US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 638
.~.~ Items separate by following different trajectories through space

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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}
638.~.~ Items separate by following different trajectories through space {4}
639  DF  .~.~.~> Fluid jet changes trajectory of item
640  DF  .~.~.~> Items thrown or falling through space strike surface and rebound with different trajectories
641  DF  .~.~.~> Takeoff ramp adjustable to different angular positions relative to horizontal plane
642  DF  .~.~.~> Thrower

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/638

Items separate by following different trajectories through space:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus wherein items separate by following different trajectories as they travel through space.

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657, for a deflector movable into or out of the path of an item thrown or falling through space, the item thus being directed to different points depending upon the position of the deflector.