Apparatus for conveying and treating articles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND TREATING ARTICLES COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL, ELONGATED TREATING CHAMBER HAVING AT ONE END A MOVABLE DOOR FOR CLOSING THE SAME, A MONORAIL SUPPORTED INSIDE OF SAID CHAMBER AT THE TOP THEROF AND EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF, AN ELEVATED STATIONARY MONORIAL TRAMLINE DISPOSED IN FRONT OF SAID DOOR IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE MONORAIL INSIDE SAID CHAMBER, A MOVABLE MONORAIL SECTION DISPOSED WITH ONE END ADJACENT THE END OF SAID STATIONARY MONORAIL TRAMLINE, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOVABLE SECTION SO THAT ITS OTHER END MAY EITHER BE BROUGHT CLOSELY INTO REGISTRY WITH THE MONORAIL INSIDE SAID CHAMBER TO BRIDGE THE SPACE BETWEN IT AND SAID STATIONARY MONORAIL TRAMLINE, OR SHIFTED TO A POSITION OUT OF THE PATH OF SAID MOVABLE DOOR, SO THAT SAID DOOR MAY CLOSE, AND ARTICLE CARRYING RACKS SUSPENDED FROM AND MOVABLE CONTINUOUSLY ALONG SAID STATIONARY TRAMLINE, SAID MOVABLE MONORAIL SECTION AND SAID INSIDE MONORAIL, TO CONVEY SAID ARTICLES INTO AND OUT OF SAID CHAMBER.