Class   209	CLASSIFYING, SEPARATING, AND ASSORTING SOLIDS
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MISCELLANEOUS

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SPECIAL APPLICATIONS

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PRECEDENT PREPARATION OF ITEMS OR MATERIALS TO FACILITATE SEPARATION

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. (1 indent ) Sorting special items or sorting by methods and apparatus includible in subclasses 509 through 707

3.2

.. (2 indent ) Condition responsive sensor controlling preparation

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.. (2 indent ) Marking or tagging item

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. (1 indent ) Selective differentiation

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.. (2 indent ) Deflocculation and flocculation

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.. (2 indent ) Form

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.. (2 indent ) Magnetizing and demagnetizing

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.. (2 indent ) Surface

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TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT

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WITH HEAT TREATMENT

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PLURAL, DIVERSE SEPARATING OPERATIONS

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. (1 indent ) Including electrostatic

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. (1 indent ) Aqueous suspension, sifting, and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Mercurial adhesion, sifting, and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Gaseous suspension, sifting, and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Mercurial suspension or adhesion and fluid suspension

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.. (2 indent ) Aqueous suspension

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. (1 indent ) Aqueous suspension and sifting

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. (1 indent ) Aqueous suspension and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Gaseous suspension and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Gaseous suspension and sifting

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.. (2 indent ) Coincident

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... (3 indent ) With deposition

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... (3 indent ) Horizontal current

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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... (3 indent ) Inclined current

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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... (3 indent ) Vertical current

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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.. (2 indent ) Successive

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... (3 indent ) With deposition

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... (3 indent ) Horizontal current

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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... (3 indent ) Inclined current

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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... (3 indent ) Vertical current

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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. (1 indent ) Magnetic and sifting

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. (1 indent ) Magnetic and fluid suspension

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. (1 indent ) Magnetic and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Mercurial suspension and mercurial adhesion

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. (1 indent ) Mercurial adhesion or suspension and sifting

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. (1 indent ) Mercurial adhesion or suspension and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Sifting and stratifying

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. (1 indent ) Including sorting of special items or sorting by methods or apparatus includible in subclasses 509 through 707

44.2

.. (2 indent ) Fluid jet

44.3

.. (2 indent ) Drum-type sifter

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.. (2 indent ) Manual sorting

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ADHESION

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. (1 indent ) With selective differentiation

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.. (2 indent ) Coating

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... (3 indent ) Mercurial (i.e., amalgamators)

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. (1 indent ) Coated surface or mass

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.. (2 indent ) Mercurial

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... (3 indent ) Applying or removing coat

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... (3 indent ) Contact elements

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.... (4 indent ) Agitators

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.... (4 indent ) Baffles

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.... (4 indent ) Disks and spheres

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.... (4 indent ) Liners

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.... (4 indent ) Percolators

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... (3 indent ) Receivers

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.... (4 indent ) Rotating

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....• (5 indent ) Centrifugal

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....• (5 indent ) Cylinders, external

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....• (5 indent ) Cylinders, internal

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....• (5 indent ) Endless belt

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.... (4 indent ) Shaking

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.... (4 indent ) With agitating or conveying

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....• (5 indent ) Fluid

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....• (5 indent ) With rubbing

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....• (5 indent ) Impact

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....• (5 indent ) Reciprocating

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....• (5 indent ) Rotating

127.1

ELECTROSTATIC

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. (1 indent ) With heating of particles

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. (1 indent ) With vibrating trough charging of particles

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. (1 indent ) Free fall type particle charging

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. (1 indent ) Attracting and repelling

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. (1 indent ) Attracting

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. (1 indent ) Repelling

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. (1 indent ) Stratifying

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SORTING SPECIAL ITEMS, AND CERTAIN METHODS AND APPARATUS (E.G., POCKET TYPE AND LIGHT RESPONSIVE SORTING, ETC.) FOR SORTING ANY ITEMS

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. (1 indent ) Sorting eggs or components thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Radiant energy sensing means controls separating means

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.. (2 indent ) By weight

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... (3 indent ) Sensing egg weight and controlling separating means in accordance therewith

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... (3 indent ) Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to egg weight

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.... (4 indent ) Carrier tilted by means (e.g., trip, cam, etc.) adjacent travel path when depressed to particular elevation

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... (3 indent ) Same eggs successively placed on means (e.g., balance beams, etc.) responsive to different weights

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. (1 indent ) Sorting lumber, logs, pipes, rails, or like items

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.. (2 indent ) Condition responsive means controls separating means

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... (3 indent ) Relatively movable calipers closed against item

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... (3 indent ) Sensor responsive to item contact

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.. (2 indent ) With endless conveyor belt

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. (1 indent ) Sorting bottles, ampoules, jars, drinking vessels, or like ceramic or glass containers

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.. (2 indent ) Condition responsive means controls separating means

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... (3 indent ) Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct (e.g., label, cap, etc.) thereof

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.... (4 indent ) Sizing with visible light beam

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.... (4 indent ) Detecting internal flaw (e.g., air bubble, crack, etc.) in wall of item

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....• (5 indent ) By means of radio frequency radiation

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.... (4 indent ) Detecting flaw in, or absence or misplacement of, label on item

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... (3 indent ) Sensing position, shape, or presence of closure

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... (3 indent ) Sensor contacts item

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.... (4 indent ) Gauge

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....• (5 indent ) Plug

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....• (5 indent ) Relatively movable calipers closed against item

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. (1 indent ) Sorting paper money

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. (1 indent ) Sorting cigarettes, cigars, or packages thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid or vacuum sensing means controls separating means

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. (1 indent ) Nonconveying driven means for turning item at separating or inspecting station to facilitate sorting

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. (1 indent ) Traveling items shifted to form line, or into end or edge alignment, to facilitate inspection or separation

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. (1 indent ) Traveling item turned to predetermined position

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.. (2 indent ) Plural orienting means

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.. (2 indent ) Reciprocable or pivotable orienting means

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid orienting means

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.. (2 indent ) Means orienting item moved by gravity

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.. (2 indent ) Driven orienting means

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. (1 indent ) Signalling, indicating, or display means

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.. (2 indent ) Indicia associated with cards, file folders, or like coded items, or with sorting means therefor (including cards, per se, with edge coding)

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.. (2 indent ) Operation of apparatus stopped

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.. (2 indent ) Signal lamp or audible alarm

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.. (2 indent ) Indicating scale

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.. (2 indent ) Item counter

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. (1 indent ) Condition responsive means controls separating means

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.. (2 indent ) Cards or sheets separated by rotatable suction drum

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting cards or sheets coded by perforation

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.. (2 indent ) Diverse

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... (3 indent ) Diverse electrical tests

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... (3 indent ) Including noncondition-responsive separating means

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... (3 indent ) At single station

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.. (2 indent ) Means (e.g., information storing device, timer, delaying relay, etc.) delaying actuation of separating means

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... (3 indent ) Mechanical

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.... (4 indent ) Rotatable pin carrier

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... (3 indent ) Magnetic

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.... (4 indent ) Electrical

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....• (5 indent ) Electronic

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....•. (6 indent ) Shift register

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....•.. (7 indent ) Controlled by article

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.. (2 indent ) Magnetic test sensing property of item

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... (3 indent ) Magnetic core tested

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... (3 indent ) Reading indicia

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... (3 indent ) Permeability

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.. (2 indent ) Electrical test sensing property of item

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... (3 indent ) Detecting flaw in dielectric

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... (3 indent ) Electrical component tested

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.... (4 indent ) Resistor or capacitor

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.... (4 indent ) Lamp or battery

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.. (2 indent ) Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct thereof

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... (3 indent ) Infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet

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.... (4 indent ) Ultraviolet

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.... (4 indent ) Laser

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.... (4 indent ) Color detection

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....• (5 indent ) Intensity

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....•. (6 indent ) Measuring ratio of sensed intensities

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.... (4 indent ) Reading indicia

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....• (5 indent ) On mail

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.... (4 indent ) Mirror or prism in optical path

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.... (4 indent ) Sizing

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.... (4 indent ) Reflected from item

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.... (4 indent ) Transmitted through item

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... (3 indent ) X-ray or gamma ray

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... (3 indent ) Sonic or supersonic energy

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.. (2 indent ) Sensing by applying fluid or vacuum to item

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to weight of item

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... (3 indent ) Detecting movement of item support with electrical sensor

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.... (4 indent ) Photodetector

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.... (4 indent ) Switch

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... (3 indent ) Pusher or deflector controls movement of item on separate support

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.. (2 indent ) Sensing position, shape, or presence of closure or end wall on container

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.. (2 indent ) Sensing contour of item having no missing parts

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting items according to susceptibility to deform (e.g., malleability, hardness, compressibility, etc.), rupture, or vibrate

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.. (2 indent ) Sensor contacts item

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... (3 indent ) Gauge

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.... (4 indent ) Relatively movable calipers closed against item

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.... (4 indent ) Sheet gauging

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.... (4 indent ) Sensor generates electrical signal

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....• (5 indent ) Items separated into at least three classes

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. (1 indent ) Separating means

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.. (2 indent ) Corn silk separator

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting items according to edge coding

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... (3 indent ) Magnet attracts or repels item

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... (3 indent ) Keyboard control

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... (3 indent ) Cards, file folders, or like items sorted by means of necked-down notch thereon

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... (3 indent ) Cards, file folders, or like items alternatively having notch or hole at particular location thereon

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting cards, file folders, or like items having coded sorting holes

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.. (2 indent ) Hand supported implements

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.. (2 indent ) Brush, flail, or rake used other than as one of opposed pair of gauge elements to separate, or to facilitate separation of, items

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... (3 indent ) Rotatable

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.. (2 indent ) Item gripped between opposed elements

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... (3 indent ) Rollers

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.. (2 indent ) Gauge enters hole in item

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.. (2 indent ) Gauging passage between orbiting belts

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.. (2 indent ) Rotating or orbiting carrier having expandable gauging passage passing items of different size at different points along carrier travel path

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... (3 indent ) Belt

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.... (4 indent ) With gauging pocket for individual item

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....• (5 indent ) Pocket formed by rollers, disks, or wheels spaced transversely of belt or by contoured transverse roller, bar, or slat

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.. (2 indent ) Gauge with clearer other than continuous feeder

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... (3 indent ) Spacing between gauge elements increased to free item

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... (3 indent ) Rotatable or pivotable clearer

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... (3 indent ) Stationary clearer

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.. (2 indent ) Diverse

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... (3 indent ) Including means supporting items for manual sorting or allowing operator to control item destination

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... (3 indent ) Including separation effected by items following different trajectories through space

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... (3 indent ) Including separation effected by item of particular size passing through gauging passage between separate elements

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.... (4 indent ) Stationary elements

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... (3 indent ) Including separation effected by item of particular size passing through gauging aperture in wall (e.g., perforated panel, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Including separation effected by different items traveling in different directions while contacting a surface

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.. (2 indent ) Magnet attracts or repels item

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.. (2 indent ) Items thrown or falling through space strike surface and only some rebound

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.. (2 indent ) Items separate by following different trajectories through space

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... (3 indent ) Fluid jet changes trajectory of item

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... (3 indent ) Items thrown or falling through space strike surface and rebound with different trajectories

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... (3 indent ) Takeoff ramp adjustable to different angular positions relative to horizontal plane

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... (3 indent ) Thrower

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.. (2 indent ) Suction

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.. (2 indent ) Fluid jet

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting items by weight

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... (3 indent ) Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to item weight

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.... (4 indent ) Counterbalance on balance beam moved until beam tilts to item discharging position

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.... (4 indent ) Carrier tilted by means (e.g., trip, cam, etc.) adjacent travel path when depressed to particular elevation

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... (3 indent ) Same items successively placed on means (e.g., balance beams, etc.) responsive to different weights

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... (3 indent ) Item support swings about fixed horizontal axis to discharge at different vertically spaced points

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.. (2 indent ) Pusher moving item on separate surface

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... (3 indent ) Pivotable

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... (3 indent ) Reciprocable

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... (3 indent ) Rotatable

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.. (2 indent ) Gravity-type conveyor (e.g., chute, etc.) movable between different discharge positions

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.. (2 indent ) Movement of items along different paths controlled by passive deflector

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... (3 indent ) Deflector movable into and out of path of item

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... (3 indent ) Deflector spaced above conveying means to pass item of particular size thereunder

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting items by size

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... (3 indent ) Item of particular size passed through gauging passage between separate elements

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between stationary element (e.g., bar, slat, etc.) and orbiting belt

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between stationary element (e.g., bar, slat, etc.) and roller

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between orbiting belt and roller or wheel

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between elements of rotating cage

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between elements of orbiting belt

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.... (4 indent ) Item moves along curved gauging passage

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between rotatable elements

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....• (5 indent ) Element adjustable to change width of gauging passage

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....• (5 indent ) Helical roller

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....• (5 indent ) Items move longitudinally of gauging passage varying in width along length thereof

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....• (5 indent ) Spindle or roller having projecting elements spaced circumferentially thereof

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....• (5 indent ) Spindle or roller having axially spaced, flat-sided circumferential elements (e.g., flanges, disks, wheels, etc.) projecting therefrom

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....• (5 indent ) Cylindrical rollers

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between moving elements (e.g., vibrating bars, slats, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Gauging passage between stationary elements (e.g., bars, slats, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Element adjustable to change width of gauging passage

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....• (5 indent ) Items move longitudinally of elongate elements

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....•. (6 indent ) With means moving, or regulating movement of, items along elements

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....•. (6 indent ) Width of gauging passage varies

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... (3 indent ) Item of particular size passed through gauging aperture in wall (e.g., perforated panel, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Aperture in orbiting belt

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.... (4 indent ) Aperture in chute or trough

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.... (4 indent ) Aperture in circumferential wall of hollow body (e.g., tube, etc.) rotatable about longitudinal axis thereof

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... (3 indent ) Item of particular size or shape enters pocket

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.... (4 indent ) On orbiting belt

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.... (4 indent ) On exterior of drumlike body (e.g., roller, etc.) rotatable about longitudinal axis thereof

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.... (4 indent ) On interior of hollow drumlike body (e.g., tube, etc.) rotatable about longitudinal axis thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Means pierces, or enters preformed hole in, item

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.. (2 indent ) Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting drumlike body (e.g., roller, hollow cylinder, etc.) turning about longitudinal axis thereof

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... (3 indent ) Items travel circumferentially and longitudinally of turning axis

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.. (2 indent ) Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting same inclined surface of moving support

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... (3 indent ) Items contact inclined reach of orbiting belt

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.... (4 indent ) Item separating reach inclined only in direction of belt movement

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... (3 indent ) Translating support

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.. (2 indent ) Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting same horizontal surface of moving support

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.. (2 indent ) Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting same inclined surface of static support

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... (3 indent ) Helical ramp

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.. (2 indent ) Means movable between horizontal item-supporting position and gravity discharge position

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting items according to susceptibility to deform (e.g., malleability, hardness, compressibility, etc.), rupture, or vibrate

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.. (2 indent ) Sorting items according to roughness or adhesiveness

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.. (2 indent ) Item turned while traveling

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.. (2 indent ) Manual sorting

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... (3 indent ) Item supported on table or chute

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.... (4 indent ) Rotated about vertical axis

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... (3 indent ) Item supported on orbiting or rotating carrier

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.. (2 indent ) Specific compartment of receptacle brought into alignment with feed means by operator

707

.. (2 indent ) Items separated by tipping, rolling, or sliding off support under force of gravity

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FLUID SUSPENSION

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. (1 indent ) Gaseous

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.. (2 indent ) Horizontal current

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... (3 indent ) With deposition

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.. (2 indent ) Inclined current

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... (3 indent ) With deposition

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.. (2 indent ) Vertical current

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... (3 indent ) With deposition

139.2

.... (4 indent ) With centrifugal feed distribution

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... (3 indent ) Expanding

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.... (4 indent ) With deposition

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.. (2 indent ) Grading deposition

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... (3 indent ) With deflection

710

.... (4 indent ) Plural individual interconnected separation means having swirling currents

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....• (5 indent ) Fluidically induced, oppositely directed axial flows only (e.g., multiple cyclone arrangements, etc.)

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....•. (6 indent ) Serial arrangement

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.... (4 indent ) Mechanically induced swirling

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....• (5 indent ) Eduction rotor

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.... (4 indent ) Fluidically induced, oppositely directed axial flows (e.g., reverse free-vortexes formed, cyclone, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Including auxiliary fluid

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....• (5 indent ) Including inlet characteristic (e.g., helix, spiral, volute, etc.)

718

....•. (6 indent ) Guide vane

719

....•. (6 indent ) Tangential

720

....• (5 indent ) Including specific underflow outlet feature (e.g., apex discharge, etc.)

721

....• (5 indent ) Including specific overflow outlet feature (e.g., adjustable vortex finder, shape, size, etc.)

722

.... (4 indent ) Fluidically induced unidirectional swirling (e.g., axial, radial, tangential separation, free-vortex, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Plural extractions at diverse locations along flow path

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.. (2 indent ) Impetus and countercurrent

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.. (2 indent ) Feeding

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... (3 indent ) Conveyor

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.... (4 indent ) Centrifugal

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.... (4 indent ) Chute

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.... (4 indent ) Disk or cone

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.... (4 indent ) Stepped plane

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... (3 indent ) Cylinder internal

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... (3 indent ) Tossers

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.. (2 indent ) Current control

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. (1 indent ) Liquid

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.. (2 indent ) Horizontal current

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.. (2 indent ) Inclined current

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.. (2 indent ) Vertical current

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... (3 indent ) With agitation

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... (3 indent ) Expanding

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.... (4 indent ) With agitation

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.. (2 indent ) Floating

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... (3 indent ) Buoyant material

.... (4 indent ) Bubbles

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....• (5 indent ) Processes

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....•. (6 indent ) Preferential

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....•. (6 indent ) With modifying agents

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....•.. (7 indent ) Preferential

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....• (5 indent ) Apparatus

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....•. (6 indent ) Agitating

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....•. (6 indent ) Pneumatic

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.... (4 indent ) Oil

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... (3 indent ) Gravity liquid

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.... (4 indent ) Suspension

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.... (4 indent ) Water or aqueous solution

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.... (4 indent ) Metallic (i.e., amalgamators)

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....• (5 indent ) Processes

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....•. (6 indent ) With chemical treatment

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....•.. (7 indent ) Bath

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....•.. (7 indent ) Ore

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....•. (6 indent ) With electric treatment

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....•.. (7 indent ) Bath

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....•.. (7 indent ) Ore

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....•. (6 indent ) With heat treatment

....• (5 indent ) Feeding and distributing

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....•. (6 indent ) Submerging

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....•.. (7 indent ) Conveyor

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....•.. (7 indent ) Vacuum

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....•.. (7 indent ) With agitation

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....•... (8 indent ) Baffles

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....•... (8 indent ) Agitators

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....•. (6 indent ) Surface

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....•.. (7 indent ) Impact

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....• (5 indent ) With rubbing

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....• (5 indent ) Feeding and discharging

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....•. (6 indent ) Bath

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....• (5 indent ) Receptacles

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....•. (6 indent ) Reciprocating

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....•.. (7 indent ) Chutes and tables

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....•.. (7 indent ) With agitators

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....•. (6 indent ) Rotating

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....•.. (7 indent ) Centrifugal

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....•.. (7 indent ) With agitators

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....•. (6 indent ) Stationary

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....•.. (7 indent ) Chutes and tables

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....•.. (7 indent ) With agitators

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....•... (8 indent ) Reciprocating

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....•... (8 indent ) Rotating

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....• (5 indent ) Riffles and traps

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... (3 indent ) Surface film tension

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.. (2 indent ) Grading deposition

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... (3 indent ) Chronometric

210

... (3 indent ) With deflection

724

... (3 indent ) Including circularly flowing liquid separation agent

725

... (3 indent ) Rotational hydrodynamic extraction (e.g., unidirectional hydrocyclone, vortical, whirlpool, etc.)

726

.... (4 indent ) Including condition responsive control

727

.... (4 indent ) Including oppositely directed axial flows around evacuated core (e.g., hydrocyclone having reverse free-vortexes formed, etc.)

728

....• (5 indent ) Plural individual interconnected, oppositely directed axial flow producing separation phases (e.g., system arrangements, multiple hydrocyclones, etc.)

729

....•. (6 indent ) Serially connected

730

....• (5 indent ) Including auxiliary fluid (e.g., air or gas core, dilution water, elutriation liquid, etc.)

731

....•. (6 indent ) Adjacent or subsequent to underflow discharge (e.g., dilution water, elutriation liquid, sedimentation chamber, sump, etc.)

732

....• (5 indent ) Including specific overflow discharge feature (e.g., adjustable vortex finder, shape, size, etc.)

733

....• (5 indent ) Including specific underflow discharge feature (e.g., apex construction, secondary vortex chamber, etc.)

734

....• (5 indent ) Including specific inlet feature (e.g., shape, size, etc.)

MAGNETIC

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. (1 indent ) Diamagnetic

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. (1 indent ) Paramagnetic

214

.. (2 indent ) Processes

215

.. (2 indent ) Special application

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.. (2 indent ) Multiple type

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.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating magnets

.. (2 indent ) Rotating magnets

218

... (3 indent ) Belt

219

... (3 indent ) Cylinder external

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.... (4 indent ) Vertical axis

221

... (3 indent ) Cylinder internal

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... (3 indent ) Disk

223.1

.. (2 indent ) Stationary magnets

223.2

... (3 indent ) Cylinder external

224

... (3 indent ) Cylinder internal

225

.. (2 indent ) With agitating or conveying

226

... (3 indent ) Magnetic

227

.... (4 indent ) Traveling field

228

.. (2 indent ) Discharging

229

... (3 indent ) Doffers

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.... (4 indent ) Magnetic

231

.. (2 indent ) Feeding

232

... (3 indent ) Fluid suspension

233

SIFTING

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. (1 indent ) Combined type

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. (1 indent ) Special applications

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.. (2 indent ) Distributing

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.. (2 indent ) Material testing

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. (1 indent ) With heating or cooling

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. (1 indent ) With weighting

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. (1 indent ) Feeding and discharging

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.. (2 indent ) Conveyors

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.. (2 indent ) Interconnected

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. (1 indent ) Feeding

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.. (2 indent ) Hoppers

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... (3 indent ) With agitators or conveyors

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... (3 indent ) Cut-offs and valves

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.. (2 indent ) Conveyors

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... (3 indent ) Receptacles

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.... (4 indent ) Ash pan

250

... (3 indent ) Fluid

251

.. (2 indent ) Reversible

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.. (2 indent ) Sifter movement

253

.. (2 indent ) Selective

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. (1 indent ) Distributers or spreaders

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. (1 indent ) Discharging

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.. (2 indent ) Conveyors and valves

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.. (2 indent ) Conveyors

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.. (2 indent ) Valves

259

.. (2 indent ) Receptacles

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.. (2 indent ) Tilting

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. (1 indent ) Conveying

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.. (2 indent ) Material forcing

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.. (2 indent ) Material positioning

264

... (3 indent ) Guides

265

.... (4 indent ) Imperforate sections

266

.... (4 indent ) Superposed

267

.. (2 indent ) Retarders

268

. (1 indent ) With liquid treatment

269

.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating sifters

.. (2 indent ) Rotating sifters

270

... (3 indent ) Drum

271

... (3 indent ) Disk

272

... (3 indent ) Endless belt

273

.. (2 indent ) Stationary sifters

274

. (1 indent ) Concave and convex sifters

275

.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating

276

... (3 indent ) With agitators

277

.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating

278

.... (4 indent ) Rotating

279

.. (2 indent ) Rotating

280

... (3 indent ) With agitators

281

.. (2 indent ) Stationary

282

... (3 indent ) With reciprocating agitators

283

... (3 indent ) With rotating agitators

. (1 indent ) Drum sifters

.. (2 indent ) Horizontal and inclined

284

... (3 indent ) Feeding or dischargingd

285

.... (4 indent ) Peripheral feed

286

....• (5 indent ) Inlets

287

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating and rotating

288

... (3 indent ) Rotating

289

.... (4 indent ) Multiple

290

....• (5 indent ) Concentric

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....•. (6 indent ) Nested

292

....• (5 indent ) Superposed

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.... (4 indent ) With agitators and conveyors

294

....• (5 indent ) Lifters and deflectors

295

....• (5 indent ) Pneumatic

296

....• (5 indent ) Rotating

297

....•. (6 indent ) Attached

298

....•. (6 indent ) Lifters

299

.... (4 indent ) Lifters and beaters

300

... (3 indent ) Stationary

.. (2 indent ) Vertical

301

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating and rotating

302

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating

303

... (3 indent ) Rotating

304

.... (4 indent ) With agitators

305

... (3 indent ) Stationary

306

.... (4 indent ) With agitators

307

. (1 indent ) Endless belt sifters

308

.. (2 indent ) With agitators

. (1 indent ) Plane sifters

.. (2 indent ) Horizontal and inclined

309

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating and rotating

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating

310

.... (4 indent ) Distorting

311

.... (4 indent ) Multiple

312

....• (5 indent ) With pneumatic treatment

313

....• (5 indent ) Alined

314

....• (5 indent ) Stepped

315

....• (5 indent ) Superposed

316

....•. (6 indent ) With intermediate conveyors

317

....•. (6 indent ) With dischargers

318

....•. (6 indent ) With pneumatic treatment

319

....•. (6 indent ) Attaching and adjusting

320

.... (4 indent ) With agitators and conveyors

321

....• (5 indent ) Pneumatic

322

....• (5 indent ) Reciprocating

323

....•. (6 indent ) Unattached

324

....• (5 indent ) Rotating

325

.... (4 indent ) With horizontal and vertical shake

326

....• (5 indent ) Gyratory

327

....• (5 indent ) Lateral

328

....•. (6 indent ) With impact

329

....• (5 indent ) Longitudinal

330

....•. (6 indent ) With impact

.... (4 indent ) With horizontal shake

331

....• (5 indent ) Longitudinal and transverse

332

....•. (6 indent ) Gyratory

333

....• (5 indent ) Lateral

334

....•. (6 indent ) Impactive

335

....•. (6 indent ) Pivoted

336

....•.. (7 indent ) With impact

337

....•. (6 indent ) Sliding

338

....•.. (7 indent ) With impact

339

....•. (6 indent ) Swinging

340

....•.. (7 indent ) With impact

341

....• (5 indent ) Longitudinal

342

....•. (6 indent ) Sliding

343

....•.. (7 indent ) With impact

344

....•. (6 indent ) Swinging

345

....•.. (7 indent ) With impact

346

.... (4 indent ) With vertical shake

347

....• (5 indent ) Impactive

348

....• (5 indent ) Pivoted

349

....•. (6 indent ) With impact

350

... (3 indent ) Rotating

351

.... (4 indent ) With agitators

352

... (3 indent ) Stationary

353

.... (4 indent ) Multiple

354

....• (5 indent ) Stepped

355

....• (5 indent ) Superposed

356

....•. (6 indent ) Zigzag

.... (4 indent ) With agitators

357

....• (5 indent ) Reciprocating

358

....• (5 indent ) Rotating

359

.. (2 indent ) Vertical

360

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating

361

... (3 indent ) Rotating

362

. (1 indent ) Spiral sifters

363

. (1 indent ) Elements

364

.. (2 indent ) Actuating

365.1

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating

365.2

.... (4 indent ) Cam and linkage

365.3

.... (4 indent ) With cushioning

365.4

.... (4 indent ) Differential motion

366

.... (4 indent ) Gyrating

366.5

....• (5 indent ) Unbalanced weight

367

.... (4 indent ) Unbalanced weight

368

.... (4 indent ) Magnetic

369

... (3 indent ) Rotating

370

.. (2 indent ) Bins and casings

371

... (3 indent ) Adapters

372

... (3 indent ) Closures

373

... (3 indent ) Compartments and receptacles

374

... (3 indent ) Household

375

.... (4 indent ) Chutes

376

.... (4 indent ) Hods

377

.... (4 indent ) Stoves and furnaces

378

... (3 indent ) Venting

379

.. (2 indent ) Clearers

380

... (3 indent ) Fluid

381

... (3 indent ) Jarring

382

.... (4 indent ) Knockers

383

.... (4 indent ) Whips

384

... (3 indent ) Pressers

385

... (3 indent ) Wipers

386

.... (4 indent ) Brush

387

.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating

388

....• (5 indent ) Brush

389

.... (4 indent ) Rotating

390

....• (5 indent ) Brush

391

.. (2 indent ) Mesh closures

392

.. (2 indent ) Dress

393

... (3 indent ) Bars

394

.... (4 indent ) Adjusting

395

.... (4 indent ) Attaching

396

.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating

397

... (3 indent ) Perforated sheet

398

.... (4 indent ) Adjusting

399

.... (4 indent ) Attaching

400

... (3 indent ) Cords and wires

401

... (3 indent ) Woven

402

.... (4 indent ) Adjusting

403

.... (4 indent ) Attaching

.. (2 indent ) Frames

404

... (3 indent ) Adjusting

405

... (3 indent ) Attaching

406

... (3 indent ) Drum

407

.... (4 indent ) Sectional

408

... (3 indent ) Plane

409

.. (2 indent ) Supports

410

... (3 indent ) Axial

411

... (3 indent ) Rim

412

... (3 indent ) Framework

413

.... (4 indent ) Adjustable

414

.... (4 indent ) Knockdown

415

... (3 indent ) Hangers and standards

416

... (3 indent ) Levelers

417

... (3 indent ) Manual

418

.... (4 indent ) Scoop

419

.... (4 indent ) Shovel

420

... (3 indent ) Portable

421

.... (4 indent ) Vehicles

422

STRATIFIERS

. (1 indent ) With liquid treatment

.. (2 indent ) Movable bed

... (3 indent ) Permeable

423

.... (4 indent ) Constant current

424

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

425

.... (4 indent ) Pulsating current

426

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

427

....• (5 indent ) Parallel travel

428

... (3 indent ) Belt

429

.... (4 indent ) Divergent travel

430

.... (4 indent ) Opposite travel

431

.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating support

432

....• (5 indent ) Divergent travel

433

....• (5 indent ) Opposite travel

... (3 indent ) Chutes and tables

434

.... (4 indent ) Spiral

435

.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating-rotating

436

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

437

.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating

438

....• (5 indent ) Annular

439

....•. (6 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

440

....• (5 indent ) With agitators

441

....• (5 indent ) Divergent travel

442

....• (5 indent ) Opposite travel

443

....• (5 indent ) Parallel travel

444

.... (4 indent ) Rotating

.. (2 indent ) Receptacles

445

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating-rotating

446

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating

447

.... (4 indent ) Manual support

448

.... (4 indent ) With agitators

449

....• (5 indent ) Reciprocating

450

....• (5 indent ) Rotating

... (3 indent ) Rotating

451

.... (4 indent ) Horizontal or inclined axis

452

....• (5 indent ) With agitators or conveyors

453

.... (4 indent ) Vertical axis

.. (2 indent ) Stationary bed

... (3 indent ) Permeable

454

.... (4 indent ) Constant current

455

.... (4 indent ) Pulsating current

456

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

457

....• (5 indent ) Parallel travel

458

... (3 indent ) Chutes and tables

459

.... (4 indent ) Annular, circular or spiral

460

.... (4 indent ) With divergent or opposite travel

... (3 indent ) Receptacles

461

.... (4 indent ) With agitators or conveyors

462

....• (5 indent ) Reciprocating

463

....• (5 indent ) Rotating

464

....•. (6 indent ) Horizontal or inclined axis

465

....•. (6 indent ) Vertical axis

. (1 indent ) With pneumatic treatment

.. (2 indent ) Movable bed

... (3 indent ) Permeable

466

.... (4 indent ) Constant current

467

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

468

.... (4 indent ) Pulsating current

469

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

470

... (3 indent ) Belts

471

... (3 indent ) Chutes, tables, and receptacles

472

.... (4 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

473

... (3 indent ) Drums

.. (2 indent ) Stationary bed

... (3 indent ) Permeable

474

.... (4 indent ) With constant current

475

.... (4 indent ) With pulsating current

476

....• (5 indent ) Divergent or opposite travel

477

.. (2 indent ) Chutes, tables, and receptacles

478

. (1 indent ) Magnetic

. (1 indent ) Movable bed

479

.. (2 indent ) Chutes, tables, and receptacles

480

... (3 indent ) Divergent travel

481

... (3 indent ) Opposite travel

482

.. (2 indent ) Drums

483

. (1 indent ) Stationary bed

484

. (1 indent ) Elements

485

.. (2 indent ) Beds

486

... (3 indent ) Permeable

487

.. (2 indent ) Cleaners

488

.. (2 indent ) Feeding and discharging

489

... (3 indent ) Automatic control

490

.. (2 indent ) Discharging

491

... (3 indent ) Automatic control

492

... (3 indent ) Conveyers

493

... (3 indent ) Dividers and skimmers

494

... (3 indent ) Exits

495

.... (4 indent ) With positively operated dischargers

496

.... (4 indent ) Automatic control

497

.. (2 indent ) Feeding

498

... (3 indent ) Distributing

499

... (3 indent ) Regulating

.. (2 indent ) Fluid supply

500

... (3 indent ) Liquid

501

.... (4 indent ) Circuit

502

... (3 indent ) Pneumatic

503

.. (2 indent ) Operating mechanism

504

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating

505

... (3 indent ) Rotating

506

.. (2 indent ) Riffles

507

... (3 indent ) Overhung

508

.. (2 indent ) Supports

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

900

SORTING FLAT-TYPE MAIL

901

FROTH FLOTATION; COPPER

902

FROTH FLOTATION; PHOSPHATE

903

FEEDER CONVEYOR HAVING OPPOSED GRIPPERS

904

FEEDER CONVEYOR HOLDING ITEM BY MAGNETIC ATTRACTION

905

FEEDER CONVEYOR HOLDING ITEM BY SUCTION

906

PNEUMATIC OR LIQUID STREAM FEEDING ITEM

907

MAGNETIC FEEDER

908

ITEM FED BY FREE FALL

909

ITEM HOLDING FEED MAGAZINE INSERTABLE IN SORTING APPARATUS

910

FEED HOPPER

911

FEED MEANS SUPPORTING OR GUIDING ITEM MOVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY

912

ENDLESS FEED CONVEYOR WITH MEANS FOR HOLDING EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY

913

SCREW FEED CONVEYOR

914

DIVERSE SEQUENTIAL FEEDING STEPS

915

CENTRIFUGAL FEEDER

916

RECIPROCATING PUSHER FEEDING ITEM

917

ENDLESS BELT PUSHER FEEDING ITEM

918

SWINGING OR ROTATING PUSHER FEEDING ITEM

919

ROTARY FEED CONVEYOR

920

VIBRATORY FEED CONVEYOR

921

RECIPROCATING OR OSCILLATING FEED CONVEYOR

922

MISCELLANEOUS FEED CONVEYORS

923

FEED THROUGH INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ENDLESS CONVEYOR

924

GRAVITY CONVEYOR MOVING ITEM FROM SEPARATING STATION

925

DRIVEN OR FLUID CONVEYOR MOVING ITEM FROM SEPARATING STATION

926

SILVERWARE SORTER

927

COP SORTER

928

CONTAINER CLOSURE SORTER

929

FASTENER SORTER

930

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SORTING

931

MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION

932

FLUID APPLIED TO ITEMS

933

ACCUMULATION RECEIVING SEPARATED ITEMS

934

MOVING ITEMS TO SORTING MEANS IN SPACED RELATION LENGTHWISE OF FEED PATH

935

AMBULANT

936

PLURAL ITEMS TESTED AS GROUP

937

LAUNDRY SORTING

938

ILLUMINATING MEANS FACILITATING VISUAL INSPECTION

939

VIDEO SCANNING

940

NONCONDITION-RESPONSIVE SORTING BY CONTOUR

941

ITEM CARRYING BRIDGE RAISABLE TO EXPOSE DISCHARGE OPENING

942

OPERATOR SELECTS DESTINATION OF ITEM

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