US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 788.9
.~.~ With means vertically aligning stack being formed

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

788  DF  APPARATUS FOR MOVING INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES INTO, WITHIN, OR FROM FREESTANDING, ORDERLY LAYERED, OR MUTUALLY STABILIZING ORDERLY GROUP {4}
788.1  DF  .~ Stack forming apparatus {17}
788.9.~.~ With means vertically aligning stack being formed {2}
789  DF  .~.~.~> And acting as discharge gate
789.1  DF  .~.~.~> Powered means (e.g., jogger, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/788.9

With means vertically aligning stack being formed:

(under subclass 788.1) Apparatus combined with means located at the site where the stack* is constructed for maintaining or adjusting the vertical alignment of the articles being stacked.

(1) Note. Included within this subclass are means for keeping a vertically extending stack* from tipping over as it is being formed.

(2) Note. This subclass does not include stack* aligning means which are merely named and not defined structurally (e.g.,., a "magazine", "holder").