(under the class definition) Apparatus in which means is provided anywhere in the apparatus to shift at the will of an operator the flow of recovered objects or portions thereof from one continuous course through said apparatus to another.
(1) Note. The usual purpose of such shifting is (1) to select one of a plurality of locations for a windrow of recovered objects or cut toppings, (2) to discharge to a common windrow from different, adjacent plant rows, for example, by employing a shiftable or reversible outlet conveyor or (3) to switch the flow or recovered objects or portions thereof from one path to another through the apparatus in order to use different sections of said apparatus alternately or selectively or to selectively bypass certain of said sections.
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11, for selective delivery of recovered objects to either of plural receptacles.
