Counting device

Claim 1

IN A COUNTER FOR SEPARATING SELECTED NUMBERS OF NESTED RIMMED CONTAINERS, A PAIR OF PARALLEL RAILS UPON WHICH THE NESTED CONTAINERS ARE TO BE FED RIM FIRST, A GEAR-LIKE WHEEL DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RAILS WITH ITS TEETH ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE RIMS WHEREBY AS EACH CONTAINER MOVES BY THE WHEEL THE WHEEL TURNS IN PLACE, A CARRIAGE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RAILS AND MOVABLE BACK AND FORTH PARALLEL TO THE RAILS, A FINGER CARRIED BY THE CARRIAGE AND DISPOSED TO ENGAGE THE RIM OF EACH CONTAINER AFTER EACH PASSES THE PERIPHERY OF THE WHEEL, SAID FINGER BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE CONTAINERS IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE CONTAINERS ON THE RAILS AND CARRYING ALL CONTAINERS WITH IT ONLY WHEN SAID CARRIAGE MOVES IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE CONTAINERS ON THE RAILS, COUNTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PRESCRIBED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS HAVING ENGAGED THE WHEEL FOR MOVING THE CARRIAGE IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE CONTAINERS, AND AN EJECTOR MECHANISM INCLUDING A PAIR OF RAILS INTO WHICH THE CONTAINERS ARE MOVED BY THE CARRIAGE, MEANS FOR RAISING ONE OF THE RAILS ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF THE OTHER TO ROLL CONTAINERS OVER THE OTHER OF THE RAILS, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE TRAVEL OF THE CARRIAGE OVER A PRESCRIBED DISTANCE IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION FOR ACTIVATING THE RAISING MEANS.