Pastry filling machine

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, A MAIN FRAME; A LIQUID CONTAINER DISPOSED ABOVE THE FRAME; CONVEYOR MEANS DISPOSED ON THE FRAME UNDER THE CONTAINER; MEANS TO MOVE THE CONVEYOR MEANS WHILE THE DEVICE IS IN OPERATION; A NOZZLE FRAME CARRIED BY THE MAIN FRAME; MEANS TO MOVE THE NOZZLE FRAME UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE MAIN FRAME; A PLURALITY OF NOZZLES ATTACHED TO THE NOZZLE FRAME IN POSITION TO DISPENSE LIQUID VERTICALLY THEREFROM; FLEXIBLE CONDUITS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CONTAINER AND EACH OF THE NOZZLES; A PLURALITY OF PUMPS DISPOSED IN THE CONTAINER HAVING INTAKES DISPOSED BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID, EACH SAID PUMP HAVING AN OUTLET COMMUNICATING WITH A NOZZLE THROUGH ONE OF THE FLEXIBLE CONDUITS; THE SAID NOZZLES BEING ARRANGED TO ENGAGE PASTRY ARTICLES DISPOSED UPON TRAYS CARRIED ON THE CONVEYOR MEANS TO DEPOSIT FLUID FROM THE CONTAINER ON THE INDIVIDUAL PASTRY ARTICLES; RETRACTABLE STOP MEANS EXTENDABLE ABOVE THE CONVEYOR MEANS ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE TRAYS AND STOP SAME WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONVEYOR MEANS WHILE THE NOZZLES ARE BEING LOWERED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTICLES THEREON; MEANS TO RETRACT THE STOP MEANS AFTER THE NOZZLES HAVE ENGAGED THE ARTICLES AND LIQUID HAS BEEN DISPENSED THEREFROM; AND MEANS TO ACTUATE THE PUMPS WHILE THE NOZZLES ARE IN LOWERED POSITION TO DISPENSE LIQUID FROM THE CONTAINER THROUGH THE NOZZLES.