| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 209/933 |
Accumulation receiving separated items |
79 |
| 209/45 |
Adhesion |
20 |
| 209/49 |
Coated surface or mass |
28 |
| 209/50 |
Mercurial |
1 |
| 209/51 |
Applying or removing coat |
2 |
| 209/52 |
Contact elements |
2 |
| 209/53 |
Agitators |
1 |
| 209/54 |
Baffles |
2 |
| 209/55 |
Disks and spheres |
1 |
| 209/56 |
Liners |
0 |
| 209/57 |
Percolators |
2 |
| 209/58 |
Receivers |
2 |
| 209/59 |
Rotating |
2 |
| 209/60 |
Centrifugal |
1 |
| 209/61 |
Cylinders, external |
0 |
| 209/62 |
Cylinders, internal |
1 |
| 209/63 |
Endless belt |
1 |
| 209/64 |
Shaking |
2 |
| 209/65 |
With agitating or conveying |
1 |
| 209/66 |
Fluid |
2 |
| 209/68 |
Impact |
0 |
| 209/69 |
Reciprocating |
0 |
| 209/70 |
Rotating |
0 |
| 209/67 |
With rubbing |
0 |
| 209/46 |
With selective differentiation |
13 |
| 209/47 |
Coating |
15 |
| 209/48 |
Mercurial (i.e., amalgamators) |
3 |
| 209/935 |
Ambulant |
27 |
| 209/915 |
Centrifugal feeder |
5 |
| 209/928 |
Container closure sorter |
16 |
| 209/927 |
Cop sorter |
47 |
| 209/914 |
Diverse sequential feeding steps |
33 |
| 209/925 |
Driven or fluid conveyor moving item from separating station |
33 |
| 209/127.1 |
Electrostatic |
117 |
| 209/128 |
Attracting and repelling |
58 |
| 209/129 |
Attracting |
84 |
| 209/127.4 |
Free fall type particle charging |
54 |
| 209/130 |
Repelling |
39 |
| 209/131 |
Stratifying |
28 |
| 209/127.2 |
With heating of particles |
27 |
| 209/127.3 |
With vibrating trough charging of particles |
21 |
| 209/917 |
Endless belt pusher feeding item |
24 |
| 209/912 |
Endless feed conveyor with means for holding each item individually |
103 |
| 209/929 |
Fastener sorter |
18 |
| 209/910 |
Feed hopper |
27 |
| 209/911 |
Feed means supporting or guiding item moving under influence of gravity |
42 |
| 209/923 |
Feed through including at least one endless conveyor |
17 |
| 209/903 |
Feeder conveyor having opposed grippers |
18 |
| 209/904 |
Feeder conveyor holding item by magnetic attraction |
7 |
| 209/905 |
Feeder conveyor holding item by suction |
44 |
| 209/932 |
Fluid applied to items |
61 |
| 209/132 |
Fluid suspension |
18 |
| 209/133 |
Gaseous |
50 |
| 209/154 |
Current control |
98 |
| 209/146 |
Feeding |
22 |
| 209/147 |
Conveyor |
34 |
| 209/148 |
Centrifugal |
53 |
| 209/149 |
Chute |
43 |
| 209/150 |
Disk or cone |
14 |
| 209/151 |
Stepped plane |
5 |
| 209/152 |
Cylinder internal |
22 |
| 209/153 |
Tossers |
14 |
| 209/142 |
Grading deposition |
63 |
| 209/143 |
With deflection |
119 |
| 209/722 |
Fluidically induced unidirectional swirling (e.g., axial, radial, tangential separation, free-vortex, etc.) |
72 |
| 209/723 |
Plural extractions at diverse locations along flow path |
22 |
| 209/715 |
Fluidically induced, oppositely directed axial flows (e.g., reverse free-vortexes formed, cyclone, etc.) |
59 |
| 209/716 |
Including auxiliary fluid |
23 |
| 209/717 |
Including inlet characteristic (e.g., helix, spiral, volute, etc.) |
29 |
| 209/718 |
Guide vane |
14 |
| 209/719 |
Tangential |
44 |
| 209/721 |
Including specific overflow outlet feature (e.g., adjustable vortex finder, shape, size, etc.) |
43 |
| 209/720 |
Including specific underflow outlet feature (e.g., apex discharge, etc.) |
36 |
| 209/713 |
Mechanically induced swirling |
28 |
| 209/714 |
Eduction rotor |
63 |
| 209/710 |
Plural individual interconnected separation means having swirling currents |
48 |
| 209/711 |
Fluidically induced, oppositely directed axial flows only (e.g., multiple cyclone arrangements, etc.) |
22 |
| 209/712 |
Serial arrangement |
10 |
| 209/134 |
Horizontal current |
28 |
| 209/135 |
With deposition |
89 |
| 209/145 |
Impetus and countercurrent |
29 |
| 209/136 |
Inclined current |
32 |
| 209/137 |
With deposition |
57 |
| 209/138 |
Vertical current |
97 |
| 209/140 |
Expanding |
16 |
| 209/141 |
With deposition |
16 |
| 209/139.1 |
With deposition |
133 |
| 209/139.2 |
With centrifugal feed distribution |
62 |
| 209/155 |
Liquid |
99 |
| 209/162 |
Floating |
33 |
| 209/163 |
Buoyant material |
9 |
| | Bubbles | |
| 209/168 |
Apparatus |
134 |
| 209/169 |
Agitating |
138 |
| 209/170 |
Pneumatic |
278 |
| 209/164 |
Processes |
257 |
| 209/165 |
Preferential |
18 |
| 209/166 |
With modifying agents |
667 |
| 209/167 |
Preferential |
260 |
| 209/171 |
Oil |
18 |
| 209/172 |
Gravity liquid |
87 |
| 209/174 |
Metallic (i.e., amalgamators) |
2 |
| 209/192 |
Feeding and discharging |
1 |
| 209/193 |
Bath |
3 |
| | Feeding and distributing | |
| 209/183 |
Submerging |
0 |
| 209/184 |
Conveyor |
2 |
| 209/185 |
Vacuum |
0 |
| 209/186 |
With agitation |
0 |
| 209/188 |
Agitators |
2 |
| 209/187 |
Baffles |
1 |
| 209/189 |
Surface |
2 |
| 209/190 |
Impact |
1 |
| 209/175 |
Processes |
4 |
| 209/176 |
With chemical treatment |
3 |
| 209/177 |
Bath |
0 |
| 209/178 |
Ore |
5 |
| 209/179 |
With electric treatment |
0 |
| 209/180 |
Bath |
0 |
| 209/181 |
Ore |
0 |
| 209/182 |
With heat treatment |
1 |
| 209/194 |
Receptacles |
0 |
| 209/195 |
Reciprocating |
0 |
| 209/196 |
Chutes and tables |
0 |
| 209/197 |
With agitators |
1 |
| 209/198 |
Rotating |
4 |
| 209/199 |
Centrifugal |
10 |
| 209/200 |
With agitators |
3 |
| 209/201 |
Stationary |
2 |
| 209/202 |
Chutes and tables |
2 |
| 209/203 |
With agitators |
3 |
| 209/204 |
Reciprocating |
0 |
| 209/205 |
Rotating |
5 |
| 209/206 |
Riffles and traps |
3 |
| 209/191 |
With rubbing |
1 |
| 209/172.5 |
Suspension |
128 |
| 209/173 |
Water or aqueous solution |
191 |
| 209/207 |
Surface film tension |
5 |
| 209/208 |
Grading deposition |
57 |
| 209/209 |
Chronometric |
10 |
| 209/724 |
Including circularly flowing liquid separation agent |
31 |
| 209/725 |
Rotational hydrodynamic extraction (e.g., unidirectional hydrocyclone, vortical, whirlpool, etc.) |
173 |
| 209/726 |
Including condition responsive control |
39 |
| 209/727 |
Including oppositely directed axial flows around evacuated core (e.g., hydrocyclone having reverse free-vortexes formed, etc.) |
114 |
| 209/730 |
Including auxiliary fluid (e.g., air or gas core, dilution water, elutriation liquid, etc.) |
42 |
| 209/731 |
Adjacent or subsequent to underflow discharge (e.g., dilution water, elutriation liquid, sedimentation chamber, sump, etc.) |
31 |
| 209/734 |
Including specific inlet feature (e.g., shape, size, etc.) |
64 |
| 209/732 |
Including specific overflow discharge feature (e.g., adjustable vortex finder, shape, size, etc.) |
61 |
| 209/733 |
Including specific underflow discharge feature (e.g., apex construction, secondary vortex chamber, etc.) |
101 |
| 209/728 |
Plural individual interconnected, oppositely directed axial flow producing separation phases (e.g., system arrangements, multiple hydrocyclones, etc.) |
82 |
| 209/729 |
Serially connected |
60 |
| 209/210 |
With deflection |
88 |
| 209/156 |
Horizontal current |
54 |
| 209/157 |
Inclined current |
36 |
| 209/158 |
Vertical current |
74 |
| 209/160 |
Expanding |
18 |
| 209/161 |
With agitation |
14 |
| 209/159 |
With agitation |
41 |
| 209/901 |
Froth flotation; copper |
5 |
| 209/902 |
Froth flotation; phosphate |
11 |
| 209/924 |
Gravity conveyor moving item from separating station |
21 |
| 209/938 |
Illuminating means facilitating visual inspection |
57 |
| 209/941 |
Item carrying bridge raisable to expose discharge opening |
11 |
| 209/908 |
Item fed by free fall |
21 |
| 209/909 |
Item holding feed magazine insertable in sorting apparatus |
16 |
| 209/937 |
Laundry sorting |
40 |
| 209/907 |
Magnetic feeder |
4 |
| | Magnetic | |
| 209/212 |
Diamagnetic |
90 |
| 209/213 |
Paramagnetic |
67 |
| 209/228 |
Discharging |
48 |
| 209/229 |
Doffers |
29 |
| 209/230 |
Magnetic |
6 |
| 209/231 |
Feeding |
43 |
| 209/232 |
Fluid suspension |
146 |
| 209/216 |
Multiple type |
22 |
| 209/214 |
Processes |
252 |
| 209/217 |
Reciprocating magnets |
33 |
| | Rotating magnets | |
| 209/218 |
Belt |
27 |
| 209/219 |
Cylinder external |
70 |
| 209/220 |
Vertical axis |
5 |
| 209/221 |
Cylinder internal |
24 |
| 209/222 |
Disk |
27 |
| 209/215 |
Special application |
114 |
| 209/223.1 |
Stationary magnets |
193 |
| 209/223.2 |
Cylinder external |
60 |
| 209/224 |
Cylinder internal |
44 |
| 209/225 |
With agitating or conveying |
63 |
| 209/226 |
Magnetic |
31 |
| 209/227 |
Traveling field |
49 |
| 209/931 |
Materials of construction |
33 |
| 209/922 |
Miscellaneous feed conveyors |
29 |
| 209/1 |
Miscellaneous |
122 |
| 209/934 |
Moving items to sorting means in spaced relation lengthwise of feed path |
36 |
| 209/930 |
Municipal solid waste sorting |
238 |
| 209/940 |
Noncondition-responsive sorting by contour |
30 |
| 209/942 |
Operator selects destination of item |
73 |
| 209/936 |
Plural items tested as group |
30 |
| 209/12.1 |
Plural, diverse separating operations |
122 |
| 209/17 |
Aqueous suspension and sifting |
307 |
| 209/18 |
Aqueous suspension and stratifying |
61 |
| 209/13 |
Aqueous suspension, sifting, and stratifying |
29 |
| 209/21 |
Gaseous suspension and sifting |
22 |
| 209/22 |
Coincident |
12 |
| 209/24 |
Horizontal current |
11 |
| 209/25 |
With deposition |
6 |
| 209/26 |
Inclined current |
3 |
| 209/27 |
With deposition |
7 |
| 209/28 |
Vertical current |
8 |
| 209/29 |
With deposition |
19 |
| 209/23 |
With deposition |
22 |
| 209/30 |
Successive |
22 |
| 209/32 |
Horizontal current |
10 |
| 209/33 |
With deposition |
22 |
| 209/34 |
Inclined current |
9 |
| 209/35 |
With deposition |
9 |
| 209/36 |
Vertical current |
7 |
| 209/37 |
With deposition |
27 |
| 209/31 |
With deposition |
47 |
| 209/20 |
Gaseous suspension and stratifying |
34 |
| 209/19 |
Gaseous suspension, sifting, and stratifying |
18 |
| 209/12.2 |
Including electrostatic |
48 |
| 209/44.1 |
Including sorting of special items or sorting by methods or apparatus includible in subclasses 509 through 707 |
56 |
| 209/44.3 |
Drum-type sifter |
18 |
| 209/44.2 |
Fluid jet |
27 |
| 209/44.4 |
Manual sorting |
17 |
| 209/39 |
Magnetic and fluid suspension |
166 |
| 209/38 |
Magnetic and sifting |
121 |
| 209/40 |
Magnetic and stratifying |
28 |
| 209/42 |
Mercurial adhesion or suspension and sifting |
2 |
| 209/43 |
Mercurial adhesion or suspension and stratifying |
2 |
| 209/14 |
Mercurial adhesion, sifting, and stratifying |
2 |
| 209/41 |
Mercurial suspension and mercurial adhesion |
2 |
| 209/15 |
Mercurial suspension or adhesion and fluid suspension |
2 |
| 209/16 |
Aqueous suspension |
2 |
| 209/44 |
Sifting and stratifying |
89 |
| 209/906 |
Pneumatic or liquid stream feeding item |
78 |
| 209/3 |
Precedent preparation of items or materials to facilitate separation |
345 |
| 209/4 |
Selective differentiation |
54 |
| 209/5 |
Deflocculation and flocculation |
372 |
| 209/7 |
Form |
15 |
| 209/8 |
Magnetizing and demagnetizing |
86 |
| 209/9 |
Surface |
84 |
| 209/3.1 |
Sorting special items or sorting by methods and apparatus includible in subclasses 509 through 707 |
137 |
| 209/3.2 |
Condition responsive sensor controlling preparation |
24 |
| 209/3.3 |
Marking or tagging item |
149 |
| 209/921 |
Reciprocating or oscillating feed conveyor |
15 |
| 209/916 |
Reciprocating pusher feeding item |
21 |
| 209/919 |
Rotary feed conveyor |
67 |
| 209/913 |
Screw feed conveyor |
19 |
| 209/233 |
Sifting |
31 |
| 209/234 |
Combined type |
62 |
| 209/274 |
Concave and convex sifters |
25 |
| 209/275 |
Reciprocating |
22 |
| 209/276 |
With agitators |
6 |
| 209/277 |
Reciprocating |
1 |
| 209/278 |
Rotating |
3 |
| 209/279 |
Rotating |
9 |
| 209/280 |
With agitators |
3 |
| 209/281 |
Stationary |
42 |
| 209/282 |
With reciprocating agitators |
4 |
| 209/283 |
With rotating agitators |
43 |
| 209/261 |
Conveying |
29 |
| 209/262 |
Material forcing |
14 |
| 209/263 |
Material positioning |
7 |
| 209/264 |
Guides |
11 |
| 209/265 |
Imperforate sections |
2 |
| 209/266 |
Superposed |
3 |
| 209/267 |
Retarders |
16 |
| 209/255 |
Discharging |
32 |
| 209/256 |
Conveyors and valves |
4 |
| 209/257 |
Conveyors |
56 |
| 209/259 |
Receptacles |
16 |
| 209/260 |
Tilting |
29 |
| 209/258 |
Valves |
15 |
| 209/254 |
Distributers or spreaders |
65 |
| | Drum sifters | |
| | Horizontal and inclined | |
| 209/284 |
Feeding or dischargingd |
57 |
| 209/285 |
Peripheral feed |
22 |
| 209/286 |
Inlets |
5 |
| 209/287 |
Reciprocating and rotating |
8 |
| 209/288 |
Rotating |
79 |
| 209/299 |
Lifters and beaters |
10 |
| 209/289 |
Multiple |
8 |
| 209/290 |
Concentric |
17 |
| 209/291 |
Nested |
24 |
| 209/292 |
Superposed |
3 |
| 209/293 |
With agitators and conveyors |
13 |
| 209/294 |
Lifters and deflectors |
23 |
| 209/295 |
Pneumatic |
6 |
| 209/296 |
Rotating |
24 |
| 209/297 |
Attached |
21 |
| 209/298 |
Lifters |
7 |
| 209/300 |
Stationary |
51 |
| | Vertical | |
| 209/301 |
Reciprocating and rotating |
7 |
| 209/302 |
Reciprocating |
6 |
| 209/303 |
Rotating |
22 |
| 209/304 |
With agitators |
14 |
| 209/305 |
Stationary |
44 |
| 209/306 |
With agitators |
116 |
| 209/363 |
Elements |
18 |
| 209/364 |
Actuating |
16 |
| 209/365.1 |
Reciprocating |
53 |
| 209/365.2 |
Cam and linkage |
9 |
| 209/365.4 |
Differential motion |
25 |
| 209/366 |
Gyrating |
18 |
| 209/366.5 |
Unbalanced weight |
57 |
| 209/368 |
Magnetic |
8 |
| 209/367 |
Unbalanced weight |
41 |
| 209/365.3 |
With cushioning |
14 |
| 209/369 |
Rotating |
16 |
| 209/370 |
Bins and casings |
19 |
| 209/371 |
Adapters |
7 |
| 209/372 |
Closures |
11 |
| 209/373 |
Compartments and receptacles |
21 |
| 209/374 |
Household |
20 |
| 209/375 |
Chutes |
4 |
| 209/376 |
Hods |
1 |
| 209/377 |
Stoves and furnaces |
0 |
| 209/378 |
Venting |
1 |
| 209/379 |
Clearers |
67 |
| 209/380 |
Fluid |
69 |
| 209/381 |
Jarring |
20 |
| 209/382 |
Knockers |
30 |
| 209/383 |
Whips |
4 |
| 209/384 |
Pressers |
13 |
| 209/385 |
Wipers |
24 |
| 209/386 |
Brush |
9 |
| 209/387 |
Reciprocating |
14 |
| 209/388 |
Brush |
6 |
| 209/389 |
Rotating |
43 |
| 209/390 |
Brush |
24 |
| 209/392 |
Dress |
38 |
| 209/393 |
Bars |
69 |
| 209/394 |
Adjusting |
40 |
| 209/395 |
Attaching |
71 |
| 209/396 |
Reciprocating |
21 |
| 209/400 |
Cords and wires |
39 |
| 209/397 |
Perforated sheet |
109 |
| 209/398 |
Adjusting |
7 |
| 209/399 |
Attaching |
144 |
| 209/401 |
Woven |
64 |
| 209/402 |
Adjusting |
10 |
| 209/403 |
Attaching |
163 |
| | Frames | |
| 209/404 |
Adjusting |
42 |
| 209/405 |
Attaching |
202 |
| 209/406 |
Drum |
30 |
| 209/407 |
Sectional |
26 |
| 209/408 |
Plane |
72 |
| 209/391 |
Mesh closures |
4 |
| 209/409 |
Supports |
55 |
| 209/410 |
Axial |
8 |
| 209/412 |
Framework |
64 |
| 209/413 |
Adjustable |
36 |
| 209/414 |
Knockdown |
11 |
| 209/415 |
Hangers and standards |
13 |
| 209/416 |
Levelers |
5 |
| 209/417 |
Manual |
36 |
| 209/418 |
Scoop |
24 |
| 209/419 |
Shovel |
21 |
| 209/420 |
Portable |
89 |
| 209/421 |
Vehicles |
93 |
| 209/411 |
Rim |
37 |
| 209/307 |
Endless belt sifters |
37 |
| 209/308 |
With agitators |
26 |
| 209/240 |
Feeding and discharging |
77 |
| 209/241 |
Conveyors |
47 |
| 209/242 |
Interconnected |
6 |
| 209/243 |
Feeding |
26 |
| 209/247 |
Conveyors |
29 |
| 209/250 |
Fluid |
123 |
| 209/248 |
Receptacles |
9 |
| 209/249 |
Ash pan |
2 |
| 209/244 |
Hoppers |
18 |
| 209/246 |
Cut-offs and valves |
19 |
| 209/245 |
With agitators or conveyors |
25 |
| 209/251 |
Reversible |
6 |
| 209/253 |
Selective |
10 |
| 209/252 |
Sifter movement |
10 |
| | Plane sifters | |
| | Horizontal and inclined | |
| 209/309 |
Reciprocating and rotating |
36 |
| | Reciprocating | |
| 209/310 |
Distorting |
18 |
| 209/311 |
Multiple |
33 |
| 209/313 |
Alined |
15 |
| 209/314 |
Stepped |
43 |
| 209/315 |
Superposed |
83 |
| 209/319 |
Attaching and adjusting |
49 |
| 209/317 |
With dischargers |
28 |
| 209/316 |
With intermediate conveyors |
15 |
| 209/318 |
With pneumatic treatment |
15 |
| 209/312 |
With pneumatic treatment |
8 |
| 209/320 |
With agitators and conveyors |
13 |
| 209/321 |
Pneumatic |
14 |
| 209/322 |
Reciprocating |
7 |
| 209/323 |
Unattached |
14 |
| 209/324 |
Rotating |
5 |
| 209/325 |
With horizontal and vertical shake |
34 |
| 209/326 |
Gyratory |
36 |
| 209/327 |
Lateral |
3 |
| 209/328 |
With impact |
3 |
| 209/329 |
Longitudinal |
23 |
| 209/330 |
With impact |
2 |
| | With horizontal shake | |
| 209/333 |
Lateral |
4 |
| 209/334 |
Impactive |
0 |
| 209/335 |
Pivoted |
2 |
| 209/336 |
With impact |
0 |
| 209/337 |
Sliding |
2 |
| 209/338 |
With impact |
0 |
| 209/339 |
Swinging |
1 |
| 209/340 |
With impact |
0 |
| 209/331 |
Longitudinal and transverse |
12 |
| 209/332 |
Gyratory |
36 |
| 209/341 |
Longitudinal |
18 |
| 209/342 |
Sliding |
5 |
| 209/343 |
With impact |
1 |
| 209/344 |
Swinging |
2 |
| 209/345 |
With impact |
0 |
| 209/346 |
With vertical shake |
17 |
| 209/347 |
Impactive |
8 |
| 209/348 |
Pivoted |
3 |
| 209/349 |
With impact |
0 |
| 209/350 |
Rotating |
9 |
| 209/351 |
With agitators |
3 |
| 209/352 |
Stationary |
27 |
| 209/353 |
Multiple |
14 |
| 209/354 |
Stepped |
11 |
| 209/355 |
Superposed |
20 |
| 209/356 |
Zigzag |
7 |
| | With agitators | |
| 209/357 |
Reciprocating |
8 |
| 209/358 |
Rotating |
19 |
| 209/359 |
Vertical |
9 |
| 209/360 |
Reciprocating |
6 |
| 209/361 |
Rotating |
6 |
| 209/235 |
Special applications |
92 |
| 209/236 |
Distributing |
20 |
| 209/237 |
Material testing |
23 |
| 209/362 |
Spiral sifters |
13 |
| 209/238 |
With heating or cooling |
32 |
| 209/268 |
With liquid treatment |
39 |
| 209/269 |
Reciprocating sifters |
46 |
| | Rotating sifters | |
| 209/271 |
Disk |
13 |
| 209/270 |
Drum |
95 |
| 209/272 |
Endless belt |
26 |
| 209/273 |
Stationary sifters |
278 |
| 209/239 |
With weighting |
17 |
| 209/926 |
Silverware sorter |
26 |
| 209/900 |
Sorting flat-type mail |
456 |
| 209/509 |
Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus (e.g., pocket type and light responsive sorting, etc.) for sorting any items |
45 |
| 209/552 |
Condition responsive means controls separating means |
160 |
| 209/553 |
Cards or sheets separated by rotatable suction drum |
9 |
| 209/555 |
Diverse |
46 |
| 209/558 |
At single station |
36 |
| 209/556 |
Diverse electrical tests |
46 |
| 209/557 |
Including noncondition-responsive separating means |
36 |
| 209/571 |
Electrical test sensing property of item |
119 |
| 209/572 |
Detecting flaw in dielectric |
5 |
| 209/573 |
Electrical component tested |
193 |
| 209/575 |
Lamp or battery |
9 |
| 209/574 |
Resistor or capacitor |
33 |
| 209/567 |
Magnetic test sensing property of item |
61 |
| 209/568 |
Magnetic core tested |
3 |
| 209/570 |
Permeability |
24 |
| 209/569 |
Reading indicia |
48 |
| 209/559 |
Means (e.g., information storing device, timer, delaying relay, etc.) delaying actuation of separating means |
42 |
| 209/562 |
Magnetic |
5 |
| 209/563 |
Electrical |
12 |
| 209/564 |
Electronic |
94 |
| 209/565 |
Shift register |
37 |
| 209/566 |
Controlled by article |
19 |
| 209/560 |
Mechanical |
9 |
| 209/561 |
Rotatable pin carrier |
3 |
| 209/592 |
Responsive to weight of item |
108 |
| 209/593 |
Detecting movement of item support with electrical sensor |
31 |
| 209/594 |
Photodetector |
4 |
| 209/595 |
Switch |
4 |
| 209/596 |
Pusher or deflector controls movement of item on separate support |
10 |
| 209/591 |
Sensing by applying fluid or vacuum to item |
17 |
| 209/598 |
Sensing contour of item having no missing parts |
41 |
| 209/597 |
Sensing position, shape, or presence of closure or end wall on container |
26 |
| 209/576 |
Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct thereof |
189 |
| 209/577 |
Infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet |
185 |
| 209/580 |
Color detection |
178 |
| 209/581 |
Intensity |
80 |
| 209/582 |
Measuring ratio of sensed intensities |
70 |
| 209/579 |
Laser |
84 |
| 209/585 |
Mirror or prism in optical path |
33 |
| 209/583 |
Reading indicia |
257 |
| 209/584 |
On mail |
363 |
| 209/587 |
Reflected from item |
299 |
| 209/586 |
Sizing |
127 |
| 209/588 |
Transmitted through item |
116 |
| 209/578 |
Ultraviolet |
46 |
| 209/590 |
Sonic or supersonic energy |
43 |
| 209/589 |
X-ray or gamma ray |
68 |
| 209/600 |
Sensor contacts item |
17 |
| 209/601 |
Gauge |
17 |
| 209/602 |
Relatively movable calipers closed against item |
12 |
| 209/604 |
Sensor generates electrical signal |
41 |
| 209/605 |
Items separated into at least three classes |
6 |
| 209/603 |
Sheet gauging |
30 |
| 209/554 |
Sorting cards or sheets coded by perforation |
9 |
| 209/599 |
Sorting items according to susceptibility to deform (e.g., malleability, hardness, compressibility, etc.), rupture, or vibrate |
42 |
| 209/538 |
Nonconveying driven means for turning item at separating or inspecting station to facilitate sorting |
67 |
| 209/606 |
Separating means |
69 |
| 209/615 |
Brush, flail, or rake used other than as one of opposed pair of gauge elements to separate, or to facilitate separation of, items |
22 |
| 209/616 |
Rotatable |
40 |
| 209/607 |
Corn silk separator |
0 |
| 209/629 |
Diverse |
22 |
| 209/630 |
Including means supporting items for manual sorting or allowing operator to control item destination |
65 |
| 209/635 |
Including separation effected by different items traveling in different directions while contacting a surface |
10 |
| 209/634 |
Including separation effected by item of particular size passing through gauging aperture in wall (e.g., perforated panel, etc.) |
23 |
| 209/632 |
Including separation effected by item of particular size passing through gauging passage between separate elements |
28 |
| 209/633 |
Stationary elements |
6 |
| 209/631 |
Including separation effected by items following different trajectories through space |
28 |
| 209/644 |
Fluid jet |
124 |
| 209/619 |
Gauge enters hole in item |
7 |
| 209/625 |
Gauge with clearer other than continuous feeder |
22 |
| 209/627 |
Rotatable or pivotable clearer |
6 |
| 209/626 |
Spacing between gauge elements increased to free item |
13 |
| 209/628 |
Stationary clearer |
9 |
| 209/620 |
Gauging passage between orbiting belts |
17 |
| 209/655 |
Gravity-type conveyor (e.g., chute, etc.) movable between different discharge positions |
62 |
| 209/614 |
Hand supported implements |
22 |
| 209/617 |
Item gripped between opposed elements |
42 |
| 209/618 |
Rollers |
25 |
| 209/701 |
Item turned while traveling |
44 |
| 209/638 |
Items separate by following different trajectories through space |
57 |
| 209/639 |
Fluid jet changes trajectory of item |
119 |
| 209/640 |
Items thrown or falling through space strike surface and rebound with different trajectories |
26 |
| 209/641 |
Takeoff ramp adjustable to different angular positions relative to horizontal plane |
2 |
| 209/642 |
Thrower |
22 |
| 209/689 |
Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting drumlike body (e.g., roller, hollow cylinder, etc.) turning about longitudinal axis thereof |
13 |
| 209/690 |
Items travel circumferentially and longitudinally of turning axis |
6 |
| 209/695 |
Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting same horizontal surface of moving support |
18 |
| 209/691 |
Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting same inclined surface of moving support |
30 |
| 209/692 |
Items contact inclined reach of orbiting belt |
16 |
| 209/693 |
Item separating reach inclined only in direction of belt movement |
19 |
| 209/694 |
Translating support |
17 |
| 209/696 |
Items separate by traveling in different directions while contacting same inclined surface of static support |
8 |
| 209/697 |
Helical ramp |
12 |
| 209/707 |
Items separated by tipping, rolling, or sliding off support under force of gravity |
40 |
| 209/637 |
Items thrown or falling through space strike surface and only some rebound |
13 |
| 209/636 |
Magnet attracts or repels item |
85 |
| 209/702 |
Manual sorting |
96 |
| 209/705 |
Item supported on orbiting or rotating carrier |
46 |
| 209/703 |
Item supported on table or chute |
51 |
| 209/704 |
Rotated about vertical axis |
9 |
| 209/698 |
Means movable between horizontal item-supporting position and gravity discharge position |
96 |
| 209/688 |
Means pierces, or enters preformed hole in, item |
17 |
| 209/656 |
Movement of items along different paths controlled by passive deflector |
50 |
| 209/657 |
Deflector movable into and out of path of item |
133 |
| 209/658 |
Deflector spaced above conveying means to pass item of particular size thereunder |
17 |
| 209/651 |
Pusher moving item on separate surface |
35 |
| 209/652 |
Pivotable |
30 |
| 209/653 |
Reciprocable |
37 |
| 209/654 |
Rotatable |
20 |
| 209/621 |
Rotating or orbiting carrier having expandable gauging passage passing items of different size at different points along carrier travel path |
14 |
| 209/622 |
Belt |
11 |
| 209/623 |
With gauging pocket for individual item |
0 |
| 209/624 |
Pocket formed by rollers, disks, or wheels spaced transversely of belt or by contoured transverse roller, bar, or slat |
4 |
| 209/613 |
Sorting cards, file folders, or like items having coded sorting holes |
9 |
| 209/608 |
Sorting items according to edge coding |
13 |
| 209/612 |
Cards, file folders, or like items alternatively having notch or hole at particular location thereon |
5 |
| 209/611 |
Cards, file folders, or like items sorted by means of necked-down notch thereon |
1 |
| 209/610 |
Keyboard control |
17 |
| 209/609 |
Magnet attracts or repels item |
7 |
| 209/700 |
Sorting items according to roughness or adhesiveness |
27 |
| 209/699 |
Sorting items according to susceptibility to deform (e.g., malleability, hardness, compressibility, etc.), rupture, or vibrate |
34 |
| 209/659 |
Sorting items by size |
58 |
| 209/684 |
Item of particular size or shape enters pocket |
17 |
| 209/686 |
On exterior of drumlike body (e.g., roller, etc.) rotatable about longitudinal axis thereof |
3 |
| 209/687 |
On interior of hollow drumlike body (e.g., tube, etc.) rotatable about longitudinal axis thereof |
14 |
| 209/685 |
On orbiting belt |
7 |
| 209/680 |
Item of particular size passed through gauging aperture in wall (e.g., perforated panel, etc.) |
49 |
| 209/682 |
Aperture in chute or trough |
39 |
| 209/683 |
Aperture in circumferential wall of hollow body (e.g., tube, etc.) rotatable about longitudinal axis thereof |
37 |
| 209/681 |
Aperture in orbiting belt |
8 |
| 209/660 |
Item of particular size passed through gauging passage between separate elements |
38 |
| 209/665 |
Gauging passage between elements of orbiting belt |
30 |
| 209/664 |
Gauging passage between elements of rotating cage |
34 |
| 209/674 |
Gauging passage between moving elements (e.g., vibrating bars, slats, etc.) |
65 |
| 209/663 |
Gauging passage between orbiting belt and roller or wheel |
22 |
| 209/667 |
Gauging passage between rotatable elements |
53 |
| 209/673 |
Cylindrical rollers |
61 |
| 209/668 |
Element adjustable to change width of gauging passage |
47 |
| 209/669 |
Helical roller |
17 |
| 209/670 |
Items move longitudinally of gauging passage varying in width along length thereof |
14 |
| 209/672 |
Spindle or roller having axially spaced, flat-sided circumferential elements (e.g., flanges, disks, wheels, etc.) projecting therefrom |
86 |
| 209/671 |
Spindle or roller having projecting elements spaced circumferentially thereof |
32 |
| 209/661 |
Gauging passage between stationary element (e.g., bar, slat, etc.) and orbiting belt |
5 |
| 209/662 |
Gauging passage between stationary element (e.g., bar, slat, etc.) and roller |
7 |
| 209/675 |
Gauging passage between stationary elements (e.g., bars, slats, etc.) |
28 |
| 209/676 |
Element adjustable to change width of gauging passage |
12 |
| 209/677 |
Items move longitudinally of elongate elements |
10 |
| 209/679 |
Width of gauging passage varies |
9 |
| 209/678 |
With means moving, or regulating movement of, items along elements |
16 |
| 209/666 |
Item moves along curved gauging passage |
13 |
| 209/645 |
Sorting items by weight |
40 |
| 209/650 |
Item support swings about fixed horizontal axis to discharge at different vertically spaced points |
6 |
| 209/646 |
Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to item weight |
7 |
| 209/648 |
Carrier tilted by means (e.g., trip, cam, etc.) adjacent travel path when depressed to particular elevation |
6 |
| 209/647 |
Counterbalance on balance beam moved until beam tilts to item discharging position |
2 |
| 209/649 |
Same items successively placed on means (e.g., balance beams, etc.) responsive to different weights |
1 |
| 209/706 |
Specific compartment of receptacle brought into alignment with feed means by operator |
28 |
| 209/643 |
Suction |
81 |
| 209/546 |
Signalling, indicating, or display means |
94 |
| 209/550 |
Indicating scale |
1 |
| 209/547 |
Indicia associated with cards, file folders, or like coded items, or with sorting means therefor (including cards, per se, with edge coding) |
24 |
| 209/551 |
Item counter |
60 |
| 209/548 |
Operation of apparatus stopped |
33 |
| 209/549 |
Signal lamp or audible alarm |
29 |
| 209/522 |
Sorting bottles, ampoules, jars, drinking vessels, or like ceramic or glass containers |
54 |
| 209/523 |
Condition responsive means controls separating means |
59 |
| 209/529 |
Sensing position, shape, or presence of closure |
14 |
| 209/524 |
Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct (e.g., label, cap, etc.) thereof |
108 |
| 209/528 |
Detecting flaw in, or absence or misplacement of, label on item |
6 |
| 209/526 |
Detecting internal flaw (e.g., air bubble, crack, etc.) in wall of item |
67 |
| 209/527 |
By means of radio frequency radiation |
5 |
| 209/525 |
Sizing with visible light beam |
26 |
| 209/530 |
Sensor contacts item |
4 |
| 209/531 |
Gauge |
7 |
| 209/532 |
Plug |
6 |
| 209/533 |
Relatively movable calipers closed against item |
4 |
| 209/535 |
Sorting cigarettes, cigars, or packages thereof |
74 |
| 209/537 |
Fluid or vacuum sensing means controls separating means |
10 |
| 209/536 |
Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct thereof |
62 |
| 209/510 |
Sorting eggs or components thereof |
35 |
| 209/512 |
By weight |
2 |
| 209/514 |
Orbiting or rotating carrier responsive to egg weight |
3 |
| 209/515 |
Carrier tilted by means (e.g., trip, cam, etc.) adjacent travel path when depressed to particular elevation |
1 |
| 209/516 |
Same eggs successively placed on means (e.g., balance beams, etc.) responsive to different weights |
1 |
| 209/513 |
Sensing egg weight and controlling separating means in accordance therewith |
18 |
| 209/511 |
Radiant energy sensing means controls separating means |
19 |
| 209/517 |
Sorting lumber, logs, pipes, rails, or like items |
40 |
| 209/518 |
Condition responsive means controls separating means |
39 |
| 209/519 |
Relatively movable calipers closed against item |
2 |
| 209/520 |
Sensor responsive to item contact |
6 |
| 209/521 |
With endless conveyor belt |
32 |
| 209/534 |
Sorting paper money |
383 |
| 209/540 |
Traveling item turned to predetermined position |
51 |
| 209/545 |
Driven orienting means |
27 |
| 209/543 |
Fluid orienting means |
4 |
| 209/544 |
Means orienting item moved by gravity |
13 |
| 209/541 |
Plural orienting means |
22 |
| 209/542 |
Reciprocable or pivotable orienting means |
29 |
| 209/539 |
Traveling items shifted to form line, or into end or edge alignment, to facilitate inspection or separation |
102 |
| 209/2 |
Special applications |
168 |
| 209/422 |
Stratifiers |
14 |
| 209/484 |
Elements |
1 |
| 209/485 |
Beds |
21 |
| 209/486 |
Permeable |
31 |
| 209/487 |
Cleaners |
7 |
| 209/490 |
Discharging |
15 |
| 209/491 |
Automatic control |
23 |
| 209/492 |
Conveyers |
23 |
| 209/493 |
Dividers and skimmers |
42 |
| 209/494 |
Exits |
27 |
| 209/496 |
Automatic control |
24 |
| 209/495 |
With positively operated dischargers |
10 |
| 209/488 |
Feeding and discharging |
18 |
| 209/489 |
Automatic control |
11 |
| 209/497 |
Feeding |
11 |
| 209/498 |
Distributing |
28 |
| 209/499 |
Regulating |
10 |
| | Fluid supply | |
| 209/500 |
Liquid |
45 |
| 209/501 |
Circuit |
9 |
| 209/502 |
Pneumatic |
35 |
| 209/503 |
Operating mechanism |
9 |
| 209/504 |
Reciprocating |
29 |
| 209/505 |
Rotating |
7 |
| 209/506 |
Riffles |
50 |
| 209/507 |
Overhung |
6 |
| 209/508 |
Supports |
19 |
| 209/478 |
Magnetic |
12 |
| | Movable bed | |
| 209/479 |
Chutes, tables, and receptacles |
17 |
| 209/480 |
Divergent travel |
15 |
| 209/481 |
Opposite travel |
14 |
| 209/482 |
Drums |
10 |
| 209/483 |
Stationary bed |
4 |
| | With liquid treatment | |
| | Movable bed | |
| 209/428 |
Belt |
4 |
| 209/429 |
Divergent travel |
1 |
| 209/430 |
Opposite travel |
10 |
| 209/431 |
Reciprocating support |
1 |
| 209/432 |
Divergent travel |
2 |
| 209/433 |
Opposite travel |
2 |
| | Chutes and tables | |
| 209/435 |
Reciprocating-rotating |
5 |
| 209/436 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
1 |
| 209/437 |
Reciprocating |
17 |
| 209/438 |
Annular |
3 |
| 209/439 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
3 |
| 209/441 |
Divergent travel |
8 |
| 209/442 |
Opposite travel |
3 |
| 209/443 |
Parallel travel |
7 |
| 209/440 |
With agitators |
0 |
| 209/444 |
Rotating |
20 |
| 209/434 |
Spiral |
19 |
| | Permeable | |
| 209/423 |
Constant current |
4 |
| 209/424 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
0 |
| 209/425 |
Pulsating current |
12 |
| 209/426 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
4 |
| 209/427 |
Parallel travel |
9 |
| | Receptacles | |
| 209/445 |
Reciprocating-rotating |
8 |
| 209/446 |
Reciprocating |
6 |
| 209/447 |
Manual support |
10 |
| 209/448 |
With agitators |
3 |
| 209/449 |
Reciprocating |
1 |
| 209/450 |
Rotating |
1 |
| | Rotating | |
| 209/451 |
Horizontal or inclined axis |
14 |
| 209/452 |
With agitators or conveyors |
34 |
| 209/453 |
Vertical axis |
24 |
| | Stationary bed | |
| 209/458 |
Chutes and tables |
35 |
| 209/459 |
Annular, circular or spiral |
45 |
| 209/460 |
With divergent or opposite travel |
9 |
| | Permeable | |
| 209/454 |
Constant current |
22 |
| 209/455 |
Pulsating current |
20 |
| 209/456 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
8 |
| 209/457 |
Parallel travel |
20 |
| | Receptacles | |
| 209/461 |
With agitators or conveyors |
9 |
| 209/462 |
Reciprocating |
3 |
| 209/463 |
Rotating |
1 |
| 209/464 |
Horizontal or inclined axis |
15 |
| 209/465 |
Vertical axis |
7 |
| | With pneumatic treatment | |
| 209/477 |
Chutes, tables, and receptacles |
12 |
| | Movable bed | |
| 209/470 |
Belts |
5 |
| 209/471 |
Chutes, tables, and receptacles |
8 |
| 209/472 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
6 |
| 209/473 |
Drums |
7 |
| | Permeable | |
| 209/466 |
Constant current |
27 |
| 209/467 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
24 |
| 209/468 |
Pulsating current |
7 |
| 209/469 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
6 |
| | Stationary bed | |
| | Permeable | |
| 209/474 |
With constant current |
45 |
| 209/475 |
With pulsating current |
4 |
| 209/476 |
Divergent or opposite travel |
4 |
| 209/918 |
Swinging or rotating pusher feeding item |
16 |
| 209/10 |
Treatment subsequent |
186 |
| 209/920 |
Vibratory feed conveyor |
55 |
| 209/939 |
Video scanning |
138 |
| 209/11 |
With heat treatment |
238 |
