US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 646
.~.~.~ Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to item 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  DF  .~.~ Sorting items by weight {3}
646.~.~.~ Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to item weight {2}
647  DF  .~.~.~.~> Counterbalance on balance beam moved until beam tilts to item discharging position
648  DF  .~.~.~.~> Carrier tilted by means (e.g., trip, cam, etc.) adjacent travel path when depressed to particular elevation

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/646

Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to item weight:

(under subclass 645) Methods and apparatus wherein an item is supported on an orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to weight of the item, as, for example, by being depressible to a particular level by a particular weight.