US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 393
.~.~.~ Including orbiting progression of item-fitting elements passing through supply of scrambled items

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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}
393.~.~.~ Including orbiting progression of item-fitting elements passing through supply of scrambled items

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/393

(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 the path of an article to be conveyed, each component forming a receptacle that is configured to the configuration of the article to be conveyed, and wherein another part of said closed-loop path coincides with a hopper or bin in which the articles are temporarily stored in haphazard array, whereby as a receptacle moves within the hopper an article will be received thereinto if its configuration conforms to the receptacle configuration and the so-received article will be conveyed.

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397, for similar structure wherein an item-receiving pocket does not fit the item.