US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 623
.~.~.~.~ With gauging pocket for individual item

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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}
621  DF  .~.~ Rotating or orbiting carrier having expandable gauging passage passing items of different size at different points along carrier travel path {1}
622  DF  .~.~.~ Belt {1}
623.~.~.~.~ With gauging pocket for individual item {1}
624  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Pocket formed by rollers, disks, or wheels spaced transversely of belt or by contoured transverse roller, bar, or slat

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/623

With gauging pocket for individual item:

(under subclass 622) Methods and apparatus wherein said expandable passage of said carrier belt is defined by a pocketlike structure which holds an item separate from other items until the passage expands sufficiently to release it.