US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 659
.~.~ Sorting items by size


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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}
659.~.~ Sorting items by size {3}
660  DF  .~.~.~> Item of particular size passed through gauging passage between separate elements {9}
680  DF  .~.~.~> Item of particular size passed through gauging aperture in wall (e.g., perforated panel, etc.) {3}
684  DF  .~.~.~> Item of particular size or shape enters pocket {3}


DEFINITION

Classification: 209/659

Sorting items by size:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus for separating items into groups of different size.

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233+, for sifters for bulk material.

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119, Animal Husbandry,

840+, for apparatus for sorting live animals by size.

453, Coin Handling,

3+, for machines which sort coins according to their size.