US PATENT SUBCLASS 53 / 531
.~ Layer, stack, or column


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53 /   HD   PACKAGE MAKING

147  DF  GROUP FORMING OF CONTENTS UNIT AND SUBSEQUENT OR FURTHER PACKAGING {5}
531.~ Layer, stack, or column {10}
532  DF  .~.~> Assembling, gathering, and stacking coins or similar disclike articles
533  DF  .~.~> Assembling sticks of chewing gum
534  DF  .~.~> Receptacle advances as row groups are deposited therein
535  DF  .~.~> Lowered support or raised wall {1}
537  DF  .~.~> Forming successive coplanar layers and depositing in cover means {1}
539  DF  .~.~> Simultaneous deposit to fill compartmented receptacle
540  DF  .~.~> Stacking one article or group of articles upon another {1}
542  DF  .~.~> Grouping articles on edge in a linear relationship
543  DF  .~.~> Forming single generally horizontal groups comprising plural rows and columns
544  DF  .~.~> Orienting one or more units of the group


DEFINITION

Classification: 53/531

Layer, stack, or column:

(under subclass 147) Apparatus including means to form a group of contents portions (a) in a coplanar arrangement or (b) in a single, continuous orderly sequence or linear arrangement.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

443, for corresponding methods.

495, for a group-forming apparatus with automatic controls.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,

434+, for apparatus for arranging articles on conveyor.

221, Article Dispensing, 175+, forming a stack of articles and dispensing from the stack.

414, Material or Article Handling,

788.1+, for article stacking apparatus.