US PATENT SUBCLASS 221 / 157
.~ Segregation of aligned articles according to orientation


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221 /   HD   ARTICLE DISPENSING

156  DF  WITH ORIENTING {3}
157.~ Segregation of aligned articles according to orientation {2}
158  DF  .~.~> With recombining of articles
159  DF  .~.~> With return to supply {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 221/157

(under subclass 156) Devices in which the asymmetric articles are arranged one behind the other in a continuous row and having means for dividing the continuous row of articles according to desired orientation and removing either the properly or the improperly oriented articles from the continuous row.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways,

31, for chutes, per se, which separate or turn aligned articles into different positions.

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,

234+, for a device for orienting articles on conveyors, generically, including the nonpower conveyors normally found in Class 193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways. This class (198) will include the turning of articles, referred to in the preceding search note (i.e., to Class 193) which amounts to orientation.