US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 462.1
.~.~.~ To crowd or imbricate articles

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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}
461.1  DF  .~.~ By successive conveyors having dissimilar speeds {2}
462.1.~.~.~ To crowd or imbricate articles {2}
462.2  DF  .~.~.~.~> Articles imbricated
462.3  DF  .~.~.~.~> Crowding by endless belts or chain conveyors only

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/462.1

To crowd or imbricate articles:

(under subclass 461.1) Subject matter wherein at least one of the conveyors is driven at a speed to (a) cause a decreased spacing between the loads or (b) cause one load to partly overlap the adjacent load in a predetermined spacing arrangement.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

460.3, for an article sensing means controlling a crowding or imbricating.