US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 790
.~.~.~ Interfingers with stack support moving vertically relative to removing means

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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}
789.9  DF  .~.~ With means for removing completed stack from stacking location {7}
790.~.~.~ Interfingers with stack support moving vertically relative to removing means {1}
790.1  DF  .~.~.~.~> Articles received and stack discharged at interfingering location

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/790

Interfingers with stack support moving vertically relative to removing means:

(under subclass 789.9) Apparatus wherein a stack* supporting structure which forms part of the apparatus or site interdigitates with the discharge means or an article support on the discharge means to transfer the stack* therebetween when the means and supporting structure move vertically relative to each other during the stack* discharging operation (e.g.,., a stack supporting platform movable downwardly between rollers, stack* supporting tines movable downwardly on opposite sides of an endless belt conveyor).