Transfer apparatus

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING TUMBLERS AND LIKE ARTICLES COMPRISING A VERTICAL POST, A SPIDER MOUNTED ON SAID POST FOR ROTATION IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED ARMS MOUNTED ON SAID SPIDER FOR REVOLUTION WITH SAID SPIDER ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID POST, A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED ARTICLE SUPPORTING PLATENS CARRIED BY EACH ARM AND BEING ADAPTED TO LOOSELY RETAIN IN ARTICLE RECEIVED THEREBETWEEN IN INVERTED POSITION, ONE OF SAID PAIRS OF PLATENS BEING FIXED TO THE END OF SAID ARM, THE OTHER PLANTEN OF SAID PAIR OF PLATENS IS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID ARM FOR HORIZONTAL SWINGING MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID ARM, SAID ARM EACH BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SPIDER FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS OF EACH ARM, MEANS OPERABLE UPON REVOLUTION OF SAID ARMS ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID POST FOR CAUSING THE SAME TO TURN OVER IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANES OF SWINGING MOVEMENT, A CIRCULAR CAM CONNECTED TO THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID SPIDER, MEANS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CIRCULAR CAM AND RESPONSIVE TO THE CONTOUR OF SAID CAM FOR LATERALLY SHIFTING THE UPRIGHT ARTICLES FROM BETWEEN SAID PLATENS TO A CONVEYOR AND MEANS FOR REVOLVING SAID SPIDER ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID POST.