOPING PORTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM PIVOT MEANS WHEN SAID ARM MEANS ARE EXTENDED AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY WITHDRAWN INTO SAID SUPPORT PORTION WHEN SAID ARM MEANS IS RETRACTED.

Claim 3

A CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR PACKAGED MATERIAL, INCLUDING CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS FOR DEFLECTING SAID MATERIAL ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO A LOCATION OFF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AND FOR PROVIDING A COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF PACKAGES DEFLECTED FROM SAID CONVEYOR MEANS COMPRISING RETRACTABLE AND EXTENDIBLE DEFLECTOR MEANS POSITIONED ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING MOVING BELT MEANS POSITIONED TO FORM A MOVING WALL MEANS, SAID WALL MEANS MOVING IN A DIRECTION AT AN OBTUSE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF PACKAGES ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, SAID MOVING WALL HAVING A LINEAR SPEED WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED OF SAID PACKAGES ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS WHEREBY SAID MOVING WALL EFFECTS A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF EACH OF SAID PACKAGES AND CREATES A GAP BETWEEN THE TRAILING EDGE OF EACH PACKAGE AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FOLLOWING PACKAGE, AND PACKAGE ACTUATED COUNTING MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AND DEFLECTOR MEANS AT THE LOCATION ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS WHERE SAID GAP OCCURS, SAID COUNTING MEANS BEING ACTIVATED WHEN A BUNDLE PASSES THEREOVER AND TO BE DEACTIVATED WHEN SAID GAP BETWEEN SAID PACKAGES OCCURS, SAID CONVEYOR MEANS COMPRISING TWO SEPARATE BI-DIRECTIONALLY OPERATING CONVEYORS POSITIONED IN END-TO-END RELATION AND SAID DEFLECTOR MEANS POSITIONED AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID CONVEYORS.

Claim 4

A CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR PACKAGED MATERIAL, INCLUDING CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS FOR DEFLECTING SAID MATERIAL ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO A LOCATION OFF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AND FOR PROVIDING A COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF PACKAGES DEFLECTED FROM SAID CONVEYOR MEANS COMPRISING RETRACTABLE AND EXTENDIBLE DEFLECTOR MEANS POSITIONED ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR MEANS HAVING MOVING BELT MEANS POSITIONED TO FORM A MOVING WALL MEANS, SAID WALL MEANS MOVING IN A DIRECTION AT AN OBTUSE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF PACKAGES ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, SAID MOVING WALL HAVING A LINEAR SPEED WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED OF SAID PACKAGES ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS WHEREBY SAID MOVING WALL EFFECTS A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF EACH OF SAID PACKAGES AND CREATES A GAP BETWEEN THE TRAILING EDGE OF EACH PACKAGE AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FOLLOWING PACKAGE, AND PACKAGE ACTUATED COUNTING MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AND DEFLECTOR MEANS AT THE LOCATION ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS WHERE SAID GAP OCCURS, SAID COUNTING MEANS BEING ACTIVATED WHEN A BUNDLE PASSES THEREOVER AND TO BE DEACTIVATED WHEN SAID GAP BETWEEN SAID PACKAGES OCCURS, SAID CONVEYOR MEANS COMPRISING TWO SEPARATE BI-DIRECTIONALLY OPERATING CONVEYORS POSITIONED IN END-TO-END RELATION AND SAID DEFLECTOR MEANS POSITIONED AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID CONVEYORS.