US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 414
.~.~.~.~ By turntable which lifts, turns and lowers item(s)


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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

373  DF  CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION {12}
411  DF  .~ By conveyor and means driven for turning successive conveyed items {2}
412  DF  .~.~ By means between successive conveyor sections or conveyor elements {1}
413  DF  .~.~.~ By means which interdigitate with conveyor sections or elements {1}
414.~.~.~.~ By turntable which lifts, turns and lowers item(s)


DEFINITION

Classification: 198/414

(under subclass 413) Apparatus wherein the turning mechanism contracts each successive article and is caused to raise the article out of contact with the conveyor, rotate the article partially with respect to the conveyor, and descend with the article to replace it on the same or a succeeding conveyor section.

(1) Note. In this subclass, it is not significant whether an article moves from one conveyor section to another conveyor section, or moves from one conveyor component to another conveyor component. It is significant that between the parts of a conveyor a turntable mechanism effects turning of the article.