Escapement mechanism for use with inclined track of automatic feeding apparatus

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH AN INCLINED CHANNEL TRACK OF AN AUTOMATIC ARTICLE FEEDING APPARATUS, OF AN ESCAPEMENT FOR THE REGULATED FEEDING OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE TRACK, COMPRISING, A BODY SUPPORTED ABOVE THE TRACK, SAID BODY HAVING A CHANNEL OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSSSECTION FORMED THEREIN, SAID CHANNEL INCLUDING SPACED, OPPOSED, PARALLEL WALLS AND A CONNECTING WALL, SAID CONNECTING WALL DISPOSED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TRACK AND SAID OPPOSED WALLS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID TRACK; A PINION FREELY ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID CONNECTING WALL IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID OPPOSED WALLS, A RACK MESHING WITH SAID PINION DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PINION AND EACH OF SAID OPPOSED WALLS, MEANS GUIDING SAID RACKS FOR MOVEMENT IN PARALLEL PATHS NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID TRACK, EACH SAID RACK HAVING AN END PORTION PROJECTING FROM SAID CHANNEL IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID TRACK, A FINGER CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID PROJECTING RACK ENDS AND ARRANGED FOR RECIPROCATION INTO AND OUT OF SAID CHANNEL TRACK, ONE OF SAID RACKS HAVING MEANS AT ITS OTHER END ENGAGEABLE FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT THEREOF, AND MEANS ON THE PROJECTING END OF EACH OF SAID RACKS FOR LIMITING THE MOVEMENT THEREOF IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID PINION.