Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
232
DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION RECEPTACLES

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION RECEPTACLES
1R		MISCELLANEOUS
1A		. Combined mail and food box
1B		. Laundry holders
1C		. Newspaper holders
1D		. Money, coin, check, memo holders
1E		. Wall receptacle
2		BALLOT BOXES
3		. Ball
4R		SAVINGS BOXES
5		. Inspection
6		. Frame fastenings
4D		. Drawer bottom release
7		FARE BOXES
8		. Ticket punching and canceling
9		. Multiple coin slot and runway
10		. Ticket and change
11		. Ticket, car
12		. Receivers
13		. Illumination
14		. Change gates
		. Collection devices
15		. . Safety receptacles
16		. . . Auxiliary
17		LETTER BOXES
18		. Ticket registers and recorders
19		. House
20		. . Collection and delivery
21		. . . Compartment
22		. . Door or window jamb
23		. . Inside fastener
24		. Compartment
25		. . Cooperative closures
26		. . . Distributing guide
27		. Collection and delivery
28		. Pivoted receiver
29		. Auxiliary, cooperating
30		. Collection devices
31		. . Safety receptacles
32		. . . Auxiliary
33		. Package clips and pockets
		. Signals
34		. . Sight
35		. . . Door-controlled
		. . Sound
36		. . . Door-controlled
		. Indicators
37		. . Door-operated
38		. Frame construction
39		. With supports
41R		MILK RECEPTACLES
42		. Door or window jamb
43		. Funnel filler
41A		. With locking means
41B		. Leave empty and receive full
41C		. With turnstile
41D		. Once openable and locked upon closure
41E		. With neck lock
43.1		SEPARATE INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS
43.2		. With removable receiving chamber
43.3		. With means for moving the deposited matter within the receptacle
43.4		. With horizontally aligned inlet and outlet openings
43.5		. With support
44		CLOSURES AND CHUTES
45		. Letter box
46		. . Nameplate
47		. . Pivoted trap
48		. . . Double
49		. . . Pocket
50		. . . . Bottomless
51		. . . . Integral door
52		. . . Turnstile
53		. . Discharge
54		. . Guard fingers
55		. Coin trap
56		. . Endless carrier
57		. . Pivoted
57.5		. . . Refunding
58		. . . Cooperating chute closure
59		. . . . Multiple trap
60		. . . Rotatable
61		. . . . Turnstile
62		. Gravity reverse checks
63		. Serrated shelves
64		COIN DELIVERERS (E.G., FOR DUMPING INTO COLLECTOR'S HAND)
65		. Swingable or tiltable delivering element
66		. . With controlled discharge outlet

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000