US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 398-- .~.~ By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and conveying uniformly faced items

US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 398
.~.~ By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and conveying uniformly faced 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}
398		.~.~ By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and conveying uniformly faced items {2}
399	DF	.~.~.~> By turning only improperly faced items to uniform facing
400	DF	.~.~.~> By partially turning all items to uniform facing and direction

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/398

(under subclass 382) Apparatus wherein the article being conveyed is presented in one of only two opposite attitudes (the occurrence of any particular attitude being random or unpredictable), and wherein the conveyor, or an adjunct thereto, differentiates between the opposite attitudes and causes all the articles to have the same attitude.

(1) Note. This subclass provides for a device wherein articles facing one way will be separated from those articles facing the opposite way so that both articles will face the same way, but will travel in different directions, or the improperly-faced articles will be returned to the supply of articles for recirculation and refacing.