US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 386
.~.~.~.~.~ Roller/finder rotating about plural axes

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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  DF  .~.~.~ 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}
386.~.~.~.~.~ Roller/finder rotating about plural axes

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/386

(under subclass 385) Apparatus wherein the rotating wheel turns about an internal axis of turning, and can be further turned about a different axis of turning.

(1) Note. Usually the roller is mounted between the branches of a bifurcated stem, the length of which is perpendicular to the axis of the roller. Thus, the roller rotates in a vertical plane on its own horizontal axis, whereas the stem rotates on its longitudinal axis, thereby changing the vertical plane in which the roller rotates.