Roller bed conveyor

Claim 1

IN A STORAGE AND CONVEYING SYSTEM, (A) A FRAME STRUCTURE, (B) A STORAGE AND CONVEYOR BED HAVING OPPOSITE INLET AND OUTLET ENDS AND COMPRISING A PLAURALITY OF ALIGNED CONVEYOR BED SECTIONS IN TANDEM RELATIONSHIP, (E) EACH OF SAID SECTIONS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CONVEYOR ROLLERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, (D) BEARING MEANS ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE JOURNALLING SAID ROLLERS AT AXIALLY SPACED PORTIONS THEREOF AND ON SPACED PARALLEL AXES, (E) INLET FEEDING MEANS INCLUDING A TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR ELEMENT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE INLET END OF SAID CONVEYOR BED AND A TRANSFER ELEMENT FOR FEEDING TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING ROWS OF ARTICLES FROM THE TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR ELEMENT TO THE INLET END OF SAID CONVEYOR BELT IN SUCCESSION, (F) CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING AN ARTICLE ENGAGING CONROL ELEMENT ADJACENT SAID TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR AND OPERATIVE TO CONTROL SAID TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR TO CAUSE ARTICLES DELIVERED THERETO TO BE DISPOSED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON SAID TRANSVERSE CONVEYOR, (G) INDEPENDENT DRIVE MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID CONVEYOR BED SECTIONS FOR IMPARTING ROTARY MOVEMENT TO THE ROLLERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTIONS, (H) AND CONTROL MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLING EACH OF SAID INDEPENDENT DRIVE MEANS AND INCLUDING CONTROL MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING SAID SECTION ADJACENT SAID INLET FEEDING MEANS TO DISPOSED SAID ROWS OF ARTICLES IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CONVEYOR BED.