.~ By depositing items successively from one conveyor onto group conveyor
DEFINITION
Classification: 198/431
(under subclass 418) Apparatus wherein the articles to be grouped are conveyed one followed by another aligned along a particular line of motion on a first conveyor, and wherein
the articles are engaged by a transfer means and placed one at a time in an aligned group on a second conveyor, which transfer means changes the line of motion of the articles on the second conveyor relative to the line of motion of the articles on the first conveyor, or changes the alignment of articles on the second conveyor relative to the alignment of articles on the first conveyor.
