Slide reject conveyor

Claim 1

A SLIDE REJECT CONVEYOR UNIT FOR RECEIVING LINEARLY MOVING ARTICLES FROM AN ARTICLE CLASSIFYING DEVICE AND DIRECTING THE ARTICLES ALONG ANY ONE OF THE THREE PATHS, NAMELY, A LONGITUDINAL PATH, A RIGHT PATH AND A LEFT PATH, SAID LATTER PATHS DIVERGING FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL PATH; AND UNIT COMPRISING A SLIDE PLATFORM, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID PLATFORM FOR RECEIVING ARTICLES FROM THE CLASSIFYING DEVICE, SAID SIDE PLATFORM COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CENTRAL SECTION HAVING A SMOOTH, FLAT ARTICLE SUPPORTING FACE THAT IS INCLINED DOWNWARDLY FROM ITS ARTICLE RECEIVING END, SAID CENTRAL SECTION BEING HORIZONTAL IN LATERL SECTION FOR PASSING ARTICLES ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL PATH AND OFF THE END OF THE UNIT, SAID PLATFORM HAVING A WING SECTION JOINING EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION, EACH WING SECTION HAVING A SMOOTH, FLAT ARTICLE SUPPORTNG FACE INCLINED DOWNWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION, SAID WING SECTION FACES FORMING SMOOTH, LATERAL CONTINUATIONS OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION FACE FOR PASSING ARTICLES ALONG ONE OF SID DIVERGENT PATHS AND OFF THE END OF THE UNITS, THE JUNCTION LINES BETWEEN SECTIONS AND THE LONGITUDIANAL AXIS OF THE CENTRAL SECTION CONVERGING IN THE DOWNSTREAM DIRECTION BY A RELATIVELY SMALL ACUTE ANGLE FOR PROVIDING A GRAVITY FORCE COMPONENT ON ARTICLES THAT SLIDE ALONG SAID WING SECTIONS WHICH ANGUMENTS THE GRAVITY COMPONENT RESULTING FROM THE DOWNWARD INCLINATION OF SAID CENTRAL SECTION IN URGING THE ARTICLES LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE WING SECTIONS AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY DEFLECTING ARTICLES FROM SAID CENTRAL SECTION TO EITHER WING SECTION.