Apparatus for moving newly formed glassware articles of unstable configuration onto a conveyor

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR MOVING NEWLY FORMED GLASSWARE FROM A DEADPLATE ONTO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING ADJACENT CONVEYOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A FIRST RECIPROCABLE MOTOR HAVING EXTENSIBLE AND RETRACTABLE POCKET DEFINING MEANS FOR ENGAGING ARTICLES OF GLASSWARE, DRIVE MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID FIRST MOTOR BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION FACING THE DEADPLATE AND A SECOND POSITION FACING THE CONVEYOR, FIRST MOTOR CONTROL MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDING SAID POCKET DEFINING MEANS WHEN SAID MOTOR IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND UNTIL SAID MOTOR IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID SECOND POSITION AND FOR THEN RETRACTING SAID POCKET DEFINING MEANS UNTIL SAID MOTOR RETURNS TO SUBSTANTIALLY SAID FIRST POSITION, SAID POCKET DEFINING MEANS COMPRISING AN INNER LEG ENGAGEABLE WITH THE ADJACENT SURFACE OF AN ARTICLE OF GLASSWARE AS THE POCKET DEFINING MEANS IS EXTENDED, AN OUTER LEG SUPPORTED FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF OPERATIVE POSITION BEHIND THE ARTICLE OF GLASSWARE IN OPPOSITION TO SAID INNER LEG, A SECOND MOTOR FOR MOVING SAID OUTER LEG INTO OPERATIVE POSITION ONLY FOR MOVING SAID OUTER LEG INTO OPERATIVE POSITION ONLY WHEN SAID POCKET DEFINING MEANS HAS JUST BEEN EXTENDED AND FOR MOVING SAID OUTER LEG OUT OF OPERATIVE POSITION PRIOR TO RETRACTION OF SAID POCKET DEFINING MEANS.