Reversing belt conveyor apparatus

Claim 1

A REVERSING BELT CONVEYOR APPARATUS FOR A STREAM OF OVERLAPPING NEWSPAPERS, WEEKLY MAGAZINES AND SIMILAR PRINTED ARTICLES HAVING A FOLDED BACK EDGE AND AN OPPOSITE CUT FRONT EDGE, COMPRISING AN UPPER ENDLESS BELT CONVEYOR DRIVEN IN ONE DIRECTION AND A LOWER ENDLESS BELT CONVEYOR DRIVEN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO REVERSE THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF THE UPPER CONVEYOR, A STOP MEMBER LOCATED IN FRONT OF SAID DISCHARGE END AND FORMING AN ABUTMENT FOR THE NEWSPAPERS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID STOP MEMBER AND SAID DISCHARGE END BEING SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THE WIDTH BETWEEN THE TRAILING AND LEADING EDGES OF THE NEWSPAPERS, SAID DISCHARGE END INCLUDING DRIVEN FEEDER MEMBERS CONCENTRIC WITH THE PULLEYS OF THE UPPER CONVEYOR AT ITS DISCHARE END AND HAVING A PERIPHERY FOR ENGAGMENT WITH THE TRAILING EDGES OF THE NEWSPAPERS WHEN THEIR LEADING EDGES ABUT SAID STOP MEMBER SO AS TO RAPIDLY URGE THE NEWSPAPERS DOWN TO THE LOWER CONVEYOR, SAID FEEDER WHEELS BEING PROVIDED ALSO TO ENGAGE THE STREAM OF NEWSPAPERS WHEN MOVING IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE LOWER CONVEYOR, AND IN WHICH THE LOWER CONVEYOR FORMS THE END PORTION OF A SURFACE FOR RECEIVING THE NEWSPAPERS FROM THE UPPER CONVEYOR, THE OPPOSITE END PORTION OF SAID SURFACE BEING FORMED BY THE END OF AN INTERMEDIATE ENDLESS BELT CONVEYOR DRIVEN IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE UPER CONVEYOR AND PROVIDED TO RECEIVE THE LEADING EDGES OF THE NEWSPAPERS LEAVING THE DISCHARGE END OF THE UPPER CONVEYOR, SAID STOP MEMBER BEING ASSOCIATED WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE CONVEYOR AND PROVIDED TO BE RAISED TO PERMIT THE NEWSPAPERS TO PASS ON TO SAID INTERMEDIATE CONVEYOR WHEN DESIRED.