Cigarette container emptying device

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR EMPTYING CONTAINERS INTO A HOPPER, SAID CONTAINERS BEING OPEN AT ONE END AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE CIGARETTES; A MAGAZINE FOR RECEIVING THE CONTAINERS IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION OPEN END UPPERMOST, SAID MAGAZINE BEING INCLINED SO THE CONTAINER WILL MOVE DOWNWARDLY THEREON BY GRAVITY, A LIFT DEVICE AT THE LOWER END OF THE MAGAZINE TO ENGAGE THE LOWERMOST CONTAINER ON THE MAGAZINE FROM BENEATH AND MOVE IT UPWARDLY FROM THE MAGAZINE, ABUTMENT AND STEP MEANS ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE MAGAZINE FOR FEEDING THE CONTAINERS ONE AT A TIME TO SAID LIFT DEVICE, AN OPEN SIDED POCKET ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID LIFT DEVICE HAVING A ROTATED LOWER POSITION FOR RECEIVING A CONTAINER FROM THE LIFT DEVICE AND A ROTATED UPPER POSITION WHERE THE CONTAINER THEREIN IS INVERTED AND IS LOCATED IN A FIRST POSITION AT ONE END OF A LATERAL PATH, A TRANSPORTING DEVICE OPERABLE TO ENGAGE A CONTAINER IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND WHILE IN SAID POCKET AND TO MOVE IT LATERALLY FROM THE POCKET TO A POINT OF DISCHARGE OVER SAID HOPPER AND THEN BACK TO SAID FIRST POSITION, DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID POCKET TO ITS LOWER POSITION DURING SAID LATERAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTAINER, A DISCHARGE CONVEYOR LEADING HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID FIRST POSITION OVER SAID MAGAZINE FOR RECEIVING EMPTY CONTAINERS FROM SAID FIRST POSITION, A PUSHER NORMALLY DISPOSED ON THE SIDE OF SAID FIRST POSITION OPPOSITE SAID CONVEYOR AND OPERABLE FOR PUSHING EMPTY CONTAINERS FROM SAID FIRST POSITION THEREOF TO SAID CONVEYOR, AND ACTUATING MEANS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID POCKET FROM ITS LOWER POSITION TO ITS UPPER POSITION FOR ACTUATING SAID PUSHER IN THE DIRECTION TO PUSH A CONTAINER FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TOWARD SAID CONVEYOR.