US PATENT SUBCLASS 209 / 698
.~.~ Means movable between horizontal item-supporting position and gravity discharge position

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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}
698.~.~ Means movable between horizontal item-supporting position and gravity discharge position

DEFINITION

Classification: 209/698

Means movable between horizontal item-supporting position and gravity discharge position:

(under subclass 606) Methods and apparatus including means movable between a position wherein it is horizontal and supports an item and a position wherein the item is discharged therefrom by the force of gravity.

(1) Note. Included here are (1) supports that swing downwardly to discharge an item, and (2) supports that move horizontally away from each other so that they are removed from supporting position under an item.