Drying device for the soles of shoes

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE DRYING OF SHOE SOLES TO WHICH ADHESIVE AS BEEN APPLIED, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A GENERALLY VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS HAVING FEED AND REMOVAL SIDES AND INCLUDING SPACED DEPOSIT MEANS ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING SOLES FOR THE TRANSPORT THEREOF ALONG A DETERMINABLE VERTICAL PATH FROM SAID FEED TO SAID REMOVABLE SIDE, CONVEYING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS AND DIRECTED TOWARDS THE FEED SIDE OF AND AWAY FROM THE REMOVAL SIDE OF THE LATTER, DRIVE MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS, FIRST SENSING MEANS OPERATIVELY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO SAID CONVEYING MEANS TO SENSE THE PRESENCE OF A SOLE ON THE LATTER AND THE CONVEYING THEREOF TOWARDS THE FEED SIDE OF SAID CONVEYANCE MEANS AND TO ACTIVATE THE DRIVE MEANS TO DRIVE SAID VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS WHEREBY THE CONVEYED SOLE IS DEPOSITED ON ONE OF SAID DEPOSIT MEANS AND TRANSPORTED THEREBY, AND SECOND SENSING MEANS TO SENSE A PREDETERMINED DISPLACEMENT OF THE VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS AND TO RESPOND THERETO TO CONTROL SAID DRIVE MEANS TO HALT THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS UNTIL THE SENSING OF THE NEXT SOLE BEING CONVEYED TO THE FEED SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS, SAID CONVEYING MEANS COMPRISING A CONVEYOR JUXTAPOSED TO THE FEED SIDE OF SAID VERTICAL CONVEYANCE MEANS, ARMS OPERATIVELY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO SAID CONVEYOR, AND MEANS TO DRIVE SAID ARMS ALONG A GENERALLY CIRCULAR PATH TO LIFT SOLES FROM THE CONVEYOR AND PLACE THE SAME IN SAID DEPOSIT MEANS.