Warehouse conveyor system

Claim 1

A WAREHOUSE CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELONGGATED SHIPPING CONVEYOR INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE MEMBERS AND LOAD SUPPORTING ROLLS JOURNALLED BETWEEN SAID SIDE MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF STORAGE CO NVEYORS, EACH ADAPTED FOR ADVANCING A PROCESSING OF ARTICLES, SAID STORAGE CONVEYORS EXTENDING NORMAL TO SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR WITH THE DISCHARGE ENDS OF SAID STORAGE CONVEYORS TERMINATING ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR, AN ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM AT THE DISCHARGE END OF EACH OF SAID STORAGE CONVEYORS AND OPERABLE, WHEN ACTUATED TO DISCHARGE AN ARTICLE FROM SAID STORAGE CONVEYOR, RAILS EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR BENEATH THE SAME, A TRANSFER CAR MOVABLE ALONG SAID RAIL BENEATH SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR INTO REGISTRATION WITH A SELECTED ONE OF SAID STORAGE CONVEYORS, AN ARTICLE TRANSFER MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID CAR AND HAVING ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEMBERS EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR AND SPACED APART COMPLEMENTAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN THE ROLLS OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR, SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM BEING MOUNTED ON SAID CAR FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT FROM A DOWN POSITION, WITH SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS POSITIONED BELOW THE ROLLS OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR, TO AN UP POSITION TO MOVE SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS BETWEEN THE ROLLS OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR AND ABOVE THE PLANE OF THE LOAD BEARING SURFACE OF THE ROLLS OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR FOR THE RECEPTION OF AN ARTICLE DISCHARGED FROM A STORAGE CONVEYOR, MEANS OPERABLE TO ACTUATE SAID ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM FOR THE DISCHARGE OF AN ARTICLE TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS BEING OPERABLE UPON DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM TO POSITION THE TRANSFERRED ARTICLE ON THE ROLLS OF SAID SHIPPING CONVEYOR.