Article-registering means for a decorating machine

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, AN ARTICLE SUPPORT ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS, MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE ARTICLE SUPPORT AT AN INITIAL SELECTED REGISTERING POSITION ABOUT SAID AXIS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A FEED SCREW ROTATABLE WITH THE ARTICLE SUPPORT, A STOP MEMBER FIXED TO SAID FEED SCREW FOR ROTATION THEREWITH ABOUT SAID AXIS, A STOP NUT THREADED ON SAID FEED SCREW AND POSITIONED AXIALLY ADJACENT SAID STOP MEMBER, SAID STOP MEMBER AND SAID STOP NUT HAVING STOP PORTIONS WHICH PROJECT TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND ARE NORMALLY ANGULARLY ENGAGED, MEANS FOR NORMALLY PREVENTING BODILY ROTATION OF SAID NUT ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AN ANGULARLY FIXED SUPPORT ADJACENT SAID NUT, AND AN INTERENGAGING SPLINE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID NUT AND SAID SUPPORT OF LIMITED AXIAL EXTENT SO THAT UPON ROTATION OF THE ARTICLE AND THE FEED SCREW IN ONE DIRECTION, THE STIP NUT WILL MOVE AXIALLY AWAY FROM THE STOP MEMBER TO MOVE THE STOP MEMBERS THEREOF ANGULARLY OUT OF CONTACT AND AXIALLY INTO NONINTERFERING POSITIONS WITH THE SPLINE CONNECTION STILL IN ENGAGEMENT BUT CONTINUED ROTATION OF THE FEED SCREW IN THE SAME DIRECTION PRODUCING CONTINUED AXIAL SEPARATION OF THE STOP NUT AND STOP MEMBER WILL MOVE SAID SPLINE CONNECTION AXIALLY OUT OF ENGAGEMENT.