Patent ID: 8774961

Claim:
An automatic delivery system, comprising: a conveyor including: powered first rollers arranged in parallel with each other defining a spacing between sequential ones of the first powered rollers; fixed members each connected to and coaxially aligned with individual ones of the first powered rollers and sequentially separated by the spacing of the first powered rollers; and the fixed members divisible into at least two groups, each of the at least two groups defining a loading station; each of the loading stations having a station positioning device including at least one extension rod extending through and horizontally displaceable within the spacing between sequential ones of the powered first and fixed members, the station positioning device operating to displace a container received on the powered first rollers into and out of the loading station; a container entry portion having a plurality of second rollers oriented transverse to the first rollers and fixed members and sequentially separated by a spacing, the plurality of second rollers being rotatably powered in a first direction and an opposite second direction; and a pusher member connected to a pusher member rod, the pusher member rod positioned between sequential ones of the second rollers and displaceable horizontally to move the container from the second rollers onto the powered first rollers.