US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 384-- .~.~.~ Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket

US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 384
.~.~.~ Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket

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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	DF	.~.~ Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item {7}
384		.~.~.~ Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket {2}
385	DF	.~.~.~.~> By roller/finder to move item and/or fit surface indentation on item {1}
387	DF	.~.~.~.~> Pockets comprise grooved, transversely disposed rollers

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/384

(under subclass 383) Apparatus wherein the conveyor comprises a plurality of components that are connected together and moved in a closed-loop path such that each component is followed by and preceded by another component and a part of said closed-loop path coincides with a part of the path an article to be conveyed, one or more components forming a receptacle for an article during its conveyance and each receptacle having means associated therewith for moving the article relative to the receptacle as it is conveyed therein, whereby each article is turned to a uniform facing in each receptacle.