US PATENT SUBCLASS 83 / 151
.~.~ Product mover including gripper means

Current as of: June, 1999
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83 /   HD   CUTTING

78  DF  WITH PRODUCT HANDLING MEANS {9}
109  DF  .~ Means to move, guide, or permit free fall or flight of product {13}
151.~.~ Product mover including gripper means {3}
152  DF  .~.~.~> Suction gripper
153  DF  .~.~.~> Reciprocating product handler
154  DF  .~.~.~> Rotating or oscillating product handler

DEFINITION

Classification: 83/151

(under subclass 109) Device in which the means for propelling the product includes means to engage and firmly secure the product against movement relative to the propelling means at least during movement of the product away from the cutting zone.

(1) Note. Included within the scope of the term "gripper means" are devices which engage and grasp two opposed surfaces of the product as well as devices which engage one surface and retain it against the propelling means (e.g., a magnet, clamp jaw, perforating pin, suction gripper, etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,

468.2+, and 470.1+ for a conveyor having load gripping members, subclasses 679 and 690 for a conveyor having magnetic load holders, and subclasses 692+ for a conveyor having load impalers.

271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering,

204+, for sheet delivery apparatus including means to grip the sheet.