Bottle decasing apparatus

Claim 1

IN APPARTUS FOR UNLOADING BOTTLES FROM A CASE ON A CASE CONVEYOR TO A BOTTLE CONVEYOR, A FRAME FOR SAID APPARATUS, A PORTION OF SAID APPARATUS DISPOSED ABOVE SAID ADJACENT SAID CASE CONVEYOR, MEANS ADJACENT SAID CASE CONVEYOR SENSING THE PRESENCE OF A CASE THEREON IN THE AREA OF SAID APPARATUS, MEANS FOR TRANSLATING SAID BOTTLES FROM SAID CASE TO SAID BOTTLE CONVEYOR SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME AND MOVABLE THEREON AND THEREWITHIN, SECOND SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CONTACT BY SAID TRANSLATION MEANS UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT TO SAID CASE, MEANS IN SAID TRANSLATION MEANS FOR CLAMPING SAID CASE-HELD BOTTLES RESPONSIVE TO SAID SECOND SENSING MEANS, THIRD SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO UPWARD TRAVEL OF SAID TRANSLATION MEANS FROM SAID CASE, MEANS FOR PROJECTING SAID TRANSLATION MEANS IN ITS ELEVATED PLANE FROM ITS POSITION ABOVE SAID CASE TO A POSITION ABOVE SAID BOTTLE CONVEYOR RESPONSIVE TO SAID THIRD SENSING MEANS, FOURTH SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO PROJECT MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSLATION MEANS, SAID BOTTLE CLAMPING MEANS OPERATIVELY RESPONSIVE TO SAID FOURTH SENSING MEANS TO UNCLAMP SAID BOTTLES FOR DISCHARGE TO SAID BOTTLE CONVEYOR, FIFTH SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO RETURN MOVEMENT OF A CONTACT WITH SAID TRANSLATION MEANS FOR INITIATION OF ANOTHER CYCLE OF OPERATION BY SAID TRANSLATION MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF SENSING MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONJOINED WITH PLUALITY OF SENSING MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONJOINED WITH SAID BOTTLE TRANSLATION MEANS, SAID CASE SENSING MEANS ON SAID CASE CONVEYOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONJOINED ROLLERS DISPOSED SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID CONVEYOR IN CASE STOPPING POSITION, HINGED SUPPORTS FOR SAID ROLLERS, A HYDRAULIC POWER DEVICE ASSOCIATEDLY CONNECTED WITH SAID SUPPORTS AND RESPONSIVE TO CONTACT RESPONSIVE MEANS SENSING SAID CASE MOUNTED ON SAID CONVEYOR, SAID ROLLERS BEING RETRACTABLE INTO THE PLANE OF SAID CASE CONVEYOUR AND PROJECTABLE FROM SAID PLANE INTO CASE BLOCKING ATTITUDE BY SAID LATTER POWER DEVICE.