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} |
645 | .~.~ Sorting items by weight {3} | |
646 | DF | .~.~.~> Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to item weight {2} |
649 | DF | .~.~.~> Same items successively placed on means (e.g., balance beams, etc.) responsive to different weights |
650 | DF | .~.~.~> Item support swings about fixed horizontal axis to discharge at different vertically spaced points |