US PATENT SUBCLASS 221 / 167
.~.~ Rotatable or oscillatable means

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221 /   HD   ARTICLE DISPENSING

156  DF  WITH ORIENTING {3}
163  DF  .~ Selective separation from supply {2}
167.~.~ Rotatable or oscillatable means {2}
168  DF  .~.~.~> With agitator or exit clearing means
169  DF  .~.~.~> With multiple traveling shaped outlets {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 221/167

(under subclass 163) Devices in which articles are segregated from the source of supply by means which has a rotary or oscillatable motion about a point approximately at its center, which means may be a rotary or oscillating supply container, a rotary or oscillating discharge assistant within a stationary supply container or any combination of movable and stationary members.

(1) Note. Segregation is usually effected by the articles being compelled or allowed to pass through egress openings which are of such dimensions and irregular form as to permit passage of only such articles as are properly oriented.

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182, for stack forming article dispensing devices having members rotatable or oscillatable about inclined axes.