Article feeding means for conveyors

Claim 1

A CONSTRUCTION FOR DELIVERING ARTICLES TO A CONVEYOR COMPRISING A TABLE SITUATED ABOVE THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID TUBULAR DEFINING AN ARTICLE SUPPORTING SURFACE POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE ARTICLE CARRYING SURFACE OF THE CONVEYOR AND DEFINING A DISCHARGE END WITH THE CONVEYOR MOVING BENEATH SAID DISCHARGE END, AND ENDLESS PUSHER MEANS LOCATED ABOVE SAID TABLE AND MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID TABLE, SAID PUSHER MEANS INCLUDING PUSHER ELEMENTS ATTACHED TO THE PUSHER MEANS IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, SAID ELEMENTS TRANSVERSING SAID TABLE FOR PUSHING ARTICLES ALONG THE TABLE SURFACE AND TOWARD SAID DISCHARGE END AND THEN ONTO SAID CONVEYOR, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CONVEYOR AND SAID PUSHER MEANS FOR MOVING THE PUSHER MEANS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE CONVEYOR, AND WHEREIN SAID CONVEYOR COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL, SPACED-APART TRAYS, AND INCLUDING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PUSHER MEANS EXTENDING INTO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID TRAYS AS THE TRAYS MOVE BENEATH SAID TABLE, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS OPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID TRAYS WHEREBY THE PUSHER MEANS MOVE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE TRAYS.