Conveying and feeding glass articles into a lehr

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND FEEDING GLASS ARTICLES TO A LEHR FROM A FORMING OPERATION, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING LOADING CONVEYOR MEANS ONTO WHICH CARRIERS SUPPORTING THE ARTICLES ARE ADAPTED TO BE MOVED, A PLURALITY OF LOADING MEANS AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS ALONG THE LOADING CONVEYOR MEANS, EACH SAID LOADING MEANS COMPRISING A PLATFORM ONTO WHICH AN ARTICLE CARRIER IS ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SAID PLATFORM TO THE FERRING THE ARTICLE CARRIER FROM THE PLATFORM TO THE LOADING CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS AT EACH SAID LOADING MEANS FOR CONDITIONING SAID TRANSFER MEANS FOR OPERATION, MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY ACTUATING SAID PERVIOUSLY CONDITIONED LOADING MEANS SIMULTANEOUSLY AT ALL OF SAID STATIONS, A CROSS CONVEYOR ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID LOADING CONVEYOR MEANS ONTO WHICH SAID ARTICLE CARRIERS ARE ADAPTED TO BE SUCCESSIVELY MOVED BY SAID LOADING CONVEYOR, A LEHR ALONG SAID CROSS CONVEYOR, AND TRANSFER MEANS ADJACENT SAID LEHR FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES FROM SAID CROSS CONVEYOR TO SAID LEHR, MEANS ADJACENT SAID LOADING CONVEYOR MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING THE MOVEMENT OF AN ARTICLE CARRIER THEREON ADJACENT SAID CROSS CONVEYOR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE INTERRUPTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSS CONVEYOR FOR DISENGAGING SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS TO PERMIT AN ARTICLES TO BE MOVED BY SAID LOADING CONVEYOR MEANS ONTO SAID CROSS CONVEYOR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE MOVEMENT OF AN ARTICLE CARRIER ONTO SAID CROSS CONVEYOR TO INITIATE OPERATION OF SAID CROSS CONVEYOR, TIMING MEANS OPERABLE TO OPERATE SAID CROSS CONVEYOR FOR PREDETERMINED INTERVALS OF TIME UPON ACTUATION OF SAID CROSS CONVEYOR BY MOVEMENT OF AN ARTICLE CARRIER THEREON, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE INTERRUPTION OF SAID CROSS CONVEYOR FOR ACTUATING SAID TRANSFER MEANS ADJACENT SAID LEHR TO TRANSFER SAID ARTICLE CARRIER TO SAID LEHR.