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A MACHINE FOR TRANSFERING ARTICLES FROM A CONVEYOR ROLL TRACK TO A PALLET COMPRISING A FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING A BASE CARRYING AXIALLY PARALLEL ROLLS OF THE TRACK; A PLURALITY OF RAILS BETWEEN SOME OF THE RESPECTIVE ROLLS OF THE TRACK AND PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY AND PARALLEL THEREFROM TO FORM A GRATED SHELF-LIKE PLATFORM; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE RAILS ON THE BASE AT THE ZONE OF THE PLATFORM ADJACENT THE TRACK TO FIX THE POSITION OF THE SHELF-LIKE PLATFORM, A CARRIAGE FOR TRAVEL SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE BASE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE AXIS OF THE ROLLS, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING A STAND; A PLURALITY OF BARS CARRIED ON THE STAND AND DISPOSABLE BETWEEN THE RAILS AND PROJECTING HORIZONTALLY AWAY FROM THE ROLLS TO FORM AN ELEVATOR PLATFORM ON THE STAND; MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM ON THE STAND AND WITH RESPECT TO THE BASE, THE LIMIT OF UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM BEING AT LEAST THE HEIGHT OF THE SHELF-LIKE PLATFORM SO THAT THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM CAN LIFT ARTICLES THEREFROM; PALLET SUPPORTING MEANS NEAR THE BASE AND UNDER THE ZONE OF MOVEMENT OF THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM BUT FROM UNDER THE FIXED SHELF-LIKE PLATFORM, GENERALLY VERTICALLY PROJECTING STRIPPER PRONGS MOUNTED FOR TURNING IN A COMMON PLANE AND BETWEEN THE BARS OF THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM, THE TURNING BEING ABOUT A LINE NEAR THE BASE OF A PALLET SUPPORTING MEANS SO AS TO TURN TO SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION AND VERTICALLY ALINE ARTICLES ON A PALLET ON THE SUPPORTING MEANS, THE LIMIT OF MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIAGE AWAY FROM THE CONVEYOR BEING SUFFICIENTLY GREAT FOR THE ELEVATOR PLATFORM TO CLEAR THE SHELF-LIKE PLATFORM.