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CLASS 119, | ANIMAL HUSBANDRY |
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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION
This class provides for methods or apparatus for the propagation, rearing, training, exercising, amusing, feeding, milking, grooming, housing, controlling, handling, or general care of a living animal unless provided for elsewhere.
| (1) Note. The word "animal" is used in its generic biological meaning of a living sentient multicellular organism and is applicable to insects, fish, fowl, mammals, and other members of the animal kingdom. |
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Note. This class is subdivided into:
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| (3) Note. A method provided for in this class is appropriately classified in a subclass specifically providing for the method or, absent a specific method subclass, in a subclass providing for the apparatus of this class used in the method. |
| (4) Note. A method of making an apparatus of this class is excluded from this class, and may be found in an appropriate manufacturing class. |
SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
FOR SUBJECT MATTER RELATED TO MILKERS
Class 60, Power Plants, has pulsators distinguished from Class 119 and Class 137 Fluid Handling, subclasses 103+, pulsators or fluid distributors in that the former do not relate to through-flow mechanisms but rather effect the pulsing of a confined body of fluid, the same body of fluid, for example, operating upon a pressure responsive mechanism. Milking machine pulsators are broadly construed as valving arrangements which cyclicly control fluid flowing under pressure and not involving the same body of fluid. See References to Other Classes, below, labeled as having other subject matter related to milkers
SECTION III - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
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| 5, | Beds, appropriate subclass for animal beds consisting only of a sleeping surface and its support which would have utility for humans. |
| 30, | Cutlery, appropriate subclasses for hand manipulated cutting implements adapted for dehorning animals, but of more general utility. |
| 40, | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, particularly subclasses 300+ for a check, label, or tag for attaching to an animal. |
| 43, | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, for apparatus for capturing wild animals. |
| 54, | Harness for Working Animal, for work and training harness for animals. |
| 54, | Harness for Working Animal, for girth or surcingle devices not restricted by utility to milking organizations. (for subject matter related to milkers). |
| 60, | Power Plants, and see (1) Note of Lines With Other Classes, above. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 62, | Refrigeration, for cooling or refrigerating apparatus in which milking apparatus is identified by name only. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 81, | Tools, subclass 9.22 for a tattooing device, including means for reciprocating a perforating tool and for introducing coloring material into the perforations. |
| 91, | Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, for uncombined prime movers for converting the energy of a pressure fluid into mechanical work. Teat cups and teat compressors are not considered as motors of the type contemplated by Class 91. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 101, | Printing, for printing and branding instruments. |
| 116, | Signals and Indicators, for mechanical devices for giving signals of the nature of either alarms or indicators including milking apparatus where the milking apparatus is included by name only and is not modified in order to cooperate with the signal mechanism. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 126, | Stoves and Furnaces, subclasses 402+ for a self heating branding tool of general application. |
| 128, | Surgery, for catheters combining a treating function and a milking function or treating function, per se. The catheters of this class (119) are disclosed for milking only. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 134, | Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, for apparatus for cleaning milking equipment involving liquid contact, such apparatus not including additional means for some milking function. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 137, | Fluid Handling, (a) for general utility valving devices for cyclicly or periodically controlling pressure fluids even though known as and called "milking machine pulsators" except where such devices are modified by features restricting the said device to a milking function. Modified pulsators adapting them to be mounted or supported upon a receiver cover or wall, for example, where no more than is necessary for performing a supporting function is included, is not sufficient to place the patent in this class (119). See Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, For Subject Matter Related to Milkers, above; (b) for tanks having general utility filling or discharging characteristics for handling milk; (c) for general utility valves combined with other structure not provided for elsewhere e.g., for general utility valves combined with a receiver cover where only so much of the cover is recited as to provide a seat for the valve; (d) for systems of fluid handling of general utility; and (e) for valve actuation not related to the elements of a milking system, and especially fluid pressure responsive devices, e.g., vacuum cutoffs of general utility. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 165, | Heat Exchange, appropriate subclasses, for heat exchange apparatus, per se. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 210, | Liquid Purification or Separation, subclasses 473+ for a filter and receptacle (e.g., milk pail) combination. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 219, | Electric Heating, subclasses 227+ for an electrical branding iron having a fixed character or indicia, subclasses 385+ for a heating device combined with a container, enclosure, or support for material to be heated, or subclass 523 for a heating device having a housing, casing, or support insertable into material or space to be heated (e.g., immersion type). |
| 220, | Receptacles, for milk pails and cans and for leg and lap supported pails. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 222, | Dispensing, for dispensers not specialized to animal husbandry purposes. |
| 222, | Dispensing, for milk pails having a spout, pouring lip, or other material pouring guide. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 248, | Supports, for general supports for milking elements, pails and cans not limited by structure to use in milking operations. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 297, | Chairs and Seats, subclasses 175+ for a stool particularly adapted to facilitate the milking operation, as by the inclusion of a tail holder or pail support, and see the search notes thereto. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 340, | Communications: Electrical, for electric signaling devices including those having the combinations with milking apparatus by name only. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 361, | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclasses 139+ for electromagnetic make and break circuits for milking machine electromagnetic controls. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 417, | Pumps, for devices, per se, for pumping fluids, having a relatively movable member and a relatively stationary member comprising a chamber and a contained impeller, the relative movements of which cause fluid from a source of supply to enter the chamber through an induction port and to be impelled therefrom through an eduction port, said ports in general being valved, and general utility pump elements. "Pump elements" of this class (119) permit through flow of fluids but lack, in general, valving ingress except that provided by the nature of the cow being milked. Super-atmospheric pressure is thereby utilized to discharge the fluid through the eduction port and to simultaneously relieve the negative pressure beyond the induction port. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 418, | Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, for rotary expansible chamber devices, per se. |
| 424, | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclass for a composition for preventing, alleviating, treating, curing, or diagnosing a disease or condition in an animal and for a process of using such a composition(s), or compound for such purposes, e.g., feeding a coccidiostat, etc., to poultry. |
| 426, | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, for processes of treating milk and milk products. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 433, | Dentistry, subclass 1 for veterinary dentistry methods and apparatus. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 439, | Electrical Connectors, subclasses 191+ for an electrical connector combined with a fluent material transmission line. (For subject matter related to milkers). |
| 449, | Bee Culture, appropriate subclasses for the care and propagation of bees. |
| 452, | Butchering, subclasses 52+ for slaughtering apparatus. |
| 606, | Surgery, subclass 116 for marking animals, 117 for animal identification devices, 135+, for means for or to assist in animal sterilization, 167+, cutting, punching and piercing devices used on animal bodies, and in particular subclass 175 for snout cutters. |
SUBCLASSES
6.5 | ENTOMOLOGICAL CULTURE DEVICE: | ||||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter employed in the propagation, care, or observation
of an animal taxonomically classified in the class Insecta, i.e.,
an insect or an insect larva.
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6.6 | Egg treatment, production, or storage: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 6.5. Subject matter including structure (1) for aiding in altering
normal development of an externally deposited ovum, i.e., an egg,
of an insect, (2) for enhancing laying of an insect egg, or (3) for
holding or keeping an insect egg for a period of time, e.g., during
transportation, etc.
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6.7 | WORM CULTURE: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter employed in the propagation or care of an
invertebrate animal taxonomically classified in the phyla Annelida, Nematoda,
Platyhelminthes, Acanthocephala, Nematomorpha, or Nemertea, i.e.,
a worm.
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6.8 | AVIAN EGG TREATMENT OR PRODUCTION: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of structure (1) for aiding in
altering normal development of an externally deposited ovum, i.e.,
an egg, of a bird or (2) enhancing laying of a bird egg.
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14.01 | MILKERS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Methods and apparatus peculiarly designed for extracting
milk from cows by force exerting or manipulative devices, and including
ancillary devices, not provided for in other classes, associated
with a collateral to milk extracting apparatus.
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14.02 | Methods of milking: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Methods of extracting milk from cows and/or of
obtaining milk directly from the cow under controlled conditions.
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14.03 | Milking station arrangements; e.g., parlors: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Structural arrangements, designed for sequential treatment
of animals for purposes of conducting and facilitating milking,
for milking or for milking in combination with other dairy operations,
e.g., milk delivery, animal feeding, washing, exercising and the
like.
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14.04 | With traveling platform: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.03. Arrangements including a moving platform on which the animal
is carried while being milked, etc.
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14.05 | Releasers: | ||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers having means to discharge milk from the milker apparatus
during continuous milking while maintaining the milk conveying fluid pressure
in the milker without interruption.
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14.06 | Alternating: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.05. Releasers having plural separate receivers which are alternately
filled and which alternately discharge their contents to the atmosphere.
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14.07 | With pulsator-controlled discharge: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.05. Releasers having means to vary pressures in the releaser apparatus cyclicly to effect intermittent discharge of the milk. | |
14.08 | With automatic control: | ||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Apparatus claiming some character of automatic control.
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14.09 | With cooling means: | ||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Apparatus claimed in combination with means to cool the
milk during its delivery from the cow to a milking machine receiver
or upon delivery to the milking machine receiver.
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14.1 | With supporting means: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers combined with means which carry the weight of the
milking apparatus while the animal is milked; the means may be installed
or portable.
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14.11 | Vehicle: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.1. Milker Supports provided with means for conveyance.
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14.12 | Surcingle: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.1. Girth suspensory type apparatus which supports the milker
from the back of the animal.
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14.13 | With biasing means: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.1. Supports with means in addition to the effect of gravity
to exert a force on the milker to effect a pull on the teat cups.
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14.14 | With signals, indicators, registers, and timers: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers having means for indicating a condition (or lack
thereof) or performing a measuring function during the milking operation.
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14.15 | Flow indicating: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.14. Devices which indicate a fluid flow condition or lack thereof.
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14.16 | Transparent inspection means and/or flow line section: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.15. Devices having flow sight inspection means variously located
in the apparatus, through which the flow of milk can be observed.
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14.17 | Quantity indicating: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.14. Devices which indicate a quantitative condition in the milker.
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14.18 | Combined: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers claimed in combination with features other than
receiver, pump, teat cups or pulsator structure, and supports therefor,
including nonuse supports, and not provided for above.
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14.19 | Catheter: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers having a tubular device, dilator or conduit to be inserted in the teat canal whereby milk is drawn off. | |
14.2 | With vacuum: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.19. Catheter milkers including vacuum means to assist in the withdrawal of milk. | |
14.21 | Catheter, per se: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.19. Catheters claiming the tubular or conduit-like device, per
se.
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14.22 | With hand compression: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers in which the hand of the operator directly supplies force to the teat compressing means without intervening linkage, and in which the hand of the operator or the means contacted by the hand of the operator surrounds the cow"s teat. | |
14.23 | Conduit and/or teat cover with receiver: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.22. Hand milkers having a hand supported and/or manipulated
conduit and/or teat cover (e.g., shield or glove-like mitt)
and having a receiver for the extracted milk.
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14.24 | With mechanical compression: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers in which the teats are compressed by mechanical
squeeze mechanisms such as plates, cams, rollers and the like, or
by fluid pressure means with mechanical intervention and having
means for actuating such mechanisms.
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14.25 | With milk conveying vacuum: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.24. Milkers, having vacuum means to convey the extracted milk to a receiver. | |
14.26 | Fluid-operated: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.24. Milkers in which the squeeze mechanism is operated by pulsing
fluid.
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14.27 | With fluid compression: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers in which the teats are compressed by fluid pressure
directly applied to the teats without mechanical intervention, and
having means cyclicly controlling said fluid pressure.
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14.28 | With electromagnetic control: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers, in which the fluid control means is electromagnetically
operated.
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14.29 | Plural pulsators operating in series: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers in which a primary or master pulsator establishes
a pulsing fluid line which drives a secondary pulsator to cyclicly
control fluid pressure on the teats.
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14.3 | With continuous vacuum derived from pulsating line: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.29. Milkers having some means usually in the form of check valve
which is operated by the pulsing fluid line to derive therefrom
a source of continuous vacuum.
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14.31 | With progressive collapse: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers including a sectionally collapsible teat compressor
and having means to effect progressive or sectional collapse thereof.
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14.32 | Valved trap chamber control: | ||||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers having a cyclicly vacuumized chamber, including
a milk port, a pressure port and a valved discharge port; the milk
is drawn into the chamber on the vacuum cycle and discharged therefrom
through the discharge port during the pressure cycle.
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14.33 | Vapor barrier means; e.g., baffle, filter: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.32. Milkers provided with means for preventing the egress of
milk or milk vapor through the pressure port.
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14.34 | Multiple chamber: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.32. Milkers having a plurality of valved trap chambers. | |
14.35 | With common discharge valve: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.34. Milkers having a single valve means supported between a pair of chambers so as to alternately close the discharge port of one of the chambers while the other discharge port is opened. | |
14.36 | With milk conduit air inlet; e.g., antisurge: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers having a milk conveying conduit provided with means to admit air behind the milk (e.g., at the claw or teat cup) so as to prevent surging or churning of the milk in its flow to a receiver, to relieve pressure on the teat, or to cause the cow to let down the milk more freely. | |
14.37 | Pulsator combined with claw: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers having the fluid control means intimately associated
with the teat-compressor coupling or claw.
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14.38 | Pulsator combined with teat cup: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers having the fluid control means intimately associated with the teat compressor. | |
14.39 | Pulsator mounted on receiver: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers having the fluid pressure control associated with
the cover of a receiver.
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14.4 | With continuous vacuum on milk channel: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.39. Milkers having the fluid pressure to the outer chamber of
the teat compressor cyclicly controlled and having uninterrupted
vacuum applied to the interior portion of the teat compressor immediately
surrounding the teat.
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14.41 | Pulsator control with continuous vacuum on milk channel: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers having the fluid pressure to the outer chamber of
the teat compressor cyclicly controlled and having uninterrupted
vacuum applied to the interior portion of the teat compressor immediately
surrounding the teat.
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14.42 | With pump between teat cups and receiver; e.g., milk pump: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.27. Milkers in which the fluid control means is a pump, usually
double acting; the milk is drawn into the pump on the vacuum stroke
and expelled on the pressure stroke. Provision in the pump to completely
relieve the vacuum on the teat is not required but may be included.
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14.43 | With receiver between teat cups and pump; e.g., vacuum pump: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers including a receiver and an air exhausting means
for said receiver. Milk is drawn from the cow to the receiver under
constant vacuum without cyclic control or interruption.
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14.44 | With fluid pressure regulator: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Devices having means to regulate the degree and/or
flow rate of pressure maintained in the milker.
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14.45 | With nonuse securing means: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Milkers having some means for securing some part of the
milking apparatus in some position other than the position in which
it normally functions.
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14.46 | Receiver: | ||||||||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Apparatus having milk receiver or receptacle structure,
either claimed in combination with specific milking mechanism, or
restricted in utility to milking organizations.
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14.47 | Teat compressor or cup: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Devices which are applied to or receive the teats of the
cow for compression thereof during the milking operation. The structure
of the device, per se, is here involved.
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14.48 | Adjustable: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.47. Teat cups which have means whereby the size of the cup may be changed to accommodate various teats, or which may be adjusted to compensate for liner slack or wear, or which have features which permit a liner to be used with various shells. | |
14.49 | With liner separable from shell: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.48. Teat cups of the conventional two chamber variety wherein the flexible liner or inflation may be separated from the shell or rigid casing. | |
14.5 | Reciprocating: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.47. Teat cups having means whereby a reciprocatory action is imparted to the teat cup and/or the teat cup is so constructed as to permit one section thereof to reciprocate with respect to another section apart from mere inherent resilience of the device. | |
14.51 | Connecting conduit: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.47. Teat cups distinguishable by a particularized fluid conveying tubular member or members connected to the shell and/or liner, integrally formed there with, or comprising coupling combinations there between. | |
14.52 | Predetermined collapse: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.47. Teat cups having structural means whereby the nature and
direction of contraction and/or flexure of the cup or liner
is predetermined.
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14.53 | Plural fluid chambers: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.47. Teat cups having two separate and distinct fluid chambers for separately applying fluid pressures to the teats; one pressure being applied directly to the teat channel and the other exteriorly thereof. | |
14.54 | Claw: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 14.01. Devices involving the structure of the coupling, manifold,
or claw means which connects the teat cups with the pressure and/or
milk lines.
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14.55 | Fluid control: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.54. Claws provided with means whereby the flow of fluid through
the device may be controlled.
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28.5 | BED OR REST: | ||||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of structure upon which the animal
may recline or be supported when inactive.
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50.7 | EGG MARKING DEVICE: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of a structure for placing a distinguishing
indication on an externally deposited ovum, i.e., an egg, of an animal.
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51.01 | FEEDING DEVICE: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of structure used to supply an
animal with nourishment, i.e., a feeding device.
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51.02 | Having electronic identification and feed control: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
includes electrical circuitry which incorporates a solid-state device
or vacuum tube and is used to recognize the animal and regulate
the amount of nourishment it is supplied.
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51.03 | Solid or lick feeder: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
presents a firm piece of food substance for the animal to consume
by eating a portion thereof or lapping with its tongue.
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51.04 | For aquatic animal; e.g., a fish, etc.: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
presents a food substance to an animal which lives in the water,
e.g., an animal of the super class Pisces, etc.
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51.11 | Timer-controlled: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Feeding devices in which the time at which an element of
the feeding device is actuated, or the length of time of a feeding
operation, is controlled by a timer.
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51.12 | Trough access: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.11. Feeding devices in which access, by an animal, to a feeding trough is controlled. | |
51.13 | Sequential discharge from plural sources: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.11. Feeding devices in which discharge of feed from plural sources is sequentially controlled. | |
51.14 | Trip requiring reset: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.11. Feeding devices in which a part of the feeder is biased in one direction, a latch holds the part against the bias and a trip for shifting the latch to releasing position is controlled, the part requiring relatching before the operation may be repeated. | |
51.15 | Released by clock alarm mechanism: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.14. Feeding devices in which the trip includes the alarm mechanism of an alarm clock. | |
51.5 | With watering devices: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Combined devices for supplying animals with both food and
water.
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52.1 | Hopper and trough: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
consists of a receptacle used as a primary depository for the nourishment,
i.e., a hopper, which outlets to a long, narrow, generally shallow,
nourishment receiving receptacle, i.e., a trough, from which an
animal may eat.
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52.2 | Having a perch: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
includes specific structure for supporting the entire weight of
the animal as it eats.
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52.3 | And feature for excluding undesirable animal: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 52.2. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
further includes structure for preventing an unwanted animal from
obtaining nourishment.
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52.4 | Having selective feature: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
includes structure which permits only animals of a desired size
to eat or which controls the spacing or number of animals along
the trough.
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53 | Adjustable supply: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. Devices comprising in addition to the combined hopper and
trough a means for regulating the amount of feed passing from the
hopper to the trough, said means consisting usually of a manually
adjustable valve or other device performing the function of a flow
regulator.
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53.5 | Animal-controlled: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Combined hoppers and troughs provided with means for causing
or controlling the flow of feed from hopper to trough, operated
by pressure from the feeding animal, generally applied through the
animal"s nose or forehead.
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54 | Animal-controlled supply: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. Combined hoppers and troughs provided with means for causing
or controlling the flow of feed from hopper to trough operated by
pressure from the feeding animal, generally applied through the
animal"s nose or forehead.
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55 | Platform: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Combined hoppers and troughs having means whereby the weight
of the feeding stock may control the flow of feed from hopper to
trough or the uncovering of the trough, the essential feature lying
in the fact that the stock seeking food controls access to it or
the rate of its flow, or both, by stepping upon a platform or treadle.
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56.1 | Charge delivering: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
transfers a specific quantity of nourishment from the hopper into
the trough or elsewhere.
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56.2 | Including horizontal transport device: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
has a mechanism for transferring the nourishment along a path parallel
to the horizon, i.e., horizontally.
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57 | Movable trough-controlled supply: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. The supply of feed from hopper to trough is controlled by
a device operatively connected to the trough, which upon receiving
a charge of feed moves said device to shut off the source of supply.
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57.1 | Powered: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 52.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
uses motorized structure for moving the nourishment or some component
of the nourishment supplying structure.
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57.2 | Conveyor in a linear trough: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment moving motorized
structure is used for moving the nourishment inside a straight portion
of the trough.
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57.3 | Feed recirculated to hopper: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 57.2. Subject matter wherein the nourishment is returned to the
hopper for reuse after passage through the trough.
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57.4 | Utilizing discrete troughs: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure uses spaced apart troughs to provide separate animal eating places. | |
57.5 | Feed dispensing hopper portion or attachment moves relative to stationary underlying trough: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 57.1. Subject matter wherein the nourishment moving motorized structure repositions a nourishment dispersing portion of the hopper, or apparatus connected to the hopper, to serve various locations above a static trough. | |
57.6 | Entire hopper moved: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 57.5. Subject matter wherein the nourishment moving motorized structure repositions the complete hopper to various locations along the static trough. | |
57.7 | Endless belt or screw conveyor hopper attachment: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 57.5. Subject matter wherein the apparatus connected to the hopper
is a (1) band-like structure movable continuously along a path defined
by its longitudinal axis and providing an uninterrupted surface
for carrying the nourishment, or (2) helical auger formation which
is rotated about its longitudinal axis to move the nourishment.
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57.8 | Having a perch: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
includes specific structure for supporting the entire weight of
the animal as it eats.
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57.9 | And feature for excluding undesirable animal: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 57.8. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
further includes structure for preventing an unwanted animal from
obtaining nourishment.
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57.91 | Having feed scatterer: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure includes apparatus for strewing the nourishment over an extended area, e.g., on the ground. | |
57.92 | Powered: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Subject matter wherein the nourishment supplying structure
uses motorized structure for moving the nourishment or some component
of the nourishment supplying structure.
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58 | Racks and troughs: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Combinations of a rack for hay or coarse fodder and a trough
for receiving and holding concentrated feed or for supporting the
fodder in the rack or receiving it when dislodged from the rack.
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59 | Animal excluding: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Combined racks and troughs having means to permit the exclusion of stock from the feed trough or rack, both or either, at the option of the attendant. | |
60 | Racks: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Apparatus for holding the various fodder and bulky food, specially designed to prevent the wasting of said foods and characterized by the presence of open slat-work, grids, or parallel bars, for supporting or inclosing and preventing waste of fodder. | |
61.1 | Trough, bunk, or manger: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under 51.01. Subject matter for
miscellaneous feeding devices consisting of open receptacles specially
designed to receive and hold feed accessible to animals. Trough
guards and similar devices designed to prevent the fouling and wasting
of feed are also included in this subclass.
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61.2 | With handling, conveying, or dispensing means: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter including devices for moving feed to or within
the receptacle.
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61.3 | Covering, guard, or closure e.g., to minimize roosting: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter including structure designed to fit over
the top of the receptacle, usually to allow animal access to feed
but decrease the occurrence of the animal sitting on the receptacle.
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61.31 | Expandable feed opening(s): | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.3. Subject matter includes allowing the nourishment access
in the structure on the receptacle to open wider.
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61.4 | Designed to be tipped to empty: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter comprising structure to allow the receptacle
to be turned upside down in order to remove the feed.
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61.5 | Dish or bowl type: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter comprising a concave plate-like holder or
a concave hemispherical container.
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61.51 | Rodent type: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.5. Subject matter that includes the holder or container for a small gnawing mammal, e.g., mouse, squirrel, and rat. | |
61.52 | With heating or cooling means: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.5. Subject matter including means for devices for raising or
lowering the temperature of the holder or container contents.
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61.53 | With insect guard: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.5. Subject matter including structure to keep small, segmented
invertebrate animals, usually ants, out of the holder or container.
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61.54 | Anti-tip or spill: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.5. Subject matter including structure to prevent the holder
or container from overturning or accidentally flowing so as to be
wasted.
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61.55 | Having a top with a designed opening: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.54. Subject matter including a cover with an aperture made to
minimize overturning or accidental flow.
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61.56 | With handling or transporting means, e.g., handle, straps, folding, travel type: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.5. Subject matter including devices for picking up, carrying,
or moving the holder or container.
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61.57 | With structure for attaching to a vertical support, e.g., wall, stand: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.5. Subject matter including a device fixed to hold or to steady the holder of the container against gravity. | |
62 | Animal-opened: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Troughs normally closed, but adapted to be automatically opened by animals approaching them for the purpose of feeding. | |
63 | Animal-excluding: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Troughs provided with means for excluding stock therefrom
at the option of the attendant for the purpose of permitting him
to place food in said trough without interference, of cleaning the
same, or of limiting the quantity of food consumed.
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64 | Anticribbing: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Devices to be applied to the manger or trough to discourage,
prevent, or cure the habit of seizing, sucking, or biting the manger
or trough.
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65 | Feed bags: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Miscellaneous bags, nose bags, pails, boxes, etc., specially
designed to be employed in feeding animals and adapted to be placed
easily in position and removed therefrom for transportation or storage,
the invention lying primarily in the structure of the receptacle.
Inventions residing in the apparatus employed in supporting the
feed-bag in operative position are classified in one of the subclasses
hereunder.
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66 | Halter-supported: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Feed-bags adapted to be supported from the head of the feeding animal by means of straps, halters, bridles, or other devices capable of holding said receptacles in operative position wherein the claimed invention includes the structure of the supporting means. | |
67 | Harness-supported: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Feed-bags provided with means for supporting them from the harness of an animal or some specially constructed devices secured to the animal about the base of the neck or body, or both, and designed so to support the receptacle as to allow free movement of the head of the animal with references to said receptacle, the invention residing in the means of support rather than in the construction of the feed-bag. | |
68 | Pole-supported: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Feed-bags provided with means for supporting them from the
pole or thills of a vehicle, the invention residing in the supporting
means rather than in the receptacle.
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69 | Standard-supported: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Feed-bags to be supported by a standard adapted to rest
upon the ground.
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69.5 | BIRDBATH: | ||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of a water holding or spraying
structure for use by an animal taxonomically classified in the class
Aves, i.e., a bird, to splash water on itself.
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70 | Poultry exercising: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Devices constructed to supply feed to poultry in a manner to promote exercise. | |
71 | Suckling appliances: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 51.01. Devices having one or more nipples and a corresponding number of tubes leading to a source of liquid-food supply, designed to be employed in conveying liquid nourishment to the young of mammals. These devices may be of comparatively large capacity, such as pails, tanks, or casks, and the suckling appliances suitable for young calves, colts, pigs, etc. | |
72 | WATERING OR LIQUID FEED DEVICE: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Inventions not otherwise classifiable especially designed
for supplying animals with drink. This subclass and the indented
subclasses also include those devices designed for supplying liquid-food,
such as buttermilk, etc., as well as structures equally adapted
to use as a feeding or watering device.
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72.5 | Drop-delivering: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Watering devices in which the water is delivered in drop
form.
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73 | Temperature-controlling: | ||||||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Water holding devices for supplying stock involving a trough
or the combination of a barometric fountain or other means of constant supply
and a trough with means to prevent the freezing of the water or
to regulate the temperature for other purposes.
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74 | Fountains and troughs: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Devices not otherwise classifiable specially designed to
serve water to domestic animals, involving a trough and source of
supply therefor.
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75 | Animal-controlled supply: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Animal-watering fountains and troughs comprising a source
of supply, a valve or pump controlling said supply, and means operatively connected
to said valve or pump and operable by pressure exercised by the
animal, generally by the nose of forehead for regulating or causing
the supply to the trough.
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76 | Platform: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Stock-watering fountains and troughs comprising a source
of supply and a means for controlling the source of supply adapted
to be operated by the weight of the animal seeking water, generally
applied by stepping upon a platform or treadle.
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77 | Barometric: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Stock-watering fountains and troughs comprising a barometric
fountain so related to the trough as to afford a constant supply
of water to said trough at a fixed level.
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78 | Float-controlled supply: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Combined fountains and troughs wherein the supply to the
trough is controlled by a float valve.
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79 | Oscillating valve: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Fountains and troughs wherein a float-operated, hinged, flap, or oscillating valve controls the supply conduit. | |
80 | Reciprocating valve: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Fountains and troughs having a float-operated reciprocating valve controlling the source of supply. | |
81 | Movable trough-controlled supply: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Fountains and troughs having depressible water receptacles
connected to a water-supply valve, so as to hold it open when in
its uppermost position. The weight of the water in the receptacle
causes the trough to move and close the supply valve.
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161 | WASTE TOILET OR RELATED DEVICE: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of a receiver for collecting an
animal waste product, i.e., excrement or urine, or structure associated
with such a use.
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162 | Mounted above or within existing human commode: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Subject matter consisting of structure supported over or
inside a waste toilet normally used by a human being.
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163 | Activated by presence of animal: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Subject matter having an operating mechanism actuated in
response to the animal approaching, using, or leaving the waste
product collecting receiver or associated structure.
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164 | Underlying belt type: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Subject matter wherein the actuated mechanism is a flexible,
relatively continuous band of material or fabric positioned beneath
the animal and used to help remove the animal waste product.
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165 | Walled receptacle; e.g., litter box, etc., containing moisture absorbent material: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Subject matter wherein the waste product collecting receiver
is configured to have bottom structure surrounded by upstanding
side structure and to hold a substance which will soak up, i.e.,
absorb liquid present in the waste product collected.
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166 | Having means for separating waste from absorbent material: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Subject matter including structure which may be used to
isolate the waste product from the liquid absorbing substance.
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167 | Flaccid, liner-type separator: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 166. Subject matter wherein the waste product isolating structure
is a thin, limp sheet or screen which extends upwardly along both
an interior bottom and side surface of the waste product collecting
receiver.
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168 | Having foldable or pivotable portion: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Subject matter wherein the waste product collecting receiver
includes a part thereof which is shaped by bending it beyond its
elastic limit along a line to form a permanent crease or is otherwise
rotated about an axial region.
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169 | Pad-type absorbent material: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Subject matter wherein the liquid absorbing substance is
a sheet-like mat.
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170 | Having flaccid liner: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Subject matter including a thin, limp, moisture impervious
sheet which extends upwardly along both an interior bottom and side
surface of the waste product collecting receiver for holding both
the liquid absorbing substance and the waste product.
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171 | MATERIAL FOR ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM WASTE PRODUCT: | ||||||||||||||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter consisting of a substance which is used to
soak up, i.e., absorb, liquid present in animal excrement or urine.
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172 | Having paper-related component: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Subject matter wherein the liquid absorbing substance includes
cellulose which is initially in the form of a thin, matted, fibrous
sheet, i.e., paper, or is created from a pulp, sludge, or slurry
associated therewith.
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173 | Having clay component: | ||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Subject matter wherein the liquid absorbing substance includes
a naturally occurring, fine grained, earthy, hydrated aluminum silicate containing
composition, i.e., clay.
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174 | MISCELLANEOUS: |
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter and not provided for in any of the above subclasses. | |
200 | AQUATIC ANIMAL CULTURING: | ||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter relating to the propagation and care of one
or more water living animals.
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201 | Handling and transportation: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter including the preparation of and apparatus for sustaining one or more living aquatic animals during transfer, shipment, and temporary storage. | |
202 | Including vehicle: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter wherein the apparatus for transport includes a vehicle such as a ship or truck which has a portion in which the animals are held while transported. | |
203 | Fish transportation: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter wherein the aquatic animals transported are
fish (e.g., an animal of the super class Pisces).
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204 | Crustacean culturing: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter relating to the care and propagation of lobster, shrimp, or other aquatic arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous exoskeleton. | |
205 | Mating, spawning, and hatching: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Subject matter including methods and apparatus relating to crustacean egg fertilization, incubation, and emergent larva cultivation. | |
206 | With separating means: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Subject matter including means for removing one or more crustacea from a community thereof for further culturing or use thereof. | |
207 | Habitat: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Subject matter including method or apparatus for housing and cultivating crustacea. | |
208 | Offshore: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Subject matter for particular use in a natural marine environment. | |
209 | Individual habitat: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Subject matter wherein there are provided separate compartments each sized to house a single crustacean. | |
210 | With feeding: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Subject matter including apparatus for providing a supply
of food to each compartment.
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211 | Habitat with recirculation and filter means: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 207. Subject matter including means for housing and cultivating
crustacea which means include a water containment structure which
further includes means to cause recirculation of the contained water
while removing contaminants therefrom as it passes through separating means.
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212 | Feeding method: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Subject matter relating to a process for providing nutrients
to crustacea.
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213 | Separation or harvest: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Subject matter including apparatus for removing one or more
crustacean from a community thereof for further use including collection
for human food purposes.
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214 | Preserving or storing: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Subject matter directed to maintaining crustacean life during
a period it is kept under conditions for future use such as for
consumption or sale.
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215 | Fish culturing: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter relating to the care and propagation of fish
(e.g., an animal of the super class Pisces).
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216 | Live fish sorting or grading: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including apparatus for separating live fish according to size. | |
217 | Spawning, hatching, and early development: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including method or apparatus relating to fish egg fertilization, incubation, and emergent fry culturing. | |
218 | Fish incubator or hatching tray: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Subject matter including apparatus by which fish eggs are hatched artificially under controlled environmental conditions. | |
219 | Fish diverter or barrier: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including means to prevent or control the movement of fish past or through certain objects or locations. | |
220 | Electric type: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Subject matter wherein electricity is used, for example,
to produce pulses in water sensed by fish to control their movement.
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221 | Artificial reef or habitat: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including a device usually positioned on the sea bottom or in man-made bodies of water to facilitate fish-gathering and culturing thereon. | |
222 | With tire component: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Subject matter wherein at least a portion of the habitat is constructed from one or more discarded rubberlike vehicle supporting members. | |
223 | Floating fish rearing assembly: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including means for buoyantly supporting
within or on the water a habitat for housing and cultivating fish.
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224 | Tank array: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including a plurality of interconnected or cooperatively arranged water containment structures for housing fish. | |
225 | Sequential or stepwise tank array: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Subject matter wherein the tanks are connected such that
water serially flows therethrough.
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226 | Fish enclosure - recirculating type: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including a water containment structure for
sustaining fish and having means for removing a portion of the water
and returning it to the containment structure after treatment to
improve its life sustaining properties.
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227 | With biological filter: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Subject matter wherein the recirculated water is treated
by a passthrough apparatus in which living organisms are utilized
for water treatment.
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228 | Fish enclosure - nonrecirculating type: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including a water containment structure for sustaining fish life and absent any removal and return of treated water into such structure. | |
229 | With heat exchanger: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 228. Subject matter including apparatus to affect the temperature
of the water contained in the fish enclosure by heat transfer means.
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230 | Feeding method: | ||||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter relating to a process for the nourishment
of fish.
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231 | Water treatment composition: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter comprising chemical treatment including additives
or other means to affect the life sustaining properties of the fish
containing aqueous medium.
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232 | Cleaning-sweeper or mechanical agitator: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including apparatus utilizing pressurized
water circulation to aid in removing fish tank sediment or apparatus
to mechanically cause suspension of such sediment to aid in its
removal.
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233 | Cover, light or ray affecting: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Subject matter including means to selectively intercept visible light and other radiation impinging upon the water surface of a fish pond or tank. | |
234 | Mollusk culturing: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter relating to the propagation and care of oyster, clam, or other aquatic animals with a soft unsegmented body enclosed in a calcareous shell. | |
235 | Reclaiming oyster ground: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter related to the treating of tideland to remove infestation of starfish, burrowing shrimp, drills, and other vermin and to improve it for oyster cultivating. | |
236 | Spawning, hatching, and larval development: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter relating to mollusk egg production and fertilization and the early culturing of the hatched organism. | |
237 | Spat collector (cultch): |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 236. Subject matter wherein the larvae do not attach to objects (cultch) but are nonetheless successfully sustained and grown without them. | |
238 | Offshore habitat: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter including method and apparatus for promoting the larvae, especially of the oyster, to "set" or attach itself to a surface suitable for further growing. | |
239 | Flotation type: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter including method and apparatus for housing and cultivating mollusk in a natural marine environment. | |
240 | Multiple container assembly: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Subject matter wherein means are provided to supply positive
buoyancy to at least a portion of the habitat.
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241 | Cultchless cultivation: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 239. Subject matter wherein the habitat comprises a plurality of cooperating individual containment structures. | |
242 | Feeding method: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter relating to a process for the nourishment
of mollusk.
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243 | Purification: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter relating to the depuration of tainted mollusk. | |
244 | Pearl production: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 234. Subject matter relating to the utilization of the necre-secreting cells within a pearl-producing mollusk. | |
245 | Aquarium: | ||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter relating to a water containing tank or vessel
which ordinarily houses aquatic animals and which has one or more
transparent portions so that the inhabitants thereof can be observed
from the exterior.
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246 | Aquarium combination (e.g., aquarium-terrarium, etc.): | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter wherein there is in cooperation with aquarium
structure additional structure directed to the housing and display
of other life, such as plant, insect, or land animal life.
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247 | Combined: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Aquariums claimed in combination with subject matter not provided for in this class and which perform a function other than to perfect means that are provided for in the class, for example, aquariums combined with lamps or articles of furniture are proper for this subclass. | |
248 | Multicompartment: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter wherein the aquarium consists of a tank or
vessel which is divided by structural means into two or more separate
spaces.
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249 | Supported water column: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter wherein atmospheric air pressure is utilized to support a portion of the aquarium water media above the ordinary atmospheric exposed water surface of an aquarium. | |
250 | For joining aquariums: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Subject matter wherein a water column provides a bridge between at least two separate aquariums. | |
251 | Tank within tank: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including an enclosure for water which is adapted to be at least partially submerged in cooperative relationship inside another such enclosure such as a larger aquarium. | |
252 | Breeder type: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Subject matter including structure for allowing the escape of live babies from a fish giving birth in the innermost submerged tank. | |
253 | Ornamental: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including aquarium apparatus and structure
of the kind to embellish or adorn the basic visual attractiveness
of the aquarium.
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254 | Air operated: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Subject matter including ornamental means which utilize pressurized gas to produce a visual effect such as a bubble driven ornament or device. | |
255 | Liquid display: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Subject matter including ornamental means which utilize
water beyond that ordinarily contained in the aquarium to produce
a visual effect such as a waterfall.
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256 | Submerged display: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Subject matter wherein the ornamental structural feature is situated and viewed underwater while contained in the aquarium. | |
257 | Wall-type aquarium: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Subject matter wherein the aquarium is structured to be mounted on or in a side or inner portion of a building or other such vertical structure. | |
258 | Employing mirror: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Subject matter wherein one or more reflective surfaces are
utilized to enhance the visual appearance of the aquarium.
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259 | Filter: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including means cooperating with the aquarium
structure to cause recirculation of the contained water while removing contaminants
therefrom as it passes through a media holding device.
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260 | Biological type: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Subject matter wherein the filtering system contains organisms
which process wastes to decontaminate the circulated water.
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261 | With aerator: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Subject matter including means to provide oxygen enrichment
to water in the aquarium.
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262 | And heat exchanger: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 261. Subject matter including means to raise or lower the aquarium
water temperature.
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263 | Aerator: | ||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including apparatus providing oxygen enrichment
to water in the aquarium.
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264 | Aquarium cleaning (nonfilter type): | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including apparatus for removing contaminants
from the aquarium environment without utilizing a water filter.
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265 | Cover: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including a device extending over an air exposed opening of an aquarium to exclude dust or prevent the escape of an inhabitant therefrom. | |
266 | With light: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 265. Subject matter including an illumination device in connection
with the cover.
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267 | Aquarium illumination: | ||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including means cooperating with the aquarium
structure to provide enhanced interior lighting thereof.
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268 | Chemical treatment: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter wherein selective chemical substances are utilized to alter certain properties of the aquarium water and environment. | |
269 | Aquarium structural elements and assembly: | ||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter including aquarium structure such as floor,
wall, and sealing means necessary to permanently contain the water
environment therein and apparatus or a method of associating such
elements.
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270 | SILKWORM CULTURE: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter related to the care and propagation of the "worm" and
other forms of those moths whose larvae produce silk.
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300 | METHOD OF INCUBATION OR BROODING: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process disclosing poultry incubation or brooding, including
moisture supply, ventilation and temperature regulation to provide
optimum conditions inside the chamber.
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301 | DUAL PURPOSE BROODER: | ||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices capable of (1) performing the functions of a brooder
and incubator simultaneously, the combination involving a separate chamber
for each function, both warmed from the same source of heat, (2)
converting from an incubator to a brooder or visa versa, or (3)
performing another function not related to animal husbandry, such
as seedling propagation, concurrent with its brooding or incubating
function.
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302 | BROODER: | ||||||||||||||
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter including a small, warmed chick housing chamber,
provided with a hover, hover chamber, or canopy to perform the function
of a mother fowl in providing shelter and warmth to the chicks.
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303 | Warmed by water (i.e., radiator or boiler): | ||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Brooder with a fuel consuming heating system consisting
of a series of coils or pipes through which a fluid medium (e.g.,
hot water or steam) circulates to warm the chamber.
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304 | Warmed by directed air: | ||||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Brooder provided with a fuel consuming heating system which
warms the incoming air and directs it, by means of conduits, fans,
etc., throughout the brooder chamber.
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305 | Having a central heater: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Brooder having a primary heating system located in the center
of the chick chamber to warm the surrounding air.
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306 | With environmental control means: | ||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 305. Brooder including a sensing means, such as a thermostat,
which is responsive to environmental changes within the brooder
and in detecting a change will make adjustments to maintain optimum
conditions within the chamber.
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307 | With canopy to distribute warmth: | ||
This subclass is indented under subclass 305. Brooder including shielding structure within the chamber,
generally constructed of rigid material and attached to the ceiling,
which is intended to lie in close proximity to the chicks and whose
primary functions include even distribution of heat over the chicks
and prevention of drafts.
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308 | Warmed by electrical component: | ||||||
| This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Brooder which uses heat generated by an electricity conducting
device, such as a heating coil, to warm the chamber.
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309 | Incandescent lamp: |
| This subclass is indented under subclass 308. Brooder wherein the heat generated is from a filament enclosed in a sealed transparent envelope. | |
310 | Warmed by fireless heater: | ||||||||||||||||||
This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Brooders so constructed that the temperature is maintained
in the brood chamber by (1) conserving warmth from a previous heating
or (2) by utilizing the heat resulting from organic fermentation
or any other heating process not due to the combustion of fuel.
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311 | INCUBATOR: | ||||||||||||
| This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter specifically designed to hatch fowls from
eggs.
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