Power filing appliance

Claim 1

A POWER FILING APPLIANCE OF A TYPE COMPOSED OF SEPARABLE PARTS FOR SHIPMENT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT CARD-CARRYING PANS HAVING SPACED ENDS WITH END WALLS AND THE PANS BEING MOVABLE IN A CONTINUOUS ORBIT OF TRAVEL INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER TURNING PORTIONS AND INTERMEDIATE VERTICAL PORTIONS; FIRST PAN-SUPPORT MEANS AT ONE END OF THE PANS AND INCLUDING A FIRST VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBER, VERTICALLY SPACED CHAIN-SUPPORT SPROCKETS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT MEMBER, A CONTINUOUS CHAIN MOUNTED ON THE SPROCKETS, A PAN-SUPPORT ARM FOR EACH PAN EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE CHAIN, A PAN-SUPPORT TRUNNION PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER END OF EACH PAN-SUPPORT ARM, A TRUNNIONMOUNTING PLATE ON THE END OF EACH TRUNNION REMOTE FROM THE ARM, PAN-STABILIZING GUIDE MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE ONE END OF EACH PAN AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE FIRST VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBER FOR STABILIZING THE PAN AT LEAST DURING THE TRAVEL OF THE PAN THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER TURNING PORTIONS OF THE ORBIT OF TRAVEL, AND PAN-STABILIZING BRACKET MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE ONE END OF EACH PAN FOR ENGAGING THE TRUNNION OF A NEXT ADJACENT PAN DURING THE TRAVEL OF THE PAN THROUGH THE VERTICAL PORTIONS OF THE ORBIT OF TRAVEL; SECOND PAN-SUPPORT MEANS AT THE OTHER END OF THE PANS AND INCLUDING A SECOND VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBER, VERTICALLY SPACED CHAINSUPPORT SPROCKETS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBER AT LEVELS CORRESPONDING TO THE CHAIN-SUPPORT SPROCKETS OF THE FIRST SUPPORT MEANS, A CONTINUOUS CHAIN MOUNTED ON THE SPROCKETS, A PAN SUPPORT ARM FOR EACH PAN EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE CHAIN, AND A PAN-SUPPORT TRUNNION PIVOTALLY CONECTED TO THE OUTER END OF EACH PAN-SUPPORT ARM, A TRUNNION MOUNTING PLATE ON THE END OF EACH TRUNNION REMOTE FROM THE ARM, PAN-STABILIZING GUIDE MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH PAN AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE SECOND VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBER FOR STABILIZING THE PAN AT LEAST DURING THE TRAVEL OF THE PAN THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER TURNING POSITIONS OF THE ORBIT OF TRAVEL, AND PAN-STABILIZING BRACKET MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH PAN FOR ENGAGING THE TRUNNION OF A NEXT ADJACENT PAN DURING THE TRAVEL OF THE PAN THROUGH THE VERTICAL PORTIONS OF THE ORBIT OF TRAVEL; THE PAN-STABILIZING BRACKET MEANS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER END AND HAVING A TRUNNION-RECEIVING NOTCH IN ONE OF SAID ENDS; AND EACH TRUNNION MOUNTING PLATE BEING DETACHABLY MOUNTED TO AN END WALL OF ONE PAN, WHEREBY THE FIRST AND SECOND PAN-SUPPORT MEANS AND THE PANS CONSTITUTE SEPARATE SUBASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE PACKAGEABLE FOR SHIPMENT IN READILY HANDLED CONTAINERS.