Bar handling and shearing machine

Claim 1

A BAR HANDLING AND SHEARING MACHINE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A STATIONARY ELONGATED BASE FRAME DEFINING AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF AN ELONGATED PATH ALONG WHICH BAR STOCK IS MOVED FOR SHEARING TO DESIRED LENGTHS, SHEAR MEANS ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID FRAME, POWER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SHEAR MEANS TO OPERATE THE SAME, STOP MEANS POSITIONABLE ALONG SAID PATH AT DESIRED DISTANCES FROM SAID SHEAR MEANS AND ENGAGEABLE BY THE LEADING ENDS OF BAR STOCK AS ADVANCED ALONG SAID PATH PAST SAID SHEAR MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT BY SAID STOP MEANS, A FRAMELIKE BED EXTENDING ALONG SAID BASE FRAME AND SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BED TO FORM THE BOTTOM OF SAID PATH AND BEING OPERABLE TO SUPPORT AND MOVE BAR STOCK UPON SAID BED AND ALONG SAID PATH, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING ONE SIDE OF SAID BED FOR MOVEMENT OF THE BED BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION TO SUPPORT AND MOVE BAR STOCK THEREALONG AND A SLOPING DISCHARGE POSITION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE AXIS OF SAID PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED SIDE OF SAID BED TO PERMIT BARS TO SLIDE BY GRAVITY FROM THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID BED AND FROM SAID MAIN FRAME, ELONGATED RECEPTACLE MEANS POSITIONED ALONG AND LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID MAIN FRAME, FLUID-OPERATED POWER MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SIDE OF SAID BED OPPOSITE THE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED SIDE AND OPERABLE RESPECTIVELY TO MAINTAIN SAID SIDE IN UPPERMOST SUPPORTING POSITION AND TO INSTANTLY RELEASE SAID SIDE TO DROP TO SAID SLOPING DISCHARGE POSITION AND THEREAFTER OPERABLE TO QUICKLY RESTORE SAID BED TO SAID UPPERMOST SUPPORTING POSITION AFTER SUCH DISCHARGING OPERATION, ADDITIONAL ELONGATED RECEPTACLE MEANS MOUNTED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST-MENTIONED RECEPTACLE MEANS IN SIDE-BYSIDE RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, AND DEFLECTING MEANS SUPPORTED ADJACENT SAID FIRST-MENTIONED RECEPTACLE MEANS AND MOVABLE FROM A RETRACTED POSTION TO AN EXTENDED POSITION OVER THE TOP THEREOF TO SHUNT SHEARED BARS DISCHARGED FROM SAID BED OVER THE TOP OF SAID FIRST RECEPTACLE BY GRAVITY AND INTO SAID OUTERMOST RECEPTACLE.