Patent ID: 8721253

Claim:
A transfer apparatus comprising: a horizontally oriented and reciprocally movable platform; a table movably connected to the platform, the table including a generally vertical flange with a transverse surface that extends from a front end of the flange to a rear end of the flange, the table displaceable in a vertical direction relative to the platform; a bracket having a drive member connected thereto, with the drive member configured and arranged to engage the transverse surface of the flange; a vertically oriented rotatable shaft; first and second cams, each cam connected to the shaft and rotatable wherewith; a first extension operatively connecting the first cam to the platform; and a second extension connected to the bracket, the second extension operatively connecting the second cam to the drive member such that the drive member is able to engage the transverse surface of the flange of the table; wherein rotation of the shaft rotates the first and second cams to reciprocally drive, through the first and second extensions, the platform and the table so that the table is able to move vertically and horizontally.