US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 794.9
.~.~ Positions highest article of stack first

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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}
794.9.~.~ Positions highest article of stack first {3}
795  DF  .~.~.~> Includes rotary deliverer {1}
795.2  DF  .~.~.~> Includes means for raising highest article and lowering it upon newly delivered article
795.3  DF  .~.~.~> Includes means raising article up to stack

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/794.9

Positions highest article of stack first:

(under subclass 788.1) Apparatus wherein the initial article placed within the stack* being constructed is the article which will be located at the top thereof and supported upon all other subsequently position articles as the height of the stack* is increased.

(1) Note. A stack* which consist solely of imbricated (i.e., lapped) articles having their lowest portion within a common plane is excluded from this and the indented subclasses, since the height of the stack* is not increased by the addition of articles thereto.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering,

212, for a pack of sheets stacked from below.