.~ By shifting group from row conveyor onto row conveyor
DEFINITION
Classification: 198/432
(under subclass 418) Apparatus wherein the articles to be grouped are conveyed as an array followed by another array, each array consisting of a particular number of articles aligned along a particular array line, which array line is substantially transverse to a line of motion of a first conveyor, and wherein each arrayed group of articles is engaged by a transfer means and placed as an arrayed group on a second conveyor, which second conveyor carries each successive conveyed group in an array whose alignment is transverse to the line of motion of the second conveyor.
(1) Note. Patents are placed in this subclass wherein the conveyed group is formed either on the first conveyor, by means associated with the first conveyor, or prior to placement as a group on the first conveyor.
