Apparatus for handling stacked articles

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING STACKED PLANK-LIKE MEMBERS IN POSITION FOR THE EDGES THEREOF TO RECEIVE COATINGS: (A) A TRANSLATABLE FRAME HAVING SPACED APART VERTICALLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEMBERS, (B) VERTICALLY SPACED MOVABLE MEMBERS SLIDABLY ENGAGING SAID GUIDE MEMBERS AND ADAPTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, (C) MEANS TO MOVE SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS TO SELECTED POSITIONS ALONG SAID GUIDE MEMBERS, (D) LATERALLY PROJECTING SUPPORT MEMBERS CARRIED BY THE LOWERMOST ONES OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS IN POSITION TO SUPPORT SAID PLANK-LIKE MEMBERS, (E) ELONGATED, VERTICAL MEMBERS CONNECTING SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS TO EACH OTHER AND DISPOSED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF THE EDGES OF SAID PLANK-LIKE MEMBERS, AND (F) TAPERED EDGES ON SAID ELONGATED, VERTICAL MEMBERS IN POSITION TO ENGAGE THE ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID STACKED PLANK-LIKE MEMBERS AND PERMIT APPLICATION OF A COATING TO SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF SAID ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID PLANK-LIKE MEMBERS.