US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 608
.~.~ Sorting items according to edge coding

Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use


209 /   HD   CLASSIFYING, SEPARATING, AND ASSORTING SOLIDS

509  DF  SORTING SPECIAL ITEMS, AND CERTAIN METHODS AND APPARATUS (E.G., POCKET TYPE AND LIGHT RESPONSIVE SORTING, ETC.) FOR SORTING ANY ITEMS {11}
606  DF  .~ Separating means {33}
608.~.~ Sorting items according to edge coding {4}
609  DF  .~.~.~> Magnet attracts or repels item
610  DF  .~.~.~> Keyboard control
611  DF  .~.~.~> Cards, file folders, or like items sorted by means of necked-down notch thereon
612  DF  .~.~.~> Cards, file folders, or like items alternatively having notch or hole at particular location thereon

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/608

Sorting items according to edge coding:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus for separating items according to distinguishing characteristics placed at edge portions thereof, e.g., notches.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

598, for apparatus sensing contour of articles having no missing parts and separating the articles in accordance therewith.