(under subclass 287) Apparatus including means to position or convey receptacles in aligned groups or ranks to apply separate closure.
(1) Note. Included here are positioning or conveying means which handle the crate or box within which the preformed receptacles are already placed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
281+, for devices which handle receptacles by case or row combined with filling and closing operations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, for filling systems having supply means for successive receivers in crates or trays.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, 418+, for a system of plural conveyors having means for establishing and moving a group of items, and subclasses 434+ for a system of plural conveyors having means for arranging or rearranging a stream or streams of items.
