US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 417
.~.~ Longitudinally twisted item-bounding passageway

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

373  DF  CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION {12}
416  DF  .~ By member adjacent conveyor for contacting successive conveyed items {1}
417.~.~ Longitudinally twisted item-bounding passageway

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/417

(under subclass 416) Apparatus wherein the appurtenance comprises a channel through which the successive articles pass, which channel substantially encloses the outline of the article as seen in the "X" axis, and wherein sections through the channel taken in the plane of the "Y" axis and "Z" axis in successive stations along the "X" axis show the channel displaced angularly about the "X" axis.

(1) Note. For definitions and further discussion of the axes referred to, see (2) Note of subclass 373.