Hoist and accumulator arm apparatus

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An apparatus for continuously feeding the individual elements from tiered loads has a hoist including both vertical, and horizontal support members which can both be pivoted back to, come in contact with an accumulator arm assembly by the motion of a rotatable support base, thereby allowing the load to be raised upwards along an angular load path. The accumulator arm assembly includes a carriage assembly which can slide part of the way down the load path, and independently extendable accumulator arms for extending beneath the bottom of the tiered load once approximately one-half of the load has been unloaded down the load-discharging members to the fixed and predeterminable load discharging …