US PATENT SUBCLASS 271 / 177
.~.~ Means to push sheets out of edgewise into broadside movement (e.g., packer)

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271 /   HD   SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING

278  DF  DELIVERING {13}
306  DF  .~ With transfer means between conveyor and receiver {8}
177.~.~ Means to push sheets out of edgewise into broadside movement (e.g., packer) {2}
178  DF  .~.~.~> Rotating packer {1}
180  DF  .~.~.~> By reciprocating or oscillating packer {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 271/177

(under subclass 306) Device wherein the removing means conveys a succession of individual sheets along a direction parallel to their surfaces, and wherein said transfer mechanism urges each of said sheets in succession to be moved in a direction perpendicular to its surface.

(1) Note. In this subclass the packer usually is an air blast directed toward the surface of the sheet being conveyed, thus the air blast changes the direction of movement from edgewise to broadside. For other air blast means, see the search notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

195, for a device using an air blast to help convey the sheet edgewise, and see (1) Note above.

211, for an air blast that helps cushion the dropping of the sheet into a receiver (and see (1) Note above).