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Class Information
Number: 209/509
Name: Classifying, separating, and assorting solids > Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus (e.g., pocket type and light responsive sorting, etc.) for sorting any items
Description: Methods and apparatus which separate special items by means other than electrostatic, or which separate any items by the means named in indents hereunder.
Sub-classes under this class:
| Class Number |
Class Name |
Patents |
| 209/552 |
Condition responsive means controls separating means |
158 |
| 209/538 |
Nonconveying driven means for turning item at separating or inspecting station to facilitate sorting |
67 |
| 209/606 |
Separating means |
69 |
| 209/546 |
Signalling, indicating, or display means |
94 |
| 209/522 |
Sorting bottles, ampoules, jars, drinking vessels, or like ceramic or glass containers |
54 |
| 209/535 |
Sorting cigarettes, cigars, or packages thereof |
74 |
| 209/510 |
Sorting eggs or components thereof |
35 |
| 209/517 |
Sorting lumber, logs, pipes, rails, or like items |
40 |
| 209/534 |
Sorting paper money |
382 |
| 209/540 |
Traveling item turned to predetermined position |
51 |
| 209/539 |
Traveling items shifted to form line, or into end or edge alignment, to facilitate inspection or separation |
102 |
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7510085 |
Apparatus for discriminating sheet material |
Mar. 31, 2009 |
| 7354401 |
Ultrasound sex determination for sorting of avian hatchlings |
Apr. 8, 2008 |
| 7347330 |
Method for sizing of water-absorbent resin |
Mar. 25, 2008 |
| 7316322 |
Quality evaluation apparatus for fruits and vegetables |
Jan. 8, 2008 |
| 7304259 |
Mail processing system with multilevel contaminant detection and sterilization |
Dec. 4, 2007 |
| 7223379 |
Process for producing aluminum oxide powder |
May. 29, 2007 |
| 7156234 |
Sorting technique for recycle of device units |
Jan. 2, 2007 |
| 7112031 |
Method and apparatus for mechanized pocket sweeping |
Sep. 26, 2006 |
| 7021470 |
Orientation device and methods for mail processing |
Apr. 4, 2006 |
| 6817077 |
Part sorter and selector |
Nov. 16, 2004 |
| 6600829 |
Computer process for controlling a system for sorting objects by surface characteristics |
Jul. 29, 2003 |
| 6588476 |
Method and apparatus for producing a faultless material web, as well as faultless material web |
Jul. 8, 2003 |
| 6435352 |
Sorting machine for stacks of sheet metal panels |
Aug. 20, 2002 |
| 6396938 |
Automatic feather sexing of poultry chicks using ultraviolet imaging |
May. 28, 2002 |
| 6357599 |
Machine and method for facilitating separation of members of a stack |
Mar. 19, 2002 |
| 6321913 |
Sorting facility for flat mail items |
Nov. 27, 2001 |
| 6303889 |
Method and apparatus for sorting documents into a pre-defined sequence |
Oct. 16, 2001 |
| 6300584 |
Loading/unloading control apparatus of semiconductor device and control method thereof |
Oct. 9, 2001 |
| 6276535 |
Method for providing instructions to a mail sorting apparatus |
Aug. 21, 2001 |
| 6267248 |
Collating and sorting apparatus |
Jul. 31, 2001 |
| 6264042 |
Bilateral sorter |
Jul. 24, 2001 |
| 6260713 |
Cherry sizing process and apparatus |
Jul. 17, 2001 |
| 6253910 |
Device for sorting piece goods |
Jul. 3, 2001 |
| 6255614 |
Specimen-container transfer apparatus |
Jul. 3, 2001 |
| 6250472 |
Paper sorting system |
Jun. 26, 2001 |
| 6252188 |
Sorter for agricultural products |
Jun. 26, 2001 |
| 6230898 |
Mailing machines |
May. 15, 2001 |
| 6227375 |
Device for monitoring the transport process of flat despatches |
May. 8, 2001 |
| 6220450 |
Rubber stopper separator |
Apr. 24, 2001 |
| 6216878 |
System for recycling post-industrial-use plastic |
Apr. 17, 2001 |
| 6206201 |
Sorting apparatus for utensils |
Mar. 27, 2001 |
| 6145247 |
Fluid switch |
Nov. 14, 2000 |
| 6130365 |
Breeding lines of color-sexable day-old chicks and methods for producing the same |
Oct. 10, 2000 |
| 6040905 |
Fiber color grading system |
Mar. 21, 2000 |
| 6021623 |
Pill sorting device |
Feb. 8, 2000 |
| 5413662 |
Assembly of corrugated panels into a web and manufacture of pallets therefrom |
May. 9, 1995 |
| 5385243 |
Modular system for automatically staging letters in connection with a letter sorting machine |
Jan. 31, 1995 |
| 5372030 |
Non-destructive firmness measuring device |
Dec. 13, 1994 |
| 5321604 |
Apparatus and process for administering promotional mailing |
Jun. 14, 1994 |
| 5085765 |
Conveying and separation unit for ballistic projectile arresters |
Feb. 4, 1992 |
| 4818383 |
Apparatus and method for inspecting and grading samples of grain |
Apr. 4, 1989 |
| 4495120 |
Method for manufacture of shaped article of polyurethane foam |
Jan. 22, 1985 |
| 4417663 |
Apparatus for determining the sex of a chick |
Nov. 29, 1983 |
| 4387064 |
Method and apparatus for sorting defective parts |
Jun. 7, 1983 |
| 3944075 |
Method of preparing and separating mixtures of moldable plastic and additive agents |
Mar. 16, 1976 |
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