Upward magnetic can conveyor

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AN UPWARD MAGNETIC CONVEYOR FOR CONVEYING MAGNETIC SENSITIVE CONTAINERS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED FRAME HAVING AN UPPER AND LOWER END; A ROTATING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID FRAME; AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR BELT LOCATED AROUND SAID ROTATING MEANS AND ROTATING THEREAROUND, SAID BELT INCLUDING A RISING SECTION HAVING AN UPPER PORTION NEAR THE UPPER END OF SAID FRAME AND A LOWER PORTION NEAR THE LOWER END OF SAID FRAME, AND THE THICKNESS OF SAID RISING SECTION AFFORDING A FRONT SIDE AND A BACK SIDE; A DRIVER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ROTATING MEANS FOR PRODUCING THE ROTATION OF SAID BELT; A MAGNETIC MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FRAME, SAID MAGNETIC MEANS FACING THE BACK SIDE OF SAID BELT AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM ADJACENT SAID LOWER PORTION TO ADJACENT SAID UPPER PORTION OF SAID BELT, FOR MAGNETICALLY ATTRACTING AND MAINTAINING THE CONTAINERS INTO CONTACT WITH SAID FRONT SIDE AS SAID BELT TRAVELS UPWARDLY; AN INPUT MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID FRAME AND THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID BELT, SAID INPUT MEANS PRESENTING CONTAINERS TO SAID BELT FOR BEING ATTRACTED THERETO IN RESPONSE TO THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID MAGNETIC MEANS; AN UPPER PLATE DISPOSED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID FRAME, SAID UPPER PLATE BEING SITUATED ABOVE SAID UPPER PORTION OF SAID BELT TO DIRECT SAID CONTAINERS AWAY FROM SAID UPPER PORTION OF SAID BELT WHEREBY SAID CONTAINERS ARE PREVENTED FROM FOLLOWING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BELT; AND AN OUTPUT MEANS HAVING AN UPPER ELBOW AND AN UPPER ARM INTEGRALLY EXTENDING FROM SAID UPPER ELBOW, SAID UPPER ARM AND SAID UPPER ELBOW DEFINING A PATH THROUGH THE OUTPUT MEANS, SAID UPPER ELBOW BEING ATTACHED TO THE UPPER END OF THE FRAME AND FACING SAID UPPER PLATE, SAID UPPER ARM BEING ADJACENT TO SAID UPPER PLATE AND POSITIONED TO THE SIDE OF SAID BELT, SAID UPPER ELBOW AND SAID UPPER PLATE CONTACTING SAID CONTAINERS AFTER SAID CONTAINERS ARE EJECTED UPWARDLY FROM SAID BELT, SAID UPPER PLATE PROVIDING A SLIDING SURFACE FOR SAID CONTAINERS TO GUIDE SAID CONTAINERS INTO SAID PATH.