Machine for palletizing cans

Claim 1

IN A CAN PALLETIZING MACHINE, A HORIZONTAL CONVEYOR FOR MOVING A PALLET FROM A FIRST POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION REARWARD OF SAID FIRST POSITION, AN ELEVATOR FOR RAISING SAID PALLET UPWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND POSITION AND THEN LOWERING SAID PALLET IN INCREMENTS, SAID ELEVATOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF FORKS SHAPED TO ENGAGE UNDER A PALLET, SAID FORKS LOCATED ON ONE SIDE OF THE MACHINE, VERTICAL GUIDEWAYS ON SAID SIDE OF SAID MACHINE, GUIDE MEANS ON SAID FORKS FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT ON SAID GUIDEWAYS, CHAINS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID FORKS, ELECTRIC MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CHAINS IN UNISON, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT FOR SAID ELECTRIC MEANS, A SWITCH IN SAID CIRCUIT FOR LOWERING SAID FORKS, MEANS ACTUATING SAID SWITCH TO LOWER SAID FORKS THE HEIGHT OF ONE LAYER OF CANS, AND A CAN LOADING MECHANISM AT THE TOP OF SAID ELEVATOR, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL PLATFORM ALONGSIDE SAID ELEVATOR, GUIDE MEANS FOR GUIDING AT LEAST ONE ROW OF CANS ONTO SAID PLATFORM, A PUSHER BAR RECIPROCABLE ACROSS SAID PLATFORM AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PUSHER BAR TO PUSH A ROW OF CANS OFF SAID PLATFORM AND ONTO A PALLET ON SAID ELEVATOR.