.~ Movable through hopper to separate and elevate articles
DEFINITION
Classification: 221/254
(under subclass 208) Devices in which the discharge assistant comprises means movable within the supply container and through the supply to segregate and raise articles to a point of discharge, said point of discharge being at a higher elevation than the articles in the container.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
164, for orienting type article dispensing devices in which movable lifting means engage the articles and lift them to separate them from the source of supply.
179+, for stack forming article dispensers in which movable chutes or parts thereof within the supply hopper lift the articles therefrom in dispensing them and forming stacks thereof.
190, for dispensers having a vertically movable supply container which may have a normally stationary ejector extending into the supply container to segregate an article in response to the vertical movement.
192, for similar devices in which the elevated articles are deposited upon a raised support for manual removal.
253, for endless belt carried discharge assistants which move through a supply hopper to separate articles and raise them to an elevated point of discharge.
