US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 793.7
.~.~.~.~.~.~ And additional noncoaxial endless belt coacting therewith to support article above discharge

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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}
792.7  DF  .~.~ Positions lowest article of stack first {8}
793.4  DF  .~.~.~ Includes support vertically alignable with stack then shiftable from beneath article {7}
793.5  DF  .~.~.~.~ Support carried or formed by endless belt conveyor {1}
793.6  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ With belt and article moving vertically together above discharge {1}
793.7.~.~.~.~.~.~ And additional noncoaxial endless belt coacting therewith to support article above discharge

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/793.7

And additional noncoaxial endless belt coacting therewith to support article above discharge:

(under subclass 793.6) Apparatus including another flaccid strap having its ends also interconnected which (a) travels around a different path defined by strap guiding or driving structure rotating around axes which are not colinear with those about which the other strap's guiding or driving structure rotate, (b) has an article support attached to or formed thereby which travels with the article along a generally vertical portion of the strap's path located immediately above the point where the article leaves the support and (c) jointly supports with the other strap the article to be stacked for a portion of the time the article is moved vertically towards the stack* or stacking site.