US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 418.7
.~ Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced groups

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

418  DF  CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING AND MOVING A GROUP OF ITEMS {8}
418.7.~ Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced groups {4}
418.8  DF  .~.~> By offsetting first or last article
418.9  DF  .~.~> And imbricates items within group
419.1  DF  .~.~> By item engaging stop means
419.2  DF  .~.~> By different speed conveyors {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/418.7

Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced groups:

(under subclass 418) Apparatus wherein the articles to be grouped are already in a succession of articles moving along a particular line of motion, and wherein the group is formed by separating the last article of a preceding group from the first article of a succeeding group while continuing the movement of the preceding group along substantially the same

line of motion followed by its articles prior to becoming a group.

(1) Note. The separation can be caused by increasing the speed of the preceding group after the last item of the group has passed a particular point, or by intermittently stopping or decreasing speed of the first item of a succeeding group after the last item of the preceding group has passed a particular point.