US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 383
.~.~ Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item

Current as of: June, 1999
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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

373  DF  CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION {12}
382  DF  .~ By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing {5}
383.~.~ Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item {7}
384  DF  .~.~.~> Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket {2}
388  DF  .~.~.~> Including protruding portion of conveyor entering end of slotted or hollow item
389  DF  .~.~.~> For shaped item suspended in or by shaped passageway
390  DF  .~.~.~> For shaped item fitting outline of shaped passageway
391  DF  .~.~.~> Via vibrating bowl having shaped passageway
392  DF  .~.~.~> Via rotating means having shaped passageway or exit
393  DF  .~.~.~> Including orbiting progression of item-fitting elements passing through supply of scrambled items

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/383

(under subclass 382) Apparatus wherein the article to be conveyed has a particular configuration, and wherein the conveyor, or an adjunct thereto, has a particular configuration, and wherein the two configurations conform one to the other, whereby only an article whose configuration conforms to the conveyor configuration will be conveyed.

(1) Note. To be properly placed into this or an indented subclass, a patent must include a claim to a conveyor portion that is clearly shaped so as to match or fit or be inserted into an article, and the claim should be clear that cooperation between the conveyor portion and the conveyed article occurs, such that articles that fit the conveyor pass and articles that do not fit the conveyor do not pass.