US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 460.1
.~.~ With space-control means responsive to article sensing means

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

434  DF  CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING OR REARRANGING STREAM(S) OF ITEMS {5}
459.1  DF  .~ By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream {7}
460.1.~.~ With space-control means responsive to article sensing means {2}
460.2  DF  .~.~.~> Variable conveying length conveyor
460.3  DF  .~.~.~> To crowd or imbricate

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/460.1

With space-control means responsive to article sensing means:

(under subclass 459.1) Subject matter including means for detecting the presence or absence, or other condition, of the loads of the succession, and including means for regulating or changing the operation of the conveyor to change the distance between the successive loads as a result of the condition detected by the detecting means.