Apparatus for preparing candy apples

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PREPARING CANDY APPLES COMPRISING: (A) A BASE PLATE, (B) A PAIR OF UPRIGHT POSTS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PLATE AND EXTENDING FROM SAID BASE PLATE IN SPACED, PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER, (C) A CARRIAGE PLATE, (D) SAID CARRIAGE PLATE HAVING AT LEAST TWO PAIRS OF SLEEVE MEMBERS ATTACHED TO THE REAR SURFACE THEREOF, (E) ONE OF SAID PAIRS OF SLEEVE MEMBERS ENGAGING ONE OF SAID UPRIGHT POSTS, AND THE OTHER OF SAID PAIRS OF SLEEVE MEMBERS ENGAGING THE OTHER OF SAID UPRIGHT POSTS, (F) A CAM PLATE ATTACHED TO THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID CARRIAGE PLATE, (G) PORTIONS OF SAID CAM PLATE DEFINING A SLOT EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID UPRIGHT POSTS, (H) A CAM FOLLOWER POSITIONED WITHIN SAID SLOT, (I) A MOTOR HAVING A ROTATABLE SHAFT, (J) A CAM ARM MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF ON SAID SHAFT, (K) SAID CAM FOLLOWER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID CAM ARM, (L) A SWITCH ARM MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, (M) A NROMALLY CLOSED MICRO-SWITCH MOUNTED ON SAID BASE IN THE PATH OF SAID SWITCH ARM AS SAID SWITCH ARM ROTATES WITH SAID SHAFT, (N) A NORMALLY OPEN MICRO-SWITCH MOUNTED ON THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID CARRIAGE PLATE, (O) A PAIR OF SPACED STICK GUIDES MOUNTED ON THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID CARRIAGE PLATE EACH HAVING VERTICALLY ALIGNED PORTIONS DEFINING STICK RECEIVING NOTCHES, (P) A PIN MEMBER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CARRIAGE PLATE WITH ONE END OF SAID PIN MEMBER POSITIONED ADJACENT TO AND FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID NORMALLY OPEN MICRO-SWITCH AND THE OTHER END OF SAID PIN POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID STICK RECEIVING NOTCHES FOR ENGAGEMENT BY A STICK, AND (Q) A PUSH BAR MOUNTED ON THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID CARRIAGE PLATE ABOVE SAID STICK GUIDES.