US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 645
.~.~ Sorting items by weight


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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}
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


DEFINITION

Classification: 209/645

Sorting items by weight:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus wherein items are separated into groups of different weight.

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512, for apparatus sorting eggs by weight.

592, for a weight responsive sorting apparatus.

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177, Weighing Scales,

52+, for means weighing and handling successive receivers; and subclasses 60+ for weight responsive material control.

194, Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, 103, for weight testers associated with machines within the class.

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,

504+, for a conveyor having weighing or weight actuated means associated therewith.