US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 792.4
.~.~.~.~ Turns completed layer about vertical axis before stacking

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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}
792  DF  .~.~.~ Crosses articles in adjacent layers {3}
792.4.~.~.~.~ Turns completed layer about vertical axis before stacking

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/792.4

Turns completed layer about vertical axis before stacking:

(under subclass 792) Apparatus which reorients relative to the stack* the longest horizontally extending side of all articles within a layer* by revolving the entire layer as a unit about a vertical axis prior to placing it in superposed abutment with another layer* of the stack*.