Apparatus for removing articles from wire bakery screens

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APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ARTICLES SUPPORTED ON WIRE BAKERY SCREENS, SAID SCREENS EACH HAVING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY SPACED WIRES AND A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RUNGS, WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A TRACKWAY OVER WHICH SAID BAKERY SCREENS MAY BE MOVED, A SLOTTED AND GROOVED WHEEL MOUNTED WITHIN SAID TRACKWAY WITH ITS PERIPHERAL EDGE PROJECTING THEREABOVE, SAID WHEEL HAVING A SERIES OF RADIAL SLOTS SPACED TO CORRESPOND TO THE SPACING OF THE LONGITUDINAL WIRES OF SAID BAKERY SCREEN, SAID WHEEL HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED PERIPHERAL GROOVES FOR RECEIVING THE TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING RUNGS OF SAID BAKERY SCREEN, AN INDEXING CONVEYOR FOR MOVING SAID SCREENS ALONG SAID TRACKWAY IN TIMED SEQUENCE WITH THE ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL SO THAT THE RUNGS OF SAID BAKERY SCREEN WILL ENTER SAID PERIPHERAL GROOVES WHILE ITS LONGITUDINAL WIRES WILL ENTER SAID RADIAL SLOTS, WHEREUPON THE ARTICLES SUPPORTED BY SAID SCREEN WILL RIDE UP AND OVER THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID WHEEL PROJECTING ABOVE SAID TRACKWAY AND THROUGH SAID BAKERY SCREEN AND BE DEPOSITED ONTO A DELIVERY CONVEYOR, SAID BAKERY SCREEN PASSING THROUGH SAID WHEEL WHILE REMAINING ON SAID TRACKWAY, A SECOND INDEXING CONVEYOR FOR ENGAGING SAID BAKERY SCREEN PASSING THROUGH SAID WHEEL TO REMOVE IT THEREFROM, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID INDEXING CONVEYORS AND SAID SLOTTED WHEEL SYNCHRONOUSLY.