Apparatus for producing a continuous web or continuous row of bodies

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A CONTINUOUS WEB OR A CONTINUOUS ROW OF BODIES FROM A SELECTED MATERIAL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORT MEANS; A PAIR OF ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS EACH FORMED FROM A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW, BOX-SHAPED PLATES HAVING OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, SAID PLATES BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND EACH OF SAID PLATES BEING FORMED IN EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS WITH OPEN PASSAGE MEANS THERETHROUGH HAVING AN OUTER END AND AN INNER END COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE HOLLOW PLATE; TWO PAIRS OF ROLLER MEANS TURNABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND RESPECTIVELY SUPPORTING SAID PAIR OF ENDLESS CONVEYOR MEANS FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A PATH IN WHICH ONE OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS HAS A LOWER RUN AND THE OTHER AN UPPER RUN ARRANGED ADJACENT AND FACING SAID LOWER RUN TO DEFINE AN ELONGATED SPACE BETWEEN SAID RUNS; A PLURALITY OF CHANNEL MEANS STATIONARILY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SAID STATIONARILY MOUNTED CHANNEL MEANS BEING RESPECTIVELY ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS OF SAID PLATES AND HAVING STATIONARY OUTLET ENDS ARRANGED AT LEAST ALONG SAID UPPER AND LOWER RUNS SO AS TO COMMUNICATE WITH SAID OUTER ENDS OF SAID PASSAGE MEANS IN SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID PLATES AT LEAST