Magazine stackerts

Claim 1

A MAGAZINE STACKER, FOR RECEIVING SUCCESSIVE WAFERLIKE ARTICLE OF LIKE CONTOURS FROM A CONVEYOR TRAVELING LONGITUDINALLY WITH ITS UPPER SURFACES IN A PLANE OF A GIVEN PATH AND TRAVELING DOWNWARDLY ABOUT A ROLLER WHEN LEAVING THE PATH, COMPRISING: A RECEIVING UNIT MOUNTED AT A FIXED POSITION ADJACENT THE ROLLER, A CHUTE FOR THE RECEIVING UNIT MOUNTED ADJACENT THE ROLLER AND HAVING AN ENTRANCE EDGE DISPOSED ADJACENT TO BUT BENEATH THE PLANE OF THE GIVEN PATH SO THAT THE SUCCESSIVE ARTICLES WILL MOVE OVER THE ENTRANCE EDGE AND INTO THE CHUTE, MAGAZINES SINGLY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE SUCCESSIVE ARTICLES IN STACKED FORMATION FROM THE RECEIVING UNIT AND BE REMOVED FROM THE RECEIVING UNIT WHEN FILLED WITH THE ARTICLES, ELEMENTS ADAPTED TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT THE MAGAZINES SINGLY IN COOPERATION WITH THE RECEIVING UNIT, MEANS DISPOSED IN THE RECEIVING UNIT TO REMOVABLY RECEIVE AND LOCATE THE UPPER END OF EACH MAGAZINE RELATIVE TO THE CHUTE, MEANS DISPOSED IN THE RECEIVING UNIT TO CONVEY THE ARTICLES FROM THE CHUTE TO THE MAGAZINE, THE RECEIVING UNIT HAVING A PASSAGEWAY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUALING THE WIDTH OF EACH ARTICLE EXTENDING FROM THE CHUTE TO THE MAGAZINE, AND A MOUTH FOR THE CHUTE OPEN WIDE AT THE ENTRANCE EDGE AND HAVING GUIDE SURFACES CURVING INWARDLY TO THE PASSAGEWAY.