US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 689
.~.~ Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting drumlike body (e.g., roller, hollow cylinder, etc.) turning about longitudinal axis thereof

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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}
689.~.~ Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting drumlike body (e.g., roller, hollow cylinder, etc.) turning about longitudinal axis thereof {1}
690  DF  .~.~.~> Items travel circumferentially and longitudinally of turning axis

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/689

Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting drumlike body (e.g., roller, hollow cylinder, etc.) turning about longitudinal axis thereof:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus wherein items separate by traveling in different directions on the circumferentially extending surface of a drumlike body turning about its longitudinal axis.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

686, and 687, for drums having item retaining pockets thereon.