US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 460.3
.~.~.~ To crowd or imbricate

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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  DF  .~.~ With space-control means responsive to article sensing means {2}
460.3.~.~.~ To crowd or imbricate

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/460.3

To crowd or imbricate:

(under subclass 460.1) Subject matter including means for automatically controlling the conveyor system for (a) decreasing the spacing between the loads or (b) overlapping one load partly over the adjacent load in a predetermined spacing arrangement.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

462.1+, for crowding or imbricating without a sensor.