Dumping conveyor system

Claim 1

IN A DUMPING CONVEYOR SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A SERIES OF CARRIERS, EACH SAID CARRIER HAVING A SUPPORT THEREON FOR SUPPORTING A LOAD, SAID SUPPORT BEING MOVABLE ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE CARRIER FROM A LOAD SUPPORTING POSITION TO A LOAD DUMPING POSITION, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID CARRIERS IN A PREDETERMINED PATH, A CAM TRACK POSITIONED AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS ALONG SAID PATH, AN ACTUATOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON EACH SAID CARRIER ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF THE CARRIER, SAID ACTUATOR BEING ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY ENGAGE SAID CAN TRACK AND BE POSITIVELY GUIDED THEREBY, LINKAGE MEANS MECHANICALLY OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID ACTUATOR TO SAID SUPPORT, THE SHAPE OF SAID CAM TRACK BEING SUCH THAT WHEN SAID ACTUATOR ENGAGES SAID CAM TRACK SAID SUPPORT IS MOVED IN A PREDETERMINED CONTROLLED MANNER FROM A LOAD SUPPORTING TO A LOAD DUMPING POSITION AND BACK TO A LOAD SUPPORTING POSITION, A PORTION OF SAID CAM TRACK BEING MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF THE PATH OF SAID ACTUATOR, CONTROL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CAM TRACK FOR SAID MOVABLE PORTION OF SAID CAM TRACK, AND MEANS ON EACH SAID CARRIER FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING SAID CONTROL MEANS.