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AN AUTOMATIC MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM FOR A CONVEYOR ON WHICH RESTS A LOADED FIRST PALLET TO TRANSFER SAID LOAD TO A SECOND PALLET, COMPRISING A CONVEYOR, A FIRST AND A SECOND MEANS HINGED AT ONE SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR, SAID FIRST MEANS EXTENDING UNDER A FIRST PALLET, SAID SECOND MEANS EXTENDING OVER A LOAD ON SAID FIRST PALLET AND ADJUSTABLY ENGAGING SAID LOAD, MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID FIRST PALLET FOR TILTING AS A UNIT IN A VERTICAL PLANE SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND MEANS AND SAID LOAD AND SAID FIRST PALLET AWAY FROM SAID CONVEYOR AT AN ANGLE TO RELIEVE SAID FIRST PALLET OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID LOAD, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE TILT OF SAID UNIT AT SAID ANGLE FOR RETURNING SAID FIRST MEANS AND SAID FIRST PALLET TO SAID CONVEYOR SEPARATELY FROM SAID SECOND MEANS AND SAID LOAD, MEANS FOR REPLACING THE RE TURNED SAID FIRST PALLET ON SAID FIRST MEANS WITH A SECOND PALLET, MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID SECOND PALLET FOR TILTING SAID FIRST MEANS AND SAID SECOND PALLET TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND PALLET WITH THE TILTED SAID LOAD, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE TILTED POSITION OF SAID FIRST MEANS AND SAID SECOND PALLET FOR RETURNING AS A UNIT SAID SECOND PALLET AND SAID LOAD TO SAID CONVEYOR.