Transport and discharge device for pieces of pasty material

Claim 1

A TRANSPORT AND DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR PIECES OF DOUGH, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A MOVABLE CONVEYOR MEANS; A PLURALITY OF CARRIERS FOR PLACING THEREUPON THE MATERIAL TO TRANSPORTED TO A DISCHARGE LOCATION; A SUPPORT MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID CARRIERS, EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING AN ARM PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE END TO THE CONVEYOR AND AT THE OTHER END TO THE RESPECTIVE CARRIER, THE PIVOTAL AXES OF SAID ARMS BEING PARALLEL TO AND TRANSVERSE OF THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID CONVEYOR, THE AXIS OF THE PIVOT CONNECTIONS OF THE ARMS AT THE CONVEYORS COINCIDING WITH THE MIDAXIS OF THE RESPECTIVE CARRIER AND THE AXIS OF THE PIVOT CONNECTIONS OF THE ARMS AT THE RESPECTIVE CARRIER BEING SPACED APART FROM SAID MIDAXIS, AND A BRACKET EXTENDING FROM SAID ARM AND UNDERLYING THE RESPECTIVE CARRIER INTERMEDIATE SAID PIVOT AXES TO SUPPORT THE SAME IN A MATERIAL SUPPORTING UPWARDLY FACING POSITION; AND DISCHARGE MEANS STATIONARILY MOUNTED AT SAID DISCHARGE LOCATION, SAID DISCHARGE MEANS INCLUDING LEVER MEANS ENGAGING SUCCESSIVE CARRIERS UPON ARRIVAL THEREOF AT SAID DISCHARGE LOCATION, PIVOTING OF THE LEVER MEANS WHEN ENGAGED IMPARTING TO THE CARRIERS ONE BY ONE A SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS OF THE ARMS AT THE CARRIER FROM SAID SUPPORT POSITION INTO A DOWNWARDLY FACING DISCHARGE POSITION, AND STATIONARILY MOUNTED STOP MEANS INTERCEPTING THE TILTING MOVEMENT OF EACH CARRIER IN SAID DISCHARGE POSITION THEREBY ABRUPTLY ARRESTING THE TILTING MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIER TO SUBJECT THE SAME TO A JAR CAUSING AN INSTANT DISCHARGE OF THE MATERIAL SUPPORTED THEREON.