Conveyor for selective dispatching of articles

Claim 1

A CONVEYOR COMPRISING, AN ENDLESS RAIL, ARTICLE CARRYING MEANS MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID RAIL AND COMPRISING AN ENDLESS SERIES OF RIGID LINKS DISPOSED IN END-TO-END RELATION AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ADJACENT ENDS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANES, A PLURALITY OF SAID LINKS EACH HAVING EACH LINK BEING DISPOSED IN A VERTICAL PLANE, A SIMILAR SERIES OF ARTICLE CARRYING HOOKS INTEGRAL WITH THE COMPANION LINK AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID RAIL, AT LEAST A PAIR OF SAID HOOKS OF EACH LINK BEING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, RESPECTIVELY, AND A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED OPERATING MEANS POSITIONED ALONG THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID HOOKS FOR ARTICLE REMOVAL OPERATION WITH SELECTIVE ONES ONLY OF SAID HOOKS FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF THE ARTICLES CARRIED THEREBY, ONE OF SAID OPERATING MEANS BEING AT A LEVEL CORRESPONDING TO THE LEVEL OF ONE OF SAID HOOKS OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS OF HOOKS OF EACH SERIES OF HOOKS AND IN POSITION FOR OPERATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID ONE HOOK ONLY, AND ANOTHER OF SAID OPERATING MEANS BEING AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL CORRESPONDING TO THE LEVEL OF THE OTHER OF SAID HOOKS OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS OF HOOKS OF EACH SERIES OF HOOKS AND IN POSITION FOR OPERATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID OTHER HOOK ONLY.