US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 791.7
.~.~.~ Offsets circular articles within adjacent rows of layer

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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}
791.6  DF  .~.~ Sequentially forms or adds completed layers {5}
791.7.~.~.~ Offsets circular articles within adjacent rows of layer

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/791.7

Offsets circular articles within adjacent rows of layer:

(under subclass 791.6) Apparatus wherein the articles are (a) spherical or cylindrical in shape and (b) placed in one of two distinct parallel rows within the layer in such a manner that the geometrical centers of all contacting articles within the rows are spaced from each other longitudinally along the length of the rows (i.e., the curved periphery of an article located in one row contacts the curved peripheries of two articles in the parallel row).