Article transfer mechanism

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE TRANSFER MECHANISM, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING: TRANSFER MEANS MOUNTED FOR OSCILLATING MOVEMENT; ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TRANSFER MEANS AND SPACED FROM THE OSCILLATION AXIS THEREO, SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS BEING MOUNTED FOR OSCILLATION ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE OSCILLATION AXIS OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS; DRIVE MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID TRANSFER MEANS; FIRST, ARTICLE POSITION GOVERNING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID TRANSFER MEANS AND SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS AND AUTOMATICALLY OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE ROTATING MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION AND IN RESPONSE TO THE TERMINAL PORTION OF THE ROTATING MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO ROTATE SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID TRANSFER MEANS SO AS TO CAUSE SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS TO REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ITS INITIAL POSITION; AND SECOND, ARTICLE POSITION GOVERNING MEANS CONNECTING SAID DRIVE MEANS WITH SAID FIRST ARTICLE POSITION GOVERNING MEANS AND AUTOMATICALLY OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATION OF SAID DRIVE MEANS TO CAUSE SAID FIRST ARTICLE POSITION GOVERNING MEANS TO ROTATE AND REORIENT SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS TO A ROTATE AND RECLINED RELATIVE TO ITS INITIAL POSITION WHILE SAID TRANSFER MEANS MOVES THROUGH AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID ROTATING MOVEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION AND TO COUNTER ROTATE SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS TO RESTORE IT FROM ITS REORIENTED POSITION TO A POSITION PARALLEL TO ITS INITIAL POSITION WHILE SAID TRANSFER MEANS MOVES THROUGH AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID ROTATING MOVEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION; SAID FIRST ARTICLE POSITION GOVERNING MEANS BEING AUTOMATICALLY OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE TERMINAL PORTION OF SAID ROTATING MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS IN SAID ONE DIRECTION AND THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE ROTATING MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO MAINTAIN SAID ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS PARALLEL TO ITS REORIENTED POSITION.