Blocking means for article accumulator

Claim 1

IN AN ARTICLE ACCUMULATOR CONSTRUCTION WHICH INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS EACH ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AN ARTICLE THEREON, MOTOR MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY DRIVING THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS AND DETECTING MEANS ASSCIATED WITH EACH SECTION FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN ARTICLE ON A SECTION AND ACTUATING MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY STOPPING THE MOTOR MEANS OF EACH SECTION WHEREBY ARTICLES CAN BE ACCUMULATED ON THE CONSTRUCTION, SAID SECTIONS BEING ARRANGED WHEREBY ARTICLES RESTING ON A PARTICULAR SECTION AFTER STOPPING OF THE MOTOR MEANS THEREFOR WILL BE IN POSITION FOR TRANSFER TO A SUCCEEDING SECTION UPON RESTARTING OF THE MOTOR MEANS FOR SUCH SUCCEEDING SECTION, THE IMPROVEMENT IN SUCH CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A GATE ASSEMBLY ADJACENT THE DISCHARGE END OF EACH OF SAID SECTIONS, THE GATE ASSEMBLY FOR EACH SECTION BEING ADAPTED TO BLOCK THE MOVEMENT OF AN ARTICLE FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF EACH SECTION TO A SUCCEEDING SECTION, SAID ASSEMBLY INCLUDING STOP MEANS, MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTING SAID STOP MEANS, DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOUNTING MEANS WHEREBY SAID STOP MEANS CAN BE POSITIONED IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF ARTICLES ON SAID SECTIONS AND WHEREBY SAID STOP MEANS CAN BE MOVED OUT OF SAID PATH WHEN SAID ARTICLES ARE TO BE PASSED TO A SUCCEEDING SECTION OF SAID ACCUMULATOR, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING THE DRIVE MEANS FOR THE GATE ASSEMBLY OF A PARTICULAR SECTION RESPONSIVE TO THE STOPPING OF THE MOTOR MEANS FOR AN IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDING SECTION.