US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 688
.~.~ Means pierces, or enters preformed hole in, item

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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}
688.~.~ Means pierces, or enters preformed hole in, item

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/688

Means pierces, or enters preformed hole in, item:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus including means which pierces, or enters a preformed hole in, an item while another item is not so penetrated, this action effecting separation of the items.

(1) Note. Means entering an item to convey it, after the item has been separated from other items, is not considered a separating means classifiable in this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

532, for a plug-type gauge which enters the neck opening of a bottle.

619, for a gauging element which enters a hole in an item.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, 692+, for a conveyor having article impaling elements.

221, Article Dispensing,

213+, for impaling type discharge assistants, per se.