Conveying mechanism and feed member therefor

Claim 1

IN A CONVEYING MECHANISM FOR FEEDING OBJECTS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG A SURFACE AND HAVING RECIPROCATING MEANS EXTENDING UNDERNEATH SAID SURFACE, AT LEAST ONE PIVOT SECURED TO SAID RECIPROCATING MEANS AND HAVING A BORE AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MEANS, AT LEAST ONE FEED MEMBER HAVING A BORE AND TWO ARMS PERPENDICULAR TO AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BORE, ONE OF SAID ARMS HAVING A FEEDING SURFACE, A SLOT FORMED IN SAID OTHER ARM AND EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID OTHER ARM TO SAID BORE IN A DIRECTION SUCH AS TO PERMIT SAID FEED MEMBER TO BE FITTED IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION FOR MOUNTING SAID FEED MEMBER WITH SAID BORE OVER SAID PIVOT, A STOP MEMBER FIXED TO AND MOVABLE WITH SAID RECIPROCATING MEANS AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID STOP MEMBER WHEN SAID FEED MEMBER BEING ADAPTED SAID FEEDING POSITION, SAID STOP MEMBER THEN BEING ADAPTED TO PREVENT SAID FEED MEMBER FROM PIVOTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PRESSURE EXERTED BY SAID OBJECTS TO BE FED UPON SAID FEED MEMBER, AND A WEIGHT CARRIED BY THE OTHER ARM OF SAID FEED MEMBER GREATER THAN THE WEIGHT OF SAID FIRST ARM WITH THE FEEDING SURFACE THEREON, SAID WEIGHT TENDING TO TURN SAID FEED MEMBER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STOP MEMBER SO AS NORMALLY TO MAINTAIN SAID FEED MEMBER IN SAID FEEDING POSITION.