Pallet loader

Claim 1

A PALLET LOADER COMPRISING AN ELEVATED PLATFORM, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A LAYER OF CARGO TO SAID PLATFORM, A PALLET CARRIER, A PALLET SUPPORT, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SUPPORT ON SAID CARRIER FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO AND TO SAID PLATFORM, SAID CARRIER AND SUPPORT HAVING A NORMAL LOCATION WHEREIN SAID CARRIER STRADDLES SAID PLATFORM WITH SAID SUPPORT DISPOSED BELOW SAID PLATFORM, SAID SUPPORT HAVING A FIRST OPERATIVE POSITION WHEREIN IT SUPPORTS A PALLET IMMEDIATELY BELOW SAID PLATFORM, A SCRAPER, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SCRAPER ON SAID CARRIER ABOVE SAID PLATFORM REARWARDLY OF SAID LAYER OF CARGO FOR UNITARY MOVEMENT WITH SAID CARRIER, SAID PLATFORM HAVING A FRONT EDGE, A YIELDABLE BARRIER, SAID BARRIER COMPRISING A RIGID GATE, MEANS HINGEDLY MOUNTING SAID GATE ON SAID FRONT EDGE OF SAID PLATFORM FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT FROM A VERTICAL BARRIER PROVIDING POSITION TO A HORIZONTAL OPEN POSITION, SPRING MEANS NORMALLY HOLDING SAID BARRIER IN SAID VERTICAL POSITION, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER AND SUPPORT FORWARDLY OF SAID PLATFORM WHEREBY SAID LAYER IS FIRST COMPACTED AGAINST SAID YIELDABLE BARRIER BY SAID SCRAPER AND THEREAFTER SCRAPED OFF OF SAID PLATFORM ONTO SAID PALLET UPON YIELDING OF SAID BARRIER, MEANS FOR LOWERING SAID SUPPORT TO A SECOND OPERATIVE POSITION LOCATING SAID LAYER ON A PLANE IMMEDIATELY BELOW SAID PLATFORM, MEANS FOR RETURNING SAID CARRIER AND SUPPORT TO SAID NORMAL LOCATION, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A SECOND LAYER OF CARGO TO SAID PLATFORM FORWARDLY OF SAID SCRAPER.