US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 433
.~ By shifting group from row conveyor onto stream conveyor


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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

418  DF  CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING AND MOVING A GROUP OF ITEMS {8}
433.~ By shifting group from row conveyor onto stream conveyor


DEFINITION

Classification: 198/433

(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 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, and the second conveyor carries the array so that its array line is in alignment with 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 on the first conveyor.