Article handling apparatus

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOPPER, MEANS MOUNTING SAID HOPPER FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF ARTICLE RECEIVING POSITION, A CONVEYOR FOR SUPPLYING ARTICLES TO SAID HOPPER, POWER MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYOR, AN ELECTRICAL CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SAID POWER MEANS, A SWITCH IN SAID ELECTRICAL CONTROL CIRCUIT MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID HOPPER AND ADAPTED WHEN ACTUATED TO MAINTAIN OPERATION OF SAID CONVEYOR, A SWITCH ACTUATING ARM CONNECTED WITH SAID HOPPER AND OPERABLE TO RETAIN SAID SWITCH IN ACTUATED CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE TIME SAID HOPPER IS IN ARTICLE RECEIVING POSITION, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOPPER AND OPERABLE WHEN SAID HOPPER IS OUT OF ARTICLE RECEIVING POSITION TO PREVENT SAID SWITCH ACTUATING ARM FROM ACTUATING SAID SWITCH.