Case unloader

Claim 1

IN A CASE UNLOADER FOR REMOVING UPRIGHT BOTTLES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL ROWS IN A CASE WITH NECK PORTIONS PROTRUDING ABOVE THE CASE, THE COMBINATION OF A HORIZONTAL CONVYOR FOR BRINGING BOTTLE CONTAINING CASES TO THE UNLOADER, AND INCLINED CHUTE EXTENSION OF SAID CONVEYOR BENEATH THE UNLOADER, A HORIZONTAL CONVEYOR BEYOND THE UNLOADER UPON WHICH THE LATTER PLACES UNCASED BOTTLES UPRIGHT IN LONGITUDINAL ROWS, DRIVEN ENDLESS PAIRS OF BOTTLE NECK GRASPING BELTS HAVING WORKING REACHES MOVING ALONG INCLINED PATHS TO ELEVATE BOTTLES FROM THE CASE, STRIPING MEANS FOR POSITIVELY SEPARATING THE CASE FROM THE BOTTLES BEING ELEVATED AND CAUSING THE CASE TO BE DEPOSITED BY GRAVITY UPON SAID INCLINED CHUTE EXTENSION, AN ELONGATED INCLINED ARM SUPPORTING EACH PAIR OF SAID BELTS, EACH ARM PIVOTED NEAR ITS UPPER END FOR LATERAL MOVEMENT ABOUT SUCH PIVOT RELATIVE TO THE CONVEYOR, AND MEANS AT THE LOWER END OF THE ARMS FOR SUPPORTING AND MOVING THEM ON THEIR PIVOTS THEREBY TO VARY THE LATERAL SPACED RELATIONSHIP OF THEIR LOWER ENDS.