Automatic can replacing apparatus for -a drawing frame

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC CAN REPLACING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH DRAWING FRAMES, COMPRISING A BED HAVING A PLURALITY OF AT LEAST THREE SIDE BY SIDE ROWS OF CAN POSITIONS THEREON, TWO OUTSIDE ROWS AND AT LEAST ONE CENTRAL ROW BETWEEN SAID OUTSIDE ROWS, A GUIDE PASSAGEWAY ON THE SURFACE OF SAID BED AND EXTENDING FROM THE END OF ONE OUTSIDE ROW TO THE CORRESPONDING END OF THE OTHER OUTSIDE ROW FOR GUIDING CANS FROM SAID ONE OUTSIDE ROW TO THE OTHER OUTSIDE ROW ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE BED, CAN TRANSFER MEANS EXTENDING ALONG SAID EACH OUTSIDE ROW OF CAN POSITIONS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE CANS AT EACH OF THE CAN POSITIONS IN THE OUTSIDE ROWS, CAN TRANSFER DRIVING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID CAN TRANSFER MEANS ALONG SAID ONE OUTSIDE ROW OF CAN POSITIONS FOR MOVING CANS IN SAID ROW ALONG SAID ROW TOWARD SAID GUIDE PASSAGEWAY A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE PITCH OF THE CAN POSITIONS, AND COUPLED TO SAID CAN TRANSFER MEANS ALONG SAID OTHER OUTSIDE ROW OF CAN POSITIONS FOR MOVING CANS IN SAID LAST-MENTIONED ROW ALONG THE ROW AWAY FROM SAID GUIDE PASSAGEWAY A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE PITCH OF THE CAN POSITIONS, A MOVABLE PLATE ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF SAID OTHER OUTSIDE ROW OF CAN POSITIONS, PLATE MOVING MEANS ON WHICH SAID PLATE IS MOUNTED FOR MOVING SAID PLATE TRANSVERSELY OF SAID OTHER OUTSIDE ROW TOWARD THE SAID ONE OUTSIDE ROW A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF THE ROW, AND ACTUATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID CAN TRANSFER DRIVING MEANS AND TO SAID PLATE MOVING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CAN TRANSFER DRIVING MEANS PERIODICALLY AND FOR ACTUATING SAID PLATE MOVING MEANS EACH TIME SAID CAN TRANSFER DRIVING MEANS HAS BEEN ACTUATED A NUMBER OF TIMES EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF CAN POSITIONS IN SAID ROWS.