US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 463.1
CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR MOVING A SPECIFIC LOAD AS A SEPARATE UNIT

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

463.1CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR MOVING A SPECIFIC LOAD AS A SEPARATE UNIT {9}
463.2  DF  .~> System includes a linear conveyor or portion thereof which bodily shifts transversely to move a load in synchronization with a transverse, continously operating conveyor section
463.3  DF  .~> System includes linear conveyor or portion thereof which shifts to lift or lower load before or after linearly conveying load relative to adjacent conveyor section
463.4  DF  .~> System includes gate means {2}
464.1  DF  .~> System includes control means responsive to sensing means {2}
465.1  DF  .~> System includes a load supported by a conveyor portion which is separable from the conveyor drive {3}
466.1  DF  .~> System includes a T-shaped or headed load suspended between parallel conveyors directly
467.1  DF  .~> System includes a rotating screw
468.01  DF  .~> System includes an oscillating or reciprocating load engaging element {4}
469.1  DF  .~> System includes a rotating or endless carrier with a load engaging element {9}

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/463.1

CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR MOVING A SPECIFIC LOAD AS A SEPARATE UNIT:

(under the class definition) Apparatus including at least two conveyor sections cooperating for the purpose of conveying one portion of material, one article or one group of articles as a unit separate from other portions or articles.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

418+, for plural conveyor sections cooperating to form a group of items into a unit from a mass or a plurality of sources of items.

434+, for plural conveyor sections cooperating to move articles in a particular continuous arrangement such as a stream of articles instead of as a separate unit.