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Class 221
ARTICLE DISPENSING
Class Definition:
GENERAL STATEMENT OF CLASS SUBJECT MATTER
(A) The word "dispensing" is of such broad connotation in
both dictionary definition and in the language of the
published art relative to material handling that it is too
indefinite to serve as a base for defining the limits and
nature of a technological classification. Therefore a series
of limits are set forth in detail to outline a definition of
the phrase "article dispensing" as it is used in this class.
Subsequent reference to the phrase "article dispensing"
always refers to devices within such limits.
(B) Article dispensing in a broad sense is that type of
material handling which deals with certain types of methods
of structures which allow or cause permissive or compulsive
separation or a discrete article or articles from a source of
supply of such articles which includes more articles than the
number removed in any one operation. There must always be a
supply container or other source means for providing a
plurality of articles to be handled, and the article or
articles must be handled by mechanism or be subject to manual
handling, as a discrete solid entity, as distinguished from a
fluent mass. The source means must be one in which there is
an accumulation of articles and may be a skeletal chute
structure or a mere support for a stack of articles.
(C) The types of means controlling separation of articles
from sources of supply included in this class are described
in the following subsections. Processes and apparatus not
within limits of subject matter therein described are not
considered to be dispensers under this class definition and
are classified in appropriate other existing classifications.
Article dispensers which are included are characterized by
the subject matter of the following sections:
Discharge Outlet Means
Supply source Container or Holder Structure (Static
Structure)
Releasing Means Structure
Discharge Assisting Means
Cellular Magazine Type (Miscellaneous)
(1) Discharge Outlet Means
A mere opening coextensive with some dimension of articles to
be dispensed, or larger with a normal mode of operation
involving mere manual removal or gravity discharge, is not
enough to characterize a dispenser for this class. An outlet
having means to retard successive articles is considered to
be a dispensing type outlet characteristic of article
dispensers properly classifiable in this class.
The means to retard must be something other than the first
article and something other than mere static outlet opening
shapes and includes arrangements wherein an article is
deformed in passing a rigid outlet or vice versa, i.e., the
outlet is too small to pass the article in any of its
dimensions as stored, either the article or the edges of the
outlet being deformed.
The above limitations are not affected by the presence or
absence of a closure member. Thus, a supply source provided
with outlet means as described in the preceding paragraphs,
and having also closure means is proper subject matter for
this class, whereas a source of supply (container) provided
with a conventional opening and a closure therefor is proper
subject matter for the appropriate receptacle or support
class.
(2) Supply Source Container Or Holder Structure (Static
Structures)
Devices in which the configuration or internal structure of
the container or holder for the articles to be dispensed is
specialized to the problem of the separation of articles
being dealt out from a source, are considered to be
dispensers and are included in this class. Examples of such
structures included in this class with the limits thereof
are:
(a) Internal structure of supply receptacles, as means at or
near the outlet for retarding a succeeding article while the
leading article is removed or for imparting a transverse
article segregating motion to the articles.
(b) Trap chamber structure, that is, supply container
configuration which creates identifiable trap means to
isolate the leading article from the remainder of the
articles for ease of removal. It is usually characterized by
abrupt change of direction of the path of movement of the
articles to hold back otherwise freely sliding or rolling
succeeding articles in contact with the article or articles
available for removal at one operation.
(c) Container, chute or rack structures of nonrectilinear
configuration may be included in this class under certain
circumstances such as (1) when the curve or angular turn in
the container, chute or rack is such as to change the nature
of a stack or arrangement of articles (as from end to end to
side by side, or from a double row to a single row) so that
article removal from the ultimate arrangement is easier than
it would otherwise have been or, (2) when the curve or
angular turn is specifically modified at or near the egress
point to present an article or articles in such a way that
they are relatively easily removable, as by changing the
relative bearing on such article or articles of the
succeeding articles on such article or articles. In this
connection it is noted that it is common for article
supporting rack structure to be curved or angular for
purposes of space conservation or for controlling the
direction or disposition of the inlet and/or outlet, and it
is not intended that such structures should be classified in
this class. It is also recognized that as a rack structure
approaches a horizontal disposition the relative ease of
removing articles increases, but this is considered to be a
mere incident to the rack problem of space conservation and
directional disposition and not to warrant classification in
this dispensing class.
(3) Releasing Means Structure
A source of supply of articles having an outlet or outlet
path provided with mechanical means to control the movement
of articles through the outlet or along the path by releasing
the foremost article or articles for unassisted gravity
movement while restraining movement of succeeding articles is
a dispenser under this class. In the cellular magazine type
this release may be effected by the progressive collapse of a
collapsible or flexible cellular structure.
(4) Discharge Assisting Means
A source of supply of articles having means to assist
discharge from the source by separation of an article or
articles from the source, is a dispenser classifiable in this
class, unless otherwise classified. For this purpose, any
nongravity means for urging articles toward or through an
outlet opening or for removing the remainder of the articles
away from the article or articles to be segregated, is a
discharge assistant.
For example, an ejector element acting directly on an article
to be dispensed to force it through a related outlet is a
discharge assistant. Agitating or vibrating means acting on
articles in a supply container may also be considered to be
discharge assistant means.
A follower or a conveyor element acting on the entire supply
of the source at one time may serve to establish a dispensing
combination for this class if a discharge outlet or other
arrangement is provided whereby actuation of the conveyor or
follower is effective to affirmatively separate an article or
articles from the remainder of the supply. However, a supply
container having a follower which urges articles
simultaneously toward an outlet but which does not have some
other feature which is recognized as characteristic of a
dispenser in this class is not classifiable herein.
Operation of the follower to cause successive affirmative
separation of an article or articles from a source of supply
as by the article falling off its support is considered a
dispensing characteristic which meets the requirements of
"General Statement Of Class Subject Matter" C "(1) Discharge
Outlet Means", and such devices are classified as a dispenser
in this class.
(5) Cellular Magazine Type (Miscellaneous)
The special type of article dispenser which has a supply
source container in which each article is retained in a
separate compartment, cell or holder, and which is designated
a "cellular magazine" in this class (see subclasses 25 and
69+) presents certain problems in its relationship to the
various cabinet and receptacle arts and requires some
deviation from the general pattern described hereinabove.
Cellular sources or magazines are included in this class if:
(1) a common discharge assistant operates at different times
or to different degrees in more than one of the
compartments;
(2) a unitary control is provided for discharging means
operating at different times or to different degrees on
articles in more than one of the compartments;
(3) a single discharge outlet of less extent than the
combined width of all the cells is common to more than one of
the compartments and articles are released (as by unassisted
gravitational movement without inversion of the apparatus),
impelled (as by a discharge assistant), or carried by
relative movement of the said magazine to or through an outer
housing outlet so that manual grasping thereof is enhanced by
such movement, or are at least partially released or ejected
therefrom; or
(4) movement of the cellular structure, or portions thereof
relative to an enclosure or support (including collapse of
the cell structure) results in gravity or nongravity
discharge of articles from the cells.
Generally the failure to include at least one of the features
outlined in the preceding paragraph or in subsections (1) to
(4) is evidence that classification is not in this class but
in appropriate other cabinet, support or rack classification.
For example, cellular sources or magazines, with the various
cells movable past an outlet door or opening in an enclosing
cabinet or casing, in which articles are removed by reaching
inside and grasping the articles are not included, nor are
such devices requiring inversion or other bodily movement to
cause or allow the removal of articles. Such devices are
classified elsewhere in the various other receptacle classes
(see "Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks, and Other Static
Structures" below).
The type of article dispenser in which articles are released
to or discharged upon an article catching member or trap for
manual removal is treated as a special type. In general,
such devices are included in this class on the basis of the
inclusion of at least one of the dispensing features
described in subsections (1) to (4) of this section of the
class definition. However, as a special case, combinations
in which a mere closure, which is not of a dispensing type,
controls release of articles to a trap for manual removal
therefrom are classified in this class (221). This placement
of art is predicated upon the proposition that the trap is an
element which goes beyond mere receptacle-closure structure
and is better classified in a dispensing art.
In general the heading "miscellaneous" is restricted because
at least one of the separation or segregation means mentioned
in subsections (1) to (4) of this section of the class
definition is actually present in most of the "special types"
of article dispensers included in this class.
Dispensers of the captive article type and of the article
orienting type are classifiable in this class subject only to
the general limitations of preceding subsections (1) to (4).
Dispensers of the type in which flexible articles are
distorted concurrently with their separation from the supply
source (subclasses 33+) are similarly classifiable in this
class subject to the general limitation of the subsections
(1) to (4), it being noted that the underlying and
characterizing feature of this entire group is expressed in
the second paragraph of subsection (1). Dispensers of the
type in which the supply container is movably mounted for
dispensing (subclasses 186+) are characterized in that, in
some cases, the relative movement required to effect release
or ejection of articles is effected by movement of the supply
container relative to releasing or discharge assisting means
which may be stationary, such relative motion resulting in a
mode of operation which fulfills the requirement of one of
the subsections (1) to (4).
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON SCOPE OF CLASS
This class is intended to provide a residual classification
for the basic subject matter defined in "General Statement Of
Class Subject Matter" of this class definition and takes such
subject matter where not otherwise provided for.
This class also takes combinations of article dispensers with
other subject matter not otherwise provided for. In this
connection it should be noted that the basic subject matter
herein provided for is found in many other arts, including
the manufacturing, material treating and material handling
arts, as a subcombination, per se, and as an included part of
more comprehensive combinations provided for in such
classes.
Other Sections of this class definition, particularly
"Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" and
"Article Assorting And/Or Orienting", specifically outline
the relationships of this class to the various manufacturing,
treating and handling classes and to other related classes
and the statements of class lines contained therein is
indicative of present classification and placement of art.
It is contemplated that the various combination classes and
related material handling classes will eventually be cleared
of subcombinations which are within the class subject matter
of this class as defined in "General Statement Of Class
Subject Matter" of this definition. As such classes are
cleared of such art the statement of the line between such
classes and this class (221) will be altered to indicate the
disposition of the art.
ARTICLE TREATMENT OR MODIFICATION (INCLUDING ASSEMBLY)
Article dispensers are found in all classes dealing with the
manufacture or treatment of articles, and particularly in
classes having feeding, magazine or article handling
subclasses. In general, the assignment of patents in
manufacturing and article treating classes has been on the
basis of the nondispensing operation, when the means or steps
for performing the nondispensing operation are claimed in any
detail. When the means or steps for performing the
nondispensing operation are not claimed or are claimed
broadly assignment has been and will continue to be to the
class taking the disclosed operation when magazine and work
material or article feeding subclasses occur in such art
class and are designated and defined to receive such patents.
Classes not having special subclasses of this type will
continue to take article dispensers which are not claimed in
significant combination with, or as structurally specifically
adapted for, the machines or work of the art classes, only
when such classes have large bodies of art on dispensing, per
se. In the absence of such large bodies of art or special
subclasses of the type mentioned, classification is in the
appropriate subclass of this class (221).
Means or steps for performing the material modifying or
treating operation are not considered to be claimed
significantly when they are included only nominally or merely
as a means for receiving or supporting a separated or
segregated article. Thus, inclusion of a holder, turret,
arbor or receiver of some other nature, disclosed as an
element of a work modifying or treating machine parts and/or
their working relationship with one another are included,
classification is in the appropriate work modifying or
treating art.
Many dispensers include means to manipulate articles after
the segregation of articles from the supply, and such
organizations are common as subcombinations of work modifying
and treating combination disclosures. This class (221) takes
article feeders under its class definition including
subsequent manipulation to and from disclosed work stations
where such work stations are included by name only. This
class will also take article feeders including such
manipulation of the work as is considered to involve simple
movement of the article characteristic of general utility
handling as distinguished from specialized work modifier
feeding. As examples, this class will take article feeders
which bodily move articles along a rectilinear or a simple
curved path, either continually or intermittently, towards or
through the position of a nominally included tool. However,
movement of the tool, axial rotation of the articles for
purposes other than segregation, orienting or mere handling,
retrograde motion, combined oscillation and forwarding
motion, and other complex motions of the articles having
utility only in combination with a disclosed tool are
excluded and devices having such motion are classified in the
appropriate work modifying class.
Class 221 provides for article feeding including delivery of
articles to a claimed work holder or to a hold-down means
(see Subclass References to the Current Class). Subject to
otherwise existing class lines, therefore, Class 221 will
take such subject matter disclosed as a subcombination of an
article modifying or treating combination.
Article dispensing means within the class definition combined
with a nominal work modifying machine and including a mere
common drive or simple synchronization are included in this
class. But where a modifying machine is nominally included
and there is some automatic intercontrol between the
modifying machine and the dispenser, classification is in the
appropriate work modifying class.
(1) Note. Classes dealing with article treatment or
modification are each subject to the general line note as
expressed hereinabove in this section of the class
definition. In the SEARCH CLASS notes below referencing this
section, a specific statement of the class line indicating
that this class (221) takes such subcombinations is an
indication that the art class involved does not have
subclasses relating to article feeders, per se, which are
adapted to general article handling utility and does not
contain an appreciable body of art relating to such subject
matter.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
COMBINATIONS WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OF OTHER CLASSES
Combinations with article treatment or modification classes
(including assembly) are fully treated in the section
"Article Treatment or Modification (Including Assembly)".
Article dispensers involving article handling, assorting
and/or orienting are considered to be species of article
handling rather than combinations and are elsewhere treated
(See sections "Article And Material Handling" and
"Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks And Other Static Structures").
Other combinations of the subject matter of this class with
that of other classes are classified in this class when no
other existing classification provides for such combinations.
It should be noted that the mere fact of the combination is
not conclusive, since in many cases, the degree of inclusion
of details of either the outside subject matter or the
article dispenser has been and is now determinative of the
classification. The lines stated in the following Search
Class note indicate, insofar as is known, the disposition of
such combinations in other arts and therefore the degree to
which this class (221) may provide for them.
ARTICLE AND MATERIAL HANDLING
This class (221) is the residual classification for the types
of article handling defined as article dispensing in "General
Statement Of Class Subject Matter" and "Explanatory Notes On
Scope Of Class". As such, it may be properly considered a
species under generic article or material handling Class 214.
This class therefore, takes article handling of the
dispensing type, as defined in "General Statement Of Class
Subject Matter" and "Explanatory Notes On Scope Of Class"
and in the combinations and special types set forth in
"Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)",
subject to the limitations and class line notes of the
aforementioned sections, where it is not otherwise provided
for.
This class includes combinations of dispensing as defined in
"General Statement Of Class Subject Matter" and "Explanatory
Notes On Scope Of Class" with means to further handle or
manipulate the segregated articles subsequent to the
separation from the source of supply, where such subsequent
handling or manipulation is not otherwise provided for. In
this connection attention is directed to subclasses 171+,
290+ and particularly subclasses 224+ of this class. This
subject matter is related to article treatment or
modification combination disclosures and is fully treated in
"Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly),"
above.
The SEARCH CLASS notes in References To Other Classes that
reference this section list known loci of related article and
material handling art.
ARTICLE ASSORTING AND/OR ORIENTING
Article handling, as defined in "General Statement Of Class
Subject Matter" and "Explanatory Notes On Scope Of Class" of
this class definition, including means to arrange or align
asymmetric articles so that the variations for symmetry are
all turned (oriented) in a desired direction, is considered
to be a special type of article dispensing and is included in
this class, unless otherwise provided for.
Orienting, when separation from a supply as provided for in
this class is involved, is distinguishable from assorting,
which is generally provided for in Class 209, Classifying,
Separating, and Assorting Solids, in that assorting involves
the separation of articles one from the other based upon an
actual physical difference of such articles, while orienting
deals with similar articles (asymmetric in nature) on the
basis of the alignment of one or more axes of the articles.
Class 221 includes both the separation of articles from the
supply on the basis of the different relative orientation of
articles in a confused mass, so that only articles having a
desired position are separated, and also the orienting of
articles as a manipulation following dispensing of the type
provided for in this class and Class 222.
When a construction or claims are generic to assorting and
orienting, as when oversize or improperly positioned articles
are both prevented from passing through shaped outlets,
classification is in Class 209.
RECEPTACLES, CABINETS, RACKS AND OTHER STATIC STRUCTURES
This class is the residual classification for the types of
article dispensing identified in"General Statement Of Class
Subject Matter" and "Explanatory Notes On Scope Of Class" of
this class definition. Therefore, relative to the package,
receptacle, cabinet, rack and static structure arts, this
class takes dispensing structures, unless the existence in
one of such classes of a body of art or of a subclass
directed to similar dispensing means indicates that the
particular dispensing structure is classified there. In this
connection particular attention is directed to subsection (2)
of "General Statement Of Class Subject Matter", C of this
class definition for a discussion of static structures and
the nature of the structural variations therein which are
considered to be characteristic of article dispensing.
If a closure means does not, of itself, incorporate a feature
requiring classification in this class (as set forth in
"General Statement Of Class Subject Matter" and "Explanatory
Notes On Scope Of Class"). its presence or absence does not
affect classification as between this class and the
appropriate receptacle class. See the final paragraph of
"General Statement Of Class Subject Matter" C "(1) Discharge
Outlet Means" of this class definition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 27+ for dispensers of the captive article type.
subclasses 33+ for dispensers of the type in which flexible
articles are distorted concurrently with their separation
from the supply source.
subclasses 156+ for dispensers of the article orienting
type.
subclasses 186+ for dispensers of the type in which the
supply container is movably mounted for dispensing.
subclasses 191+ for article dispenser in which articles are
released to or discharged upon an article catching member or
trap for manual removal is treated as a special type.
287 for device or for a structural arrangement for the
oriented withdrawal of articles from random supply (compare
with subclasses 163+) (see "Article Assorting and/or
Orienting" above)
subclasses 288+ for a device for eliminating the
misoriented one of seriatim advancing articles (typically,
returning them to the random supply), leaving only those
properly oriented on the conveyor for continued advance;
(compare with subclasses 159+).
239 for means to receive and support segregated articles
after they have been dispensed by the discharge means and
have some work holding or hold-down means.
294 for device to receive and support segregated articles
after they have been dispensed by the discharge means and
have some work holding or hold-down means.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, especially subclasses 809+ for
magazines, supply means for assembling and disassembling
apparatus. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including
Assembly)" above)
30, Cutlery, subclasses 124+, for cutlery combined with
material holding means. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
30, Cutlery, subclass 40 for razors claimed in combination
with blade holding magazines. (see "Combinations With the
Subject Matter of Other Classes" above)
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclasses
for exhibitors where no significant dispensing features are
claimed, even though a dispenser is named as operating the
exhibitor, and especially subclasses 380+, 476, 491+, and
508+ for exhibitors having display handling means in the
nature of dispensers. See the class definition of Class 40,
which also states the line between the classes. (see
"Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
42, Firearms, various magazine subclasses for cartridge
magazines and combinations thereof with guns. (see
"Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, particularly subclass 47
for acetylene gas generators having means to feed carbide
cartridges. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
53, Package Making. as between Classes 53 and 221, Class 221
takes article feeding subcombinations and combinations
subject to the limitations of the class definition of Class
221. See subclass 384.1 and 571+ of Class 53 for devices
for dispensing and opening bags. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
53, Package Making, for butter and cheese cutters combined
with plate dispensers. (see "Combinations With the Subject
Matter of Other Classes" above)
62, Refrigeration. See the class definition of Class 62 for
a statement of the line between the classes. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
65, Glass Manufacturing, subclasses 138+ for glassworking
apparatus for making electronic envelope headers, terminals,
or stems including means to dispense parts thereto, and
subclasses 146+ for means to feed diverse material to
glassworking apparatus. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, particularly
subclass 210 for loaders and unloaders for textile fluid
treating apparatus. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
72, Metal Deforming, for plastic deformation of metal
combined with work and/or product feed. As between Classes
72 and 221 takes article feeding subcombinations and
combinations subject to the limitations of the class
definition of Class 221. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
73, Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses. As
between Classes 221 and 73, the combination of an article
dispenser and means to test some quality of the article other
than its mere presence, is classified in appropriate
subclasses of Class 73. However, the mere inclusion, in an
article dispenser, of means to sense the presence or absence
of an article is properly classifiable in this class (221).
(see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
82, Turning, particularly subclasses 124+ for lathes having
work feeding and/or removing means included therewith. (see
"Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)"
above)
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, particularly
subclasses 45+ and 47+ for feeding devices and for
cartridge packing including feeding devices, respectively.
(see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)"
above)
89, Ordnance, appropriate subclasses, for article feeding or
dispensing structures specific to the purpose of the
apparatus provided for in that class, and see specifically
subclass 33.01 for subcombinations involving cartridge
feeding to guns and for nominal combinations with such guns.
Class 89, has its own article subcombination subclasses and
as between Classes 221 and 89, Class 89 takes such
subcombinations. (see "Combinations With the Subject Matter
of Other Classes" above)
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 450.1, for an
edible laminated product (e.g., pie, sandwich, etc.), making
apparatus including means to feed edible preforms to an
assembly or stacking station. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
100, Presses, particularly subclasses 215+ for press
structures having means to deposit material thereon and
subclass 218 for means to eject material therefrom. As
between Classes 100 and 221, Class 221 takes article feeding
subcombinations and combinations (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
101, Printing, particularly subclass 11, 37, 40, 43, and 44,
for special article feeding and delivering. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 504 for line
carrying or filamentary material distributing projectiles.
(see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
111, Planting, appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclasses 34+ for dispensing devices combined with means
for loosening the soil or forming cavities therein or
otherwise treating the soil. The class lines are set forth
in the class definition of Class 111 and in (2) Note thereto.
(see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
111, Planting, subclasses 104+ for a plant dispenser
claimed in combination with a plant setting machine; and
subclasses 170+ for seed dispensers claimed in combination
with drilling machines. (see "Article and Material Handling"
above)
112, Sewing, particularly subclass 106 and 113 for feeding
devices in combination with article attaching machines. (see
"Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)"
above)
116, Signals and Indicators, for signal structure combined
with article dispensing where no significant dispensing
features are claimed, even though a dispenser is named as
operating the signal or indicator. Class 221 takes
combinations of dispensers under the class definition with
signaling means except in such cases where the article
dispensing means is not specifically defined and is claimed
as associated with specific signal means. See subclass 32
of Class 116 for devices for releasing identification tags on
vehicle collision. (see "Combinations With the Subject
Matter of Other Classes" above)
118, Coating Apparatus, subclasses 209+ for solid
applicator type coating apparatus including work handling or
work supporting means, and subclasses 500+ for coating
apparatus including work holders or handling devices. For a
statement of the line between the classes see the class
definition of Class 118. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, subclasses 45+ for
projectile feeding magazines or mechanical projecting
devices, and subclasses 51.1+ for magazines operating to feed
projectiles mechanically into position to be projected by
other mechanical means. As between Class 221 and Class 124,
subcombinations disclosed for use in a Class 124 combination
remain in that class, since Class 124 has such magazine
feeding subcombination subclasses. (see "Combinations With
the Subject Matter of Other Classes" above)
131, Tobacco, subclass 74 for tube filling type of cigar or
cigarette making machines with means to feed the tubes to be
filled to such machines, and subclass 250.1 for article
dispensers combined with cigar or cigarette end cutters.
(see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)"
above)
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, as between
Classes 134 and 221, Class 221 takes article feeding
subcombinations and combinations subject to the limitations
of the class definition of Class 221. The line is also
stated in the class definition of Class 134. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
139, Textiles: Weaving, particularly subclasses 248-250
for rotary bobbin delivering magazines. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
140, Wireworking, subclass 27, 38, 53, and 54 for magazine
feeders for feeding slats, wire, etc. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclasses 173+ for combinations of
receiver dispensers and fluent material dispensers where the
apparatus includes means for relating the dispensed receiver
to the fluent material dispenser, and see the definition of
that class (141). (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
144, Woodworking, particularly subclass 61 for match box
filling machines; subclass 64 for hopper feed of match
splints for filling, dipping and frames; subclass 66 for
miscellaneous match splint feeding machines; and subclass 245
for blank feeders. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
164, Metal Founding, in the various "work feeding" subclasses
therein. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including
Assembly)" above)
186, Merchandising, subclasses 38+ and 52+, respectively,
for article dispensers combined with or included in dining
room or store service combinations. (see "Article and
Material Handling" above)
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, subclass 32
and 40 for chutes having means for retarding the velocity of
articles therein, which means may release the articles
successively. (see "Article and Material Handling" above)
194, Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, for article
dispensing devices having specific check-control mechanism.
The class lines of Class 194 are expressed in the class
definition of that class (194), and particularly in (2) Note.
thereof. (see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other
Classes" above)
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 311, 359+, and 523+
for a power-driven conveyor combined with a gravity conveyor
such as a hopper or chute; subclass 373 for a conveyor having
means for changing the attitude of the conveyed load relative
to the conveying direction; subclass 418 for a system of
plural conveyors for establishing and moving a group of
items; and subclass 434 for a system of plural conveyors of
arranging or rearranging a stream or streams of items. (see
"Article and Material Handling" above)
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclasses 373+ for a
conveyor having means for changing the attitude of the
conveyed load relative to the conveying direction,
particularly subclasses 393 and 396+ for the withdrawal of
articles from a scrambled supply; and subclass 395 for a
control means responsive to the sensing of an improperly
oriented item, 234+, for a device for orienting articles in
the seriatim progress along the conveyor; compare the
subclasses 171+ in this instant class (221). (see "Article
Assorting and/or Orienting" above)
199, Type Casting, particularly subclasses 15+, 19+, 44+ for
type casting machines with magazines. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
206, Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses
for a container particularly configured to hold a specific
article or material. Class 206 also provides for any
container including an article (s) or material (s) put up as
a mercantile unit. Although some subclasses in Class 206
(e.g., 233) have "dispensing" titles, Class 221 takes article
dispensers identifiable as such according to "General
Statement Of Class Subject Matter" and "Explanatory Notes On
Scope Of Class" of this (221) class definition the
"dispensers" for fluent material or articles in Class 206 do
not come within the class limitation of Class 221. (see
"Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks And Other Static Structures"
above)
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
subclasses 509+ for assorting devices including article
feeding or discharging. The distinction between orienting
and assorting is set forth in the second paragraph of
"Article Sorting And/Or Orienting" of the class definition of
this class (221). Processes and apparatus for feeding or
dispensing articles will be classified in Class 209 when
claimed in combination with assorting means provided for in
Class 209, or when generic to assorting and orienting by
disclosure. (see "Article Assorting and/or Orienting" above)
211, Supports: Racks, appropriate subclasses for rack
structures designed to support articles. For a statement of
the line between the classes, see the class definition of
Class 211. (see "Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks And Other
Static Structures" above)
215, Bottles and Jars, appropriate subclasses for bottle and
jar receptacle structures. (see "Receptacles, Cabinets,
Racks And Other Static Structures" above)
217, Wooden Receptacles, appropriate subclasses for wooden
receptacle structures. (see "Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks
And Other Static Structures" above)
220, Receptacles, subclasses 578+ for an internal
closure-like member that rests on the unused contents of a
container; appropriate subclasses for metallic receptacle
structures. (see "Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks And Other
Static Structures" above)
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, for fluent material
dispensing devices and see the class definition of that class
(222) and the notes thereto for the disposition of other
fluent material handling disclosures. The line between Class
221 and Class 222, is as follows:
Article Dispensers for Class 221 are arrangements to dispense
articles one at a time, or a definite number less than the
total available at the source of supply at a time. Where the
dispenser handles articles in heterogeneously intermingled
bulk and dispenses them in bulk without regard to their shape
or relative position the dispenser is considered to be a
fluent material dispenser and is classified in Class 222.
Where the dispenser has features specialized to engage the
discharged articles as individual units as by gripping,
impaling, etc., or is otherwise structurally limited to the
handling of discrete articles (e.g., orienting) the dispenser
is classified as an article dispenser in Class 221.
The trap chamber or segregating chamber type of dispenser,
even though disclosed only for dispensing a single article,
is not classified as an article dispenser in the case where
the trap is a closed trap of a type from which fluent
material could not escape where there is nothing special to
the shape of the trap relative to the shape of a single
article, and where no other feature specific to the handling
of articles is included. All other segregating chamber type
dispensers are classified in Class 221, on the basis of the
disclosure that a discrete article or group of articles is
dispensed.
The dispensing by trap chamber discharge assisting means, of
elongated (cylindrical) articles which have been prearranged
according to one axis thereof, is considered to be subject
matter for Class 221 even though the trap chamber used to
dispense such articles is a closed chamber.
Dispensers capable of use with either articles or fluent
material of granular, plastic, or liquid forms are classified
in Class 222, that class being generic to the concept of the
two classes. Dispensing devices involving material guiding
means and outlet means of a type adapted to handling either
articles or fluent material and not including any other
feature to clearly indicate classification in either of
Classes 221 and 222 are considered to present a special
problem. Class 221 takes such apparatus when it is disclosed
for use with discrete articles and when the disclosed
arrangements are such that the articles are previously
arranged at least as to one dimension. As examples,
cylindrical articles with their lengths reposed in one
direction, or pills in a flat pill box of a thickness smaller
than the largest dimension of the pills, having claimed
interior guide means and outlet means are proper subject
matter for Class 221. Class 222 takes similar dispensing
apparatus where there is no such disclosed or claimed
arrangement of the articles.
(d) Article dispensers of the types provided for in this
class (221), claimed in combination with fluent material
dispensers of the type provided for in Class 222 are
classified in this class (221). See subclass 96 of Class 221
for such subject matter. (see "Article and Material Handling"
above)
222, Dispensing, subclass 424.5, 454+ and 457, for fluent
material dispensers provided with stationary structures
defining trap chambers and subclass 564 for such dispensers
having static interior material guide means or restricting
means. (Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks, and Other Static
Structures)
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 48 for bead stringing.
(see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)"
above)
224, Package and Article Carriers, subclass 196, 600+ and
cross reference art collection 931 for magazine type
cartridge carriers. (see "Combinations With the Subject
Matter of Other Classes" above)
226, Advancing Material and Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding
material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to
effect movement of the material. As between Class 221 and
Class 226 it should be noted that Class 226 is limited to the
handling of indeterminate-lengths and that if there is a
claimed source of supply of a plurality of lengths of
material, the lengths of the pieces must be considered to be
determinate and classification is in Class 221 if the process
or apparatus is under the definition of Class 221. (see
"Article and Material Handling" above)
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, subclasses 107+, for
magazine dispensing combined with apparatus to apply a
member, e.g., nail. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, subclasses 107+, for
apparatus for arranging and feeding loose member, e.g.,
nails, combined with apparatus to apply a member. (see
"Article Assorting and/or Orienting" above)
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes subclass 122.1
for a paperboard box intended to permit removal of articles
gravity fed to the egress opening, even if the lead article
must be lifted over a lip to be withdrawn. The inclusion of
dispensing fractures recited in "General Statement Of Class
Subject Matter" C, of this class definition would result in
classification in this Class 221, Article Dispensing. (see
"Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks And Other Static Structures"
above)
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, appropriate
subclasses, for deposit and collection receptacles. Unless a
body of dispensing art exists in a special use subclass in
Class 232, to indicate the existence of a home for a
particular type of article dispenser, classification of
deposit and collection receptacles embodying recognized
dispensing features is in Class 221. (see "Receptacles,
Cabinets, Racks And Other Static Structures" above)
235, Registers, appropriate subclasses, especially subclass
98, for registers combined with article dispensing means when
the article dispensing means is not specifically defined and
is claimed as associated with specific register structure.
When the article dispensing means is significantly or
specifically claimed classification is in subclasses 2+ and
particularly in subclass 7 of this class (221). (see
"Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 521 and 522+
for cutting followed by convolute winding of an elongated
material. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including
Assembly)" above)
246, Railway Switches and Signals, subclasses 210+ for
torpedo mechanism including torpedo feeders, subclasses 212+
providing for magazine type torpedo feeders in this
combination. (see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of
Other Classes" above)
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses for supports for
article dispensers where the dispensing means is not
significantly or specifically claimed. Casing or support
structure is considered incidental to the basic subject
matter of this class (221) and significant article dispensing
combined with casing or support structure as provided for in
subclasses 282+ of Class 221. (see "Combinations With the
Subject Matter of Other Classes" above)
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses, for supports, per se,
and in combination with the devices supported thereby, when
the latter are nominally included. Class 221 provides for the
specific combination in subclasses 45+ and 282+. (see
"Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks And Other Static Structures"
above)
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, for apparatus for forming
stacks of sheets and for apparatus for delivering sheets from
a stack to a point of use. (see "Article and Material
Handling" above)
273, Amusement Devices: Games, subclasses 108+, 119+, 129,
and 317+for devices for projecting various aerial or surface
projectiles; and subclasses 139+ and 144+ for chance devices
having dispensing features. (see "Combinations With the
Subject Matter of Other Classes" above)
276, Typesetting, for type setting apparatus with magazine
type feeders, particularly subclass 3, 4, 15, and 45. (see
"Article Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)"
above)
300, Brush, Broom, and Mop Making, subclass 4 for brush
making machines including tuft feeding means. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, for cabinet and support
structures adapted to house and support article dispensing
devices and not including article dispensing features
characteristic of this class (221). See particularly
subclasses 35+ for removal facilitating magazine type
article containing cabinet structures. The line between the
classes is stated in the class definition of Class 312. (see
"Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes" and
"Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks, and Other Static Structures"
above)
314, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Consumable
Electrodes, subclass 5 for electric lamps and discharge
devices having electrode magazines. (see "Combinations With
the Subject Matter of Other Classes" above)
346, Recorders, appropriate subclasses for recorder structure
where no significant dispensing features are claimed even
though a dispenser is named as operating the recorder. This
class (221) provides for the combination of recorder and
article dispenser where the article dispenser is
significantly or specifically claimed, (see subclass 2 ).
(see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, subclasses
178+ for record changers and subclass 172 for stylus
changers in sound recording and reproducing apparatus. (see
"Combinations With the Subject Matter of Other Classes"
above)
396, Photography, subclasses 360+ for magazine camera
structure which feeds photos:graphic plates to an exposure
position. (see "Combinations With the Subject Matter of
Other Classes" above)
400, Typewriting Machines, subclasses 578+ for paper
feeding and see particularly subclasses 624+ for sheet
magazine paper feeding to typewriting machines.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, appropriate subclasses for
apparatus wherein carriers are pneumatically dispatched
between stations or terminals. See particularly subclasses
108+ for 221 type dispensers which serve as intakes to
fluid current conveyors.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, particularly subclass
72 and 145+ for a milling machine including means for
placing or removing a blank or work feeding means,
respectively. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, particularly subclass 70
for blank feeding. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification
(Including Assembly)" above)
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclasses 110+ for a machine for making a
composite product in a molding cavity including means to feed
preforms to the cavity. (see "Article Treatment Or
Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
431, Combustion, appropriate subclass for a residual
combustion or igniting device. The combination of such device
with an article dispenser of the type provided for in Class
221, is classified in Class 221, in subclasses 136+
thereof. (see "Article Treatment Or Modification (Including
Assembly)" above)
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclass 168 for marble
runways, subclass 403 for a cane for detonating explosives
and including a magazine for explosives, and subclass 475 for
other toys having a dispenser.
451, Abrading, particularly subclasses 331+ for a work
feeder, per se, used for abrading. (see "Article Treatment
Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
453, Coin Handling, particularly subclasses 1+ and 18+ for
various coin dispensers. The line between the classes is
stated in the class definition of Class 453. (see "Article
and Material Handling" above)
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process
and Apparatus, subclasses 164+ for distributors and feeders
for articles of the type provided for therein and specialized
for use in machine operations on such articles. As between
Class 470 and Class 221, Class 221 takes article feeding
subcombinations and combinations subject to the limitations
of the class definition of Class 221. (see "Article
Treatment Or Modification (Including Assembly)" above)
473, Amusement Devices: Games, subclass 107 for a
mechanical projector for a bowling ball.
483, Tool Changing, subclasses 58+ for a tool storage means
combined with a tool transfer means which bodily moves a tool
to or from the storage mean. (see "Article and Material
Handling" and "Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks, and Other Static
Structures" above)
GLOSSARY:
DISCHARGE ASSISTANT
Any means (other than the weight of the article alone) which
affirmatively segregates, separates or moves an article from
a supply to a point of egress. All of the supply less one
article may be moved to leave a segregated or separated
article in discharge position or subject to further
manipulation.
DISCHARGE MEANS
Any means which either (1) affirmatively segregates,
separates or moves an article from a supply to a point of
egress or (2) permits separation or segregation of articles
by gravitational movement thereof. A discharge means may be
either a discharge assistant or a releaser.
EJECTOR
Any discharge assistant which acts directly upon an article
or articles to be dispensed at any one operation to segregate
or separate the same from the remainder of the supply.
Followers are discharge assistants which are not included in
this term since they exert force through the entire supply
rather than directly on the articles to be dispensed.
HOPPER
A container, bin or receptacle for retaining a quantity of
articles in a jumbled mass.
OUTLET CLOSURE
A means associated with the egress opening of a dispenser
which obstructs, inhibits, or prevents passage of articles
out of the dispenser in one position, such means being down
stream of the point of separation or segregation of the
articles.
RESILIENT
A means permitting segregation or separation of articles by
unassisted gravitational movement thereof, supports or
restraining means being rendered inoperative as to the
articles to be dispensed and operative as to those to be
retained, with return to the previous state after the
dispensing operation. Such means are permissive as
distinguished from discharge assistants which are affirmative
force applying means (compulsive).
RELEASER
This term as used herein includes elastic means (spring form)
and spring biased means as well.
SOURCE (SUPPLY SOURCE)
Any means for supporting or retaining a quantity of articles
either in an orderly fashion or arrangement or as a jumbled
mass such as provided by a magazine, hopper, stack,
compartment, container, bin or receptacle.
STACK
A single, contiguous, continuous, orderly sequence or linear
arrangement of articles which may constitute an article
supply or result from operation on articles previously
disposed as a jumbled mass.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Processes.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 1 for processes for dispensing
fluent materials.
Subclass:
2
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Dispensers having (1) signals, indicators, registers,
recorders or gauges for indicating a condition, or the
position of a dispenser part such devices consisting of
relatively movable changeable, or audible information giving
parts, or (2) changeable indicia bearing or display devices
which are operable by the movement of dispenser parts.
(1) Note. For classification in this subclass there must be
either an indicia or audible signal of some type. Relative to
visual indicia, there must be graduations or markings in the
disclosure as claimed and, for display devices, some visual
indication, sign or disposition of material (other than the
source of supply). Where it is indicated that the mere
position of a dispenser part is indicative of a condition of
the dispenser, classification is in the appropriate subclass
below unless some cooperating indicia are included. A mere
transparent viewing means is not considered to be a signal,
indicator or display device in the absence of indicia, and
such dispensers are classified in subclass 155 of this
class.
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155 see (1) Note above.
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40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclass
for exhibitors where no significant dispensing features are
claimed, and see the reference to that class in section V of
the class definition of this class (221).
116, Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses for
signal structure combined with article dispensing where no
significant dispensing features are claimed even though a
dispenser is named as operating the signal or indicator. See
the class definition of this class (221) for a statement of
the class lines.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 23+ for similar combinations in
fluent material dispensers, and see the notes thereto.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclasses 500+ for
electrical automatic condition responsive condition
indicating systems.
Subclass:
3
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices in which
the condition indicating device emits a sound which is
capable of being heard.
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116, Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses,
particularly subclasses 137+, 147 and 148+ for audible
signals and indicators.
222, Dispensing, subclass 39, for fluent material dispensers
having audible signals.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 384.1 for
electrical audible signals or alarms.
Subclass:
4
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices having
means giving information as to the position or range of
motion of a movable or adjustable dispenser element.
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116, Signals and Indicators, subclasses 200+ for scale and
pointer combinations.
137, Fluid Handling, subclasses 553+ for fluid handling
systems having position or extent of motion indicators.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 41+ for similar combinations in
fluent material dispensers.
Subclass:
5
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Dispensers in
which the position or range of motion of the dispenser
element indicates a selection from one of a plurality of
articles or of sources of supply of articles.
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subclasses 92+ for devices for dispensing articles from
plural sources and not including selection indicating means,
particularly subclasses 119+ and 123+ which involve
combinations in which means for selecting from plural sources
is usually present.
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137, Fluid Handling, subclass 555 for fluid handling systems
having means for indicating selection from among plural
branches.
222, Dispensing, subclass 42 for fluent material dispensers
having means for indicating selection from plural outlets,
valves, or traps.
Subclass:
6
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices in which
the condition indicated is the depletion of articles in the
supply receptacle.
Subclass:
7
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices having an
information device of the type which counts and gives an
indication or total of the number of occurrences of some
function of the apparatus.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 23+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having recorders, registers, indicators,
signals or exhibitors associated therewith, and especially
subclasses 24 and 27 which relate specifically to such
combinations including register means.
235, Registers, appropriate subclasses for register structure
where no significant article dispensing features are claimed,
even though an article dispenser is named as operating the
register.
Subclass:
8
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices having
changeable indicia bearing or display devices which are
operable by the movement of dispenser parts.
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subclasses 4+ for article dispensers in which a changeable
indicia bearing device which is a part of the dispenser
indicates a condition by its position.
155 for dispensers having transparent inspecting or viewing
means permitting observance of the dispenser operation or
contents.
199 for display devices combined with article dispensers
when the display devices do not indicate a dispenser
condition or are not activated by dispenser operation.
Subclass:
9
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means to sense a condition (or absence
thereof) or a change of condition, which condition may or may
not change, said means causing operation or control of a
separate device for effecting a control function on the
dispenser.
(1) Note. Machines which operate on a repeating cycle of
operation are not considered to be "automatic" even though
they are often so designated in the art, unless there are
included means sensitive to conditions subject to change,
from cycle to cycle, and separate means controlled thereby to
effect a control function on the machine. Thus, a machine
including means to sense condition changes which necessarily
take place to the same degree at the same time in each cycle
of operation are not included in this subclass.
(2) Note. Where the means responsive to condition change
directly effect a control function, i.e., where the sensing
and the control means are the same instrumentality, the
device has been considered to be condition responsive rather
than automatic in the sense intended in this and the indented
subclasses. See subclasses 17+, 21, 22+, 107+, and 151+, for
example.
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subclasses 17+ see (2) Note above.
21 see (2) Note above.
subclasses 22+ see (2) Note above.
subclasses 107+ see (2) Note above.
subclasses 151+ see (2) Note above.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 52+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having automatic control means, and see
the notes thereto.
235, Registers, subclass 379, 380, 381, and 383 for banking
and credit card systems and mechanized stores, respectively,
wherein either money or merchandise is released upon the
sensing of a valid credit card and including means to debit
the account of the individual receiving the money or
merchandise.
Subclass:
10
This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Devices in which
the device which is operated or controlled is a means for
feeding of replacement articles to the supply container of
the dispensing device.
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66 for nonautomatic article dispensers in which a
replacement article must be inserted as an incident to the
removal of the leading article.
68 for nonautomatic devices having hopper feed means to
supply plural dispensing stacks.
174 for nonautomatic devices having means to feed a supply
or articles to a dispensing hopper.
Subclass:
11
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices in which
the condition sensed is the depletion of articles in a supply
portion which is a single, continuous orderly sequence or
linear arrangement of such articles and the feeding is one
which operates to cause another similarly arranged new supply
portion of articles to become available to be dispensed.
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subclasses 103+ for similar devices not including the
automatic feature.
Subclass:
12
This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Devices in which
the device which is operated is a gate member which is
removable or interposable in the path of the articles as they
are dispensed.
Subclass:
13
This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Devices in which
the device which is operated or controlled is a means to
affirmatively segregate, separate or move the articles from a
supply source toward a point of egress.
Subclass:
14
This subclass is indented under subclass 13. Devices in which
the condition sensed is the lack of articles in the supply
source receptacle.
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6 for similar devices including empty supply source
indicating means.
110 for plural source article dispensing devices in which
the discharge assistant to a succeedingly available stack is
directly actuated by means responsive to the depletion of
supply of a previous stack.
Subclass:
15
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means which substantially limits or retards
the period of operation of a discharging means or the period
between successive operations of a discharging means to a
predetermined time interval.
(1) Note. Devices in which the time for complete cycles of
operation is predetermined solely by the speed at which the
actuator for the discharging means is operated are excluded
and are classified in appropriate subclasses below. However,
the specific provision of structure having the disclosed
function of causing a pause or retardation of motion during a
portion of each cycle is included. The provision for lost
motion in an actuating linkage is not considered to be delay
mechanism within the meaning of this subclass definition, it
being required for classification here that some structure
other than the actuating linkage or mechanism itself be
provided to cause and/or control a time delay in the
operation of the device.
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243 for lost motion arrangements in the actuating means for
the discharge assistants of article dispensing devices and
see the search notes thereto.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 638+ for fluent material
dispensers having timing or delay mechanism and see the notes
thereto for further related search fields; and see also
subclass 477 for fluent material dispensers having means for
retarding the normal rate of operation of discharge
controllers or closures.
Subclass:
16
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Devices in which
the means which affects discharge of the articles is braked
or retarded by a fluid damping or checking device.
Subclass:
17
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means which senses depletion of the entire
source of supply and in which the same means directly effects
control of the actuation of an article segregating means or
of a supply receptacle locking or unlocking function.
(1) Note. Those devices having a plurality of stacks or
sources of supply and having means to feed from a subsequent
stack or source upon depletion of the initial source are not
considered to have means responsive to depletion of the
entire supply and are not classified in this or indented
subclasses unless means responsive to depletion of the final
stack or source are also included. Such subject matter is
classified in subclasses 103+, and especially in subclass
108.
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6 for similar devices including empty supply source
indicating means.
11 and 14, for article dispensers having means responsive to
the depletion of a stack or the entire supply, respectively,
having separate means controlled thereby to effect a control
or a cut-off of the dispenser.
subclasses 103+ and especially 108+. See (1) Note above.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 64+, for fluent material
dispensers having material level control means and
particularly subclasses 65 and 66 for full and/or empty
interlocks and empty container cut-offs, respectively.
Subclass:
18
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices in which
the sensing means directly acts to prevent or preclude
movement of discharging means.
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125 for plural source dispensing devices having separate
discharge means for each source and lockout means to inhibit
motion or operation of the discharge means of nonselected
sources.
subclasses 151+ for article dispensers having means for
blocking or disabling the ejector or releaser means thereof
but not involving an empty supply source responsive means.
Subclass:
19
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices in which
the motion inhibiting sensing means is a catch type fastening
or holding means which acts to inhibit motion of the
discharge means in response to the empty supply source
condition.
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152 for article dispensers having means for blocking or
disabling the ejector or releaser thereof by engagement with
a slot, notch or protuberance on such ejector or releaser.
Subclass:
20
This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Devices in which
an element of the catch type fastening or holding means is on
a discharge assistant of the type which applies a force which
is exerted through all of the articles tending to move the
entire supply in the direction of the egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for dispensers for flexible articles having a follower,
and a replenishment interlock in the form of a means to
fasten or hold the follower in retracted position while
refilling the source of supply.
227 for article dispensers having follower disabling,
retracting or releasing means, neither of the aforementioned
subclasses including devices involving empty supply source
responsive means.
Subclass:
21
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means which senses failure of a dispenser
to perform a desired function properly and directly effects
stopping of the operation of the dispenser or effects a
correction of the improperly performed function by the
operation of auxiliary means or by changing the mode of
operation of the dispenser.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 17+ for similar devices in which the failure of
the dispenser to perform is due to the complete depletion of
the source of supply.
243 for lost motion devices in actuators for discharge
assistant type dispensers and for yieldable confining means
for the contents to provide for relief or escape of articles
which have been segregated from a supply and see the search
notes thereto for relief of jamming and over-supply
conditions in handling devices generally.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having article segregating means so associated
with a supply source receptacle that the removal of a
previously segregated article from the device is effective to
activate the segregating means to act directly on the next
available article in the supply receptacle to segregate it
from the supply.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
38 and 47+, for dispensers in which interleaved flexible
articles are concurrently separated and distorted and in
which by virtue of the interleaving, the leading fold of a
subsequent article is pulled from the supply receptacle by
movement of the first article.
66 for devices in which article delivery is dependent upon
the insertion of a replacement article. These patents are
distinguished from the patents in this subclasses 22+ in that
the former do not have segregating means (other than, or in
addition to the articles themselves) which act on the second
article as the first article is removed.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under subclass 22. Devices in which
the segregating means is one which applies an affirmative
segregating force to the article and is activated by an
affirmative force applied thereto by the previously
segregated article in the course of removal of said article
from the device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for similar devices in which the removal of the leading
article is sensed by means which in turn actuate separate
control means for a discharge assistant.
Subclass:
24
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having claimed features of external configuration
which imitate or assume the appearance of some object.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 78+ for fluent material
dispensers with special object simulating configurations.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclasses 268+ for a figure
toy which may include a dispenser (e.g., egg-laying chicken),
and subclass 475 for other article dispensing toys.
Subclass:
25
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the source of supply of articles is a
continuous carrying or conveying means which is in the form
of a structure by which material is removably retained in or
on such structure by individual compartment or holding means,
such compartment or holding means being (a) a separate means
affixed to the carrying or conveying means or (b) being
formed in or by elements of the carrying or conveying means,
and in which the carrying or means, in either case, is
progressively demolished as by detachment of sections
thereof, so that the detached sections of the compartment or
carrying means with the contained material and/or separate
means is dispensed as a discrete article.
(1) Note. Demolishment, in the sense in which it is used in
this definition means complete destruction so that the cell
structure cannot be reused. Examples of types elsewhere
classified in this class in which the cell structure has
relatively movable compartments which are removable to
collapse the structure to release the articles are to be
found in subclasses 70+ and 84+, and especially in subclasses
86 and 89+.
(2) Note. The demolishment must be by virtue of the action
of or by cooperation with structure provided for the
performance of such a function. Receptacle structure adapted
to be destroyed solely by the application of manual force is
classified in the appropriate receptacle art.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 70+ see (1) Note above.
subclasses 84+ see (1) Note above.
86 see (1) Note above.
subclasses 89+ see (1) Note above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 80+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having means to cut or punch the supply
container.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, appropriate subclasses,
for devices having fixed blades for dispensing web or strand
material from a supply source by manually tearing portions of
the material thereagainst.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclasses 340+ for
device for feeding and cutting web or sheet material.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means associated with the supply receptacle
which either (1) pass through the articles so that the
articles must be severed or deformed to be removed or (2)
clamp a portion of the articles so that the portion to be
removed must be torn from the retained portion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 27+ for captive article type article dispensing
devices which are similar in construction but in which the
article is not permanently removed from the source of supply
but remains associated therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 54.1 and 57.1 for racks
having impaling means upon which articles are supported.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, subclass 106 for web
or strand dispensers with means to restrain the web so as to
create a stress when the work is pulled to effect a severance
of the work at a weakened zone.
Subclass:
27
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the articles are retained in position on
an element of the supply container or on a support associated
therewith so that they cannot be separated therefor, the
articles being removed from the supply source or receptacle,
used and left in an attached state, in the normal use of the
device.
(1) Note. It is considered that removability of an entire
supply source or stack with or from the element to which the
articles are attached for replacing stacks of used articles
is a normal incident to the subject matter of this subclass
and does not preclude classification herein.
(2) Note. This subclass is not intended to take devices
which hold captive only a part of an article, allowing a
portion to be removed (as the contents of a captive
receptacle). The entire article must be made available for
use and remain attached to the supply source. Devices for
feeding captive bottles, opening and dumping them are
classified in Class 312, in subclasses 35 and 36.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
26 for structures which are similar but in which the article
is torn or deformed and actually disconnected permanently
from the source of supply when it is separated therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 6 and 16 for racks designed
to hold a supply of towels locked thereon. This class (Class
221) takes such structures combined with dispensing means.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 34.1 for similar
combinations not including a dispensing feature but including
cabinet structure. See also subclasses 35 and 36 in
connection with (2) Note above.
Subclass:
28
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices having
affirmative means to withdraw or move the captive articles
from the station or location at which they are used after
having been dispensed.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices in which
the articles are locked on a supporting guide in such a
manner that the entire article may be moved relative to the
guide in a direction along the guide.
Subclass:
30
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means in addition to the supply container
or its wrapping to pierce, slit, rupture or otherwise
penetrate or sever the material of which said supply
container or its wrapping is constructed by passing from one
side of said material to the other.
(1) Note. For classification in this group to be proper
there must be a dispensing feature present. Cutters and/or
punches, per se, are classified in appropriate other arts, as
Class 30, Cutlery and Class 81, Tools, for example.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 for cutters cooperating with cellular magazine type
supply sources which are used to sever and thereby destroy
the said magazine.
26 for article dispensers in which an article supporting
element passes through the article so that the article must
be torn to be moved.
subclasses 135+ for dispensers combined with means for
cutting or punching articles as an article treatment or
modification, when no other existing classification provides
for such subject matter.
subclasses 213+ for discharge assistants including means to
impale articles to hold them while assisting the discharge
thereof from a source of supply.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, see (1) Note above.
81, Tools, see (1) Note above.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 80+ for fluent material
dispensers including cutter or punch means.
Subclass:
31
This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Devices in which
the cutting or punching means acts on the supply container or
its wrapping to form an article egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 80+ for similar devices for
fluent material dispensers, and particularly subclasses 81+.
See the search notes to subclass 80 for related fields of
search.
Subclass:
32
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Devices in which
the cutting means is in the form of a piece of flexible strip
material in addition to the supply container or its wrapping
but so related thereto that movement of the strip rips or
tears the supply container or its wrapping.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
302 for article dispensers having frangible elements for the
outlets and not including the breaking or cutting means, the
distinction being that in patents classified in that
subclass, frangibility may be due to weakening of the
material of the supply container or its wrapping rather than
to the presence of another attached element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclasses
200+ for severing means for opening a paperboard box.
Subclass:
33
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers for dispensing articles, which by nature are
capable of changing shape and having means effective to cause
a change in the shape of such articles simultaneously with
the segregation thereof from a supply source.
(1) Note. Many devices which are disclosed for dispensing
articles which by nature are deformable are in fact of such
structure as to be equally well adapted to dispense rigid
articles. Patents are not placed in this and the indented
subclasses unless the mode of operation of the claimed
structure is such that the deformation of the dispensed
article must occur as an incident to separation from the
supply.
(2) Note. Articles which are distorted from their normal
shape for storage in a dispensing magazine and assume their
normal shape upon being separated from the magazine due to
their inherent resilience are here.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclass 384.1 and 571+ for devices for
dispensing and opening flexible bags.
132, Toilet, subclasses 330+ for "bobbypin" and "hairpin"
dispensers combined with means for separating or spreading
the pin as by wedging action concurrently with the dispensing
thereof.
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, appropriate subclasses for
sheet feeding or delivering devices having similar structures
and modes of operation, for feeding sheets from a stack to a
point of use.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclasses 50+ for
cabinet structures having article removal facilitating means
especially adapted for stacked cards or sheets.
Subclass:
34
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices having,
for concurrently separating and distorting flexible
articles.
(1) one or more additional article dispensing devices of
either similar or dissimilar nature
(2) one or more additional receptacles or compartments for
receiving material or articles, or
(3) a jacket surrounding the article dispenser and spaced
therefrom, at least impart, to provide a material or article
receiving space.
(1) Note. This subclass is parallel to subclasses 92+ and
the explanatory and search notes to that subclass apply to
searches made herein insofar as they are applicable to
particular search problems relating to details of plural
compartment devices involving the concurrent separation and
distortion of flexible articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 92+ see (1) Note above.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Devices in which
there are an even number of dispensers for concurrently
separating and distorting articles and in which the article
egress outlets are disposed as pairs which open diametrically
away from one another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
117 for plural source alternately operated general type
dispensers having oppositely faced outlets.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices having
discharge assisting means which directly engages and applies
a force to the article being separated to distort said
article and force it from the source of supply towards or
through an egress outlet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 208+ appropriate indented subclasses for general
type article dispensers having discharge assisting means of a
similar nature.
Subclass:
37
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices in which
the supply source container is a receptacle having at least
one movable wall portion and this portion is so connected to
the discharge assisting means that, in the normal operation
of the device, movement of the wall portion results in
operation of the discharge assistant to discharge an
article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
229 for general type article dispensers including followers,
in which movement of a supply container closure section
causes operation of an ejector.
246 for general type dispensers in which articles are
segregated by sliding movement of the cover relative to the
supply container.
249 for general type article dispensers in which movement of
an outlet closure results in movement of an ejecting member.
269 for general type article dispensers having reciprocating
discharge assistants and integral outlet closure means
connected thereto.
Subclass:
38
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices for
dispensing flexible articles which are each bent upon
themselves at least once, and in which such articles are
stacked in such a manner as to have the resulting bent
portions interfolded with one another, the discharge
assisting means acting on the leading fold of the leading
article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
240 for general type article dispensers in which discharge
assistants act on folds or noncoextensive parts of the
articles to be dispensed.
Subclass:
39
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices having
means, either apart from, or incorporated in the discharge
assisting means for moving the article in a direction away
from the egress opening before urging it toward the egress
opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
40 for similar dispensers for flexible articles in which the
ejector has compound motion.
Subclass:
40
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices in which
the discharge assistant partakes of more than one character
of motion, either simultaneously or successively, in the
normal operation thereof, to discharge articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39 for similar dispensers for flexible articles having means
imparting a preliminary motion in a direction away from the
outlet.
262 for general type article dispensers in which the
discharge assistants have compound motion, and see the notes
thereto.
Subclass:
41
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices having
deflecting means for altering the direction of travel of the
leading edges of articles as they are forced to the egress
outlet by the discharge assistant.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
55 for similar dispensers for flexible article having
stationary guide or abutment means acting on noncoextensive
folds but not including ejecting means in the combination.
312 for general type article dispensers having interior
article guiding means and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices in which
the discharge assistant has movement about a fixed axis in
one direction only.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
277 for general type dispensers having rotary discharge
assistants, and see the search notes to that subclass.
Subclass:
43
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Devices in which
the discharge assistant is an element of circular
cross-section which has peripheral surface contact with the
articles to assist their movement to an egress outlet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
259 for general type dispensers which use surface contact
discharge assisting means.
Subclass:
44
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices in which
the dispenser or some portion thereof is so constructed that
the dispenser is capable of selective use with articles of
different proportions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 241+ for general type article dispensers having
size adjusting means, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
45
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices having
either (1) an outer covering enclosing the dispenser or the
supply receptacle in whole or in part or (2) particular means
for maintaining a dispenser unit or entity against the force
of gravity, such means being more than the mere means of
sustaining one part of the device relative to another or mere
nominal base or pedestal means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 282+ for general type article dispensers having
casings or supports and see the notes to subclass 282 for a
discussion of the nature of the subject matter involved and
for other related search fields.
Subclass:
46
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices in which
the supply receptacle is so related to a surrounding
enclosure or to the specific supporting structure that it is
at least partially displaceable therefrom for refilling or
replacement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 for refill packages and see the notes thereto regarding
the distinction between a removable supply magazine and
refill package.
subclasses 197+ for general type article dispensers having
supply cartridges or containers removably mountable within
enclosing casing or housing structure.
287 for general type article dispensers having supply
enclosing containers removably associated with dispensing
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 325+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having insertable cartridges or removal
containers as elements thereof.
Subclass:
47
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices for
dispensing flexible articles which are bent upon themselves
at least once, and in which one of the resulting bent
portions is urged to a position at least partially removed,
and from which it may be more readily removed, the portion so
urged being either of a length different from a connected
portion or portions of the article or being deformed, as by
flexing, from the connected portion or portions of the
article.
Subclass:
48
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices in which
the articles are stacked in such a manner as to be
interfolded with one another and in which an unequal fold or
deformed portion of each successive article is urged or
pulled to the position of more ready removal by virtue of the
coordination of the portion of the preceding article which is
interfolded therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
38 for similar devices including means to eject the leading
article from the supply source receptacle.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices in which
the supply of articles is in the form of a prearranged stack
of interfolded articles contained in an outer wrapping and
designed to be placed within a supply container to be
dispensed.
(1) Note. This subclass also takes refill packages, per se,
as used in combinations identified by the subclass
definition.
(2) Note. The package, per se, is never adapted to be used
as a dispenser except in conjunction with a supply receptacle
which has the necessary dispensing feature. Where the
package is a complete dispenser, i.e., has a covering
embodying a dispensing outlet, or has a discharge assistant,
etc. and an outer casing or support for such a package is
claimed classification is in subclass 46 of this class.
Where the package outer wrapper has dispensing features so
that the package may be used as a dispenser without the use
of other structure, classification is based on the nature of
the dispensing combination so formed.
(3) Note. Where the outer holder, casing, or wrapper of a
"prearranged" stack is a removable part of a dispenser
organization which must be taken out, refilled and replaced,
the filled part is not considered to be a refill package, but
is merely a removable supply magazine. See subclass 46.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
46 see (2) Note and (3) Note above.
subclasses 197+ for general type article dispensers having
removable supply cartridges or containers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclasses 449+ for a
container for plates or sheets and subclasses 499 through 520
for nesting or stacking features.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices in which
the stack of articles has associated therewith an independent
element which cooperates with the first available article to
withdraw a fold thereof from the supply receptacle.
Subclass:
51
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices in which
the interfolded stack is either formed of articles which are
normally of a curved configuration relative to the
longitudinal axis of the stack or of normally flat articles
which have been flexed to a similar curved configuration and
in which the articles are removed from the side of the stack
which comprises the inner face of the curve.
Subclass:
52
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices having
means to apply a force which is exerted through all of the
articles tending to move the entire supply relative to
article enclosing supply container structure in a direction
towards an egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 56+ for similar devices in which the flexible
articles are not interleaved with one another, and see the
search notes thereto.
subclasses 279+ for general type article dispensers having
followers, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
53
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices having
means in addition to a mere article supporting surface to
push back or hold back subsequent articles as the first
article is removed so that the normal constraining force of
the stack of articles on the article being removed is
reduced.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
251 for general type article dispensing devices having
discharge assistant means and also separate means for holding
back subsequent articles.
Subclass:
54
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices in which
the pushing or holding means has motion relative to the
portion of the device on which it is mounted.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices in which
the means urging noncoextensive folds of the articles to a
removal position are a static directing or restraining means
in the normal path of removal of the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
41 for dispensers for flexible articles in which ejecting
means cooperate with stationary guide or abutment means to
distort and/or direct such articles upon discharge.
312 for general type article dispensers having interior
article guiding means, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices having
means to apply a force which is exerted through all of the
articles tending to move the entire supply relative to
article enclosing supply container structure in a direction
towards an egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
52 for similar devices in which the flexible articles are
interleaved with one another.
subclasses 279+ for general type article dispensers having
followers and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
57
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices having
means associated with the follower and the supply receptacle
to cause the follower to be held in a retracted position for
facilitating the replacement of the supply of articles when
depleted.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
227 for general type article dispensers having plural
discharge assistants, one of which is a follower having
disabling, retracting, or releasing means.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices which
are inherently resilient.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices in which
the follower is resiliently urged in a direction to force the
articles towards the egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
271 and 276, for general type article dispensers having
spring biasing means for reciprocating discharge assistant.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices in which
the resiliently biased follower is mounted for angular motion
relative to means which support it in or on the supply
receptacle.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices in which
the supply container has, in addition to an egress outlet,
some other opening, the latter opening being for replacing
the supply when depleted, or for affording admittance for
some other purpose.
(1) Note. The "other" opening may be merely a larger
openable panel which contains the egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for similar structures which include also a follower and
in which there is an interlock between the follower and the
operation of the replenishment means.
subclasses 228+ for article dispensers in general, having a
source container cover (for an opening other than the outlet
opening) with related discharge assisting means.
281 for general type article dispensers having separate
inlet means for replenishment of the source of supply or for
other access to a dispenser.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 478+ for fluent material
dispensers having plural outlets. In this collection of art
one of the outlets may be for replenishment or access for
other purposes.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Devices in which
the replenishment opening is formed by movement or removal of
a receptacle wall or closure portion which has angular motion
relative to the means which connects it to the receptacle.
Subclass:
63
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices in which
the supply containers have egress outlets which are of lesser
cross-section than that of the articles as presented thereto
so that the articles are distorted thereby as they are
segregated from the supply.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 303+ for article dispensers having outlets which
are distorted as the articles are withdrawn therethrough,
this organization representing a reversal of the mode of
operation of this subclass 63.
Subclass:
64
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the article supply receptacles have one
or more walls or portions thereof which may be distorted or
deflected by application of a force, such distortion or
deflection being effective to release or expel articles from
such receptacles.
(1) Note. The flexibility must be in at least some wall
portion other than or in addition to flexibility of an
article dispensing outlet. Resilient type article dispensing
outlets are classified in subclasses 307+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 307+ see (1) Note above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 92+ for fluent material
dispensers having collapsible wall type supply containers,
and subclasses 206+ for fluent material dispensers having
resilient walls.
Subclass:
65
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the supply receptacle decreases in size
or contracts as articles are dispensed therefrom, by sliding
of the container walls within one another or by otherwise
reducing the container wall structure area.
(1) Note. Supply containers having followers are not
included herein. See subclasses 279+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64 for article dispensers in which the supply container size
may be decreased by the flexibility of supply container wall
structure.
242 for article dispensers having discharge assistant means
and in which the supply sources are adjustable in size to
accommodate different size articles.
subclasses 279+ see (1) Note above.
Subclass:
66
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus in which addition of an article to the supply or
movement of an article through a supply inlet is a necessary
concurrent incident to the ejection, release, or removal of
an article therefrom or to the movement of the leading
article in a direction axially towards the outlet.
(1) Note. Where a replacement article is pushed into or
through a source of supply inlet and acts through all the
articles to eject the leading article or to move it axially
towards an outlet, it is considered to be a discharge
assistant and included herein as a special case, even though
no dispensing type outlet is claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
281 for article dispensers having separate openings for
replenishment or access, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
67
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which a plurality of superposed articles are
disposed in a single continuous orderly sequence and in which
alternate articles are interdigitated with contiguous
articles and are misaligned therewith in such fashion that
they are partially but not completely coextensive therewith
so that each of said articles helps to support the adjacent
superposed article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
118 for articles disposed in vertically staggered or stepped
relation in separate or spaced columns.
Subclass:
68
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which articles from a single supply of such
articles are formed into a plurality of continuous, orderly,
linear sequential arrangements, each such arrangement having
means associated therewith for separating, segregating or
discharging articles therefrom.
(1) Note. For purposes of classification in this subclass,
the dispensing means associated with each orderly arrangement
or stack of articles may be disclosed but not necessarily
claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 175+ for means for forming stacks (single) from
articles otherwise arranged in supply containers.
Subclass:
69
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the source of supply is in the form of a
structure in which each article is individually retained in
or by a separate compartment or holding means.
(1) Note. See "General Statement of the Class Subject
Matter" C, subsection 5 of the class definition for a
discussion of cellular magazine type devices and the features
combined therewith which constitute dispensers under the
class definition of this class and for class lines with the
various receptacle and cabinet arts.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices in which
the holding means or compartments are contained on or in or
are formed by a coiled or bent flexible strip which is of
substantial length but is not continuous.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 for article dispensing devices in which cellular magazine
type supply sources are progressively destroyed to effect a
dispensing operation.
subclasses 77+ and 84+, for cellular magazine type
dispensers having continuous flexible belt conveyors for
carrying the articles past a discharge point.
253 for article dispensers of general types having endless
belt type discharge assistants.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 91 for cabinet
structures having article removal facilitating means
including a web conveyor.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices having
means to move the flexible strip toward or through a point of
discharge.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material or Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding
material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to
effect movement of the material.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices in which
the movement of the flexible strip is such, relative to other
structure, as to cause or allow the articles to be separated
or released from the holding means or compartments in which
they are carried.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Devices in which
the articles are held to the flexible strip by adhesive means
which cause abutting portions of the strip and the articles
to cohere and having means to engage the article, the strip,
or the line of adhesion, to separate the articles from the
strip.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 584 for delaminating, per se.
Subclass:
74
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices having
means to directly engage the articles in the cells to move
them in a direction of discharge from the cells.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 79+ for similar combinations in which the
articles are carried on conveyor type magazines other than
the multiple strand type, and see the notes thereto.
Subclass:
75
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices in which
the cellular structure is such that the articles are moved
from one compartment or holding means to another in the
normal operation of the device.
(1) Note. A spiral surface, which is so arranged, per se,
or in combination with other structure, that separately
retained articles move progressively along the surface
thereof to a point of discharge is included in this
subclass.
Subclass:
76
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices in which
the cellular source of supply is mounted for movement
relative to a support so that the articles may be carried
from point to point as the cellular structure is moved.
Subclass:
77
This subclass is indented under subclass 76. Devices having a
plurality of belts, cables, ropes, or the like, arranged side
by side to form a movable cellular supply source, either by
themselves, or in combination with other structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 70+ for noncontinuous web type cellular
magazines.
subclasses 84+ for other belt type cellular magazine
conveyor structures.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 817 for multiple
strand conveyors, per se.
Subclass:
78
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Devices having
also force applying means acting directly upon the articles
in the cells to move such articles from the cells.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 79+ for similar combinations in which the
articles are carried on conveyor type magazines of other
types, and see the notes thereto.
Subclass:
79
This subclass is indented under subclass 76. Devices having
means to apply an affirmative force to the articles to
segregate, separate, or move such articles from the various
cells.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
74 for rolled or folded web type magazines having ejecting
means.
78 for cellular magazine type dispensers mounted upon
multiple strand conveyors and having ejecting means.
subclasses 87+ for nonconveyor type cellular magazine type
dispensers having ejecting means.
Subclass:
80
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Devices in which
the force applying means is substantially rigidly mounted on
the support to be contacted by the articles in the cells as
the cell structure advances.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 186+ for supply containers movably mounted for
dispensing, such supply containers being of the noncellular
magazine type and often involving movement relative to a
stationary article releasing or discharge assisting
structure.
Subclass:
81
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Devices having
means to cause movement of the cellular source of supply,
said means being operatively connected to the ejecting means
for relative manipulation therewith.
Subclass:
82
This subclass is indented under subclass 76. Devices in which
the articles are carried to a point at which, by virtue of
their own weight, they fall from their respective
compartments, or holding means.
Subclass:
83
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices having
movable gate means to normally prevent the gravity discharge
of articles from the cells and having means to cause movement
of the cellular source of supply, the movable gate means
being operatively connected either (1) to said means to cause
movement of the cellular source of supply; or (2) to a means
for locking the cellular source of supply against movement.
Subclass:
84
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices in which
the cellular source of supply is incorporated in or supported
upon a nonrigid continuous or endless member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 70+ for noncontinuous web type cellular
magazines.
subclasses 77+ for similar combinations in which the
conveyor is of the multiple strand type.
Subclass:
85
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Devices in which
the nonrigid continuous or endless member is so disposed that
the article carrying compartments or cells carried thereby
have motion in a horizontal direction for at least a part of
their path of movement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
253 for article dispensers having endless belt carried
discharge assistant means.
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices in which
the articles are released for gravity discharge by motion
relative to one another of either the compartments or holding
means, or of the structural parts comprising such
compartments or holding means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 84+ for flexible conveyor belt carried cell
structures, motion of which belt results in relative movement
of the cells.
subclasses 89+ for cellular magazine type article
dispensers in which the cellular magazine is not of the
conveyor type but in which articles are discharged by
relative movement of cell structure components.
Subclass:
87
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices having
means affirmatively applying a force to the articles in the
cells to cause discharge of such articles from the cells.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 79+ for conveyor mounted cellular magazine type
article dispensers having means to remove articles from the
cells, and see the notes thereto.
Subclass:
88
This subclass is indented under subclass 87. Devices in which
the means affirmatively applying a force is a single
instrumentality which is adapted at different times, to apply
discharging forces on the articles in each of the cells.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
74 78 and 79+, for special types of cellular magazine type
article dispensing devices having ejectors, in many of which
a single ejector acts on all of the various cells.
Subclass:
89
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices in which
the separate compartments or holding means each includes a
portion or component which has motion relative to another
portion which supports an article, the separation of the
article being effected by relative movement between such
portions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
86 for movable conveyor type cellular magazines having cells
with movable components.
Subclass:
90
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices in which
the movable portion or component is a shelf or door which has
angular motion about its support.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices in which
the separate compartments or holding means each has an
opening, the movable supporting portion or component
comprising a single gate member which closes all the openings
and has sliding motion relative to the remainder of the cell
structure to progressively release articles therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
86 for similar structures in which the cellular magazine is
of a conveyor type.
Subclass:
92
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having (1) Two or more separate supply
compartments, sources or stacks, at least one of which
delivers to an article dispensing means (2) Two or more
containers claimed in combination, at least one being an
article dispensing container and the other or others being
material or article receivering means, or (3) an article
dispensing container which has a jacket surrounding the same
and spaced therefrom, at least in part, to provide a material
or article receiving space.
(1) Note. Where the dispenser is divided or sectioned to
provide a spaced jacket for the reception or holding of the
dispenser actuating mechanism or the like such compartment
has been considered as a casing or support feature. Such
structures not otherwise including a second source, stack or
compartment are classified in subclasses 282+ of this class.
(2) Note. The plural sources, stacks or compartments of
this and indented subclasses are not disposed in series
arrangement for feeding from one source, stack or compartment
to another. For such series arrangement see subclasses 68,
174 or 175+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 34+ for similar combinations in which at least
one compartment embodies a dispenser of the type which
concurrently separates and distorts flexible articles.
68 see (2) Note, above.
174 see (2) Note, above.
subclasses 175+ see (2) Note, above.
subclasses 282+ see (1) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 129+ for fluent material
dispensers having plural sources, compartments, and
containers.
Subclass:
93
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices arranged
so that at each operation of the dispensing means, dispensing
takes place from at least two sources.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 206+ for dispensers having quantity preselection
means operating relative to a single source.
Subclass:
94
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Devices in which
the number of sources may be selectively chosen.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
125 for plural source article dispensing devices having
lockout means to permit dispensing from one, only, of the
sources. This subclass 94 has similar devices in which
dispensing takes place from a plurality of sources less than
all of the sources available.
subclasses 126+ for plural source article dispensing
devices having common selector means to permit or cause
dispensing from one, only, of the plural sources.
Subclass:
95
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Devices in which
one, only of an article releasing or force applying
segregating means moves to receive articles in turn from
plural sources.
Subclass:
96
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices having a
dispenser for fluent material as well as a separate article
dispensing means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 450.4 for a
similar combination in a machine for making a composite
edible (e.g., sandwich, etc.), from preforms.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 174 for combinations including
means for dispensing a drinking cup and means for dispensing
a beverage thereto.
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, for fluent material
dispensers, per se, and especially subclasses 129+ for
plural source fluent material dispensing devices. See
section VI of the class definition of this class (221), for a
statement of the line between Classes 221 and 222 relative to
such subject matter.
Subclass:
97
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices in which
two or more containers are claimed in combination, at least
one being an article dispensing container and at least one
being a material or article receiving means which has no
dispensing means associated therewith.
(1) Note. For classification in this subclass the type
source must have neither article dispensing means of the type
required for classification in this class nor fluent material
dispensing means of the type recognized by Class 222.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 130+ for similar combinations
for fluent material dispensing devices. See (1) Note above.
Subclass:
98
This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Devices in which
the material or article containing or receiving means
partakes of motion relative to or may be withdrawn from the
article receptacle from which articles are dispensed.
Subclass:
99
This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Devices in which
the nondispensing compartment is an open topped box or
container which slips or is guided in ways.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 224+ for dispensers of this type depositing the
dispensed article into a sliding drawer or the like, for
subsequent manipulation by movement of the drawer.
Subclass:
100
This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Devices in which
the nondispensing compartment is pivotally supported for
movement.
Subclass:
101
This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Devices in which
a member serving as a partition between the article
dispensing container and the other compartment means may have
motion or may be withdrawn from therebetween.
Subclass:
102
This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Devices in which
the nondispensing compartment is a material receiving
compartment for items to be disposed of such articles before
use having been dispensed by the dispensing device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 27+ for article dispensers which retain the
article against complete removal after dispensing and which
may conduct the used article to a collection or storage
compartment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, appropriate
subclasses for deposit and collection receptacles for devices
in which articles, including used articles, are placed in
receptacles from time to time to be there collected for
simultaneous removal at a later time. Such subject matter
represents a subcombination of the subject matter classified
in this subclass.
Subclass:
103
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices in which
each of the separate supply sources is exhausted in turn,
i.e. one source is exhausted before a subsequent source is
made available.
(1) Note. In this subclass are placed patents which include
plural aligned sources from which the bottom article in each
of the several sources is first dispensed by the movement of
the bottom article of the most remote stack against the said
bottom articles as it passes under the several sources in
reaching the egress opening. Thereafter the rearmost source
is exhausted and so on through the several sources in turn
from the rearmost to the most proximate relative the egress
opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6 for similar devices including empty supply source
indicating means.
11 for similar devices having means responsive to the
depletion of one stack of articles to actuate a separate
control for means for causing a replacement stack to replace
the depleted stack. If the sensing means and the control are
the same element or instrumentality, classification is in
this and the indented subclasses, and especially in
subclasses 108+.
subclasses 112+ in which articles are dispensed from plural
sources sequentially, i.e., one from the first source, one
from the second, and so on.
Subclass:
104
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Devices in
which a subsequent stack or source has or may have motion
relative to an article releasing or ejecting means for
establishment of an operative relationship with such means
upon depletion of a preceding source.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 186+ for single source article dispensing
devices in which the supply container is movable mounted for
dispensing.
209 for single source article dispensing devices in which
the supply container is movably mounted for movement into or
out of position for cooperation with a discharge assistant.
Subclass:
105
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Devices in
which the replacement source or stack supply means has a
hingedly swinging movement about a fixed axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 188+ for single source article dispensing
devices in which the supply container is pivotally mounted
for dispensing.
Subclass:
106
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Devices in
which the replacement source or stack supply means moves as a
unit in one direction only in a straight line.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Devices in
which articles present in the normal flow path between the
dispensing stack and an egress outlet of the dispenser hold
back or control means to block other possible replenishment
or additional sources.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 104+ for plural source dispensers in which
replacement sources or stacks move relative to the discharge
means and in some of which such movement may take place prior
to the complete discharge of the original or preceding stack
so that initial dispensing from the replacement stack is
prevented by the remaining articles of the preceding stack.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Devices having
means preventing feeding of articles from other sources, such
means being directly controlled by the articles in the
discharge path.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11 for similar automatic devices. See the note to subclass
11 in the Search Class Notes of subclass 103 for a full
discussion of the distinction between automatic and condition
responsive means in devices of this type.
Subclass:
109
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Devices in
which the means preventing feeding are gate-like members
individual to at least three sources which members operate in
turn.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Devices in
which the plurality of separate supply compartments, sources
or stacks are associated with a plurality of force applying
article separators, segregators or force appliers, which are
made effective one after the other in turn to discharge
articles from the plurality of supply compartments, sources
or stacks.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6 for similar devices having means for indicating the empty
condition of a source.
14 for similar devices having automatic means responsive to
depletion of supply in a primary source to control operation
of discharge assistant means for a succeeding source.
Subclass:
111
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Devices in
which the articles present in the dispensing stack preclude
dispensing from subsequent stacks.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 104+ for plural source dispensers in which
replacement sources or stacks move relative to the discharge
means and in some of which such movement may take place prior
to the complete discharge of the original or preceding stack
so that initial dispensing from the replacement stack is
prevented by the remaining articles of the preceding stack.
Subclass:
112
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices having
means or some arrangement which assures that the articles are
dispensed (one from each source) from the several sources in
a fixed order.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 103+ for dispensers having sources which are
each completely depleted sequentially.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 450.4 for a
similar combination in a machine for making a composite
edible (e.g., sandwich, etc.), from preforms.
270, Sheet-Material Associating, subclass 58 for devices
which arrange items having different characteristics into
stack form.
Subclass:
113
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Devices in
which the several sources are supported to have turning
movement about an axis relative to a single egress opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 119+ for rotatably mounted assemblies without
regard to the order of dispensing, and particularly
subclasses 121+ in which such assemblies rotate relative to
single common outlet means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, in appropriate "rotatable" subclasses,
for rotatable rack structures.
222, Dispensing, subclass 144 for rotatably mounted plural
source fluent material dispensing combinations.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, in appropriate "rotatable"
or "rotating" subclasses for cabinet structures involving
rotation of the article or material handling portion thereof,
and see particularly subclass 97.1 for cabinets of the
removal facilitating magazine type which are of a rotating
nature.
Subclass:
114
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Devices in
which individual article separating or ejecting means are
provided for each source of supply and are so interrelated
the the normal cycle of operation of the device necessarily
results in sequential dispensing from the various sources.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
124 for plural source article dispensing devices, having
separate discharge means for each source but not limited to
sequential dispensing arrangement.
Subclass:
115
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices in
which the article separating or ejecting means are arranged
in side by side relation along a common axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 139 for plural source fluent
material dispensing devices in which plural discharge
assistants for the various sources are coaxially arranged and
have a rotary or swinging type of motion.
Subclass:
116
This subclass is indented under subclass 114. Devices in
which there are two article separating or ejecting means
which operate one after the other in order, each on its own
source of supply, whereby each acts to eject an article on
every second operation of the device.
Subclass:
117
This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Devices having
article egress outlets which are diametrically disposed
either away from or toward each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
35 for plural dispensers of the concurrent separation and
distortion type having oppositely faced, outwardly disposed
egress outlet openings.
Subclass:
118
This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Devices having
the sources arranged in two side by side columns of similar
articles, said articles of one column being staggered with
respect to those of the other column along the longitudinal
axes of the columns.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
67 for articles which are disposed in staggered relation in
a single column in which each article partially supports the
superposed contiguous article.
Subclass:
119
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices in which
the plural sources, stacks or compartments are mounted upon a
rigid support in such a manner as to have turning movement as
a group about an axis or are mounted upon a continuous web
for movement as a group along a path traversed by the web.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 113+ for plural source article dispensers
rotatable mounted relative to common discharge means, and see
the search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 97 and 97.1 for
cabinet structures having article removal facilitating means
including endless belt carried and rotatably mounted source
assemblies, respectively.
Subclass:
120
This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Devices having
plural circularly arranged and radially spaced sources, such
arrangement being about and longitudinally of the axis of
rotation.
Subclass:
121
This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Devices in
which the dispenser rotates relative to a single egress
opening for passage of the articles to the exterior of the
dispenser.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 for plural source article dispensing devices in which
the sources rotate relative to a common outlet for sequential
dispensing from such plural sources.
133 for article dispensers which are not rotatably mounted,
comprising plural sources, stacks, or compartments and having
a common discharge outlet.
Subclass:
122
This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Devices having
means to properly orient the source receptacle or the like
with respect to the egress opening to thereby prevent a
mismatching or jamming of the mechanisms.
(1) Note. The means assuring alignment as hereinbefore
defined must be other than the mere means, if any, to rotate
the assembly.
Subclass:
123
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices in which
each of the supply sources has associated therewith a means
to separate, segregate, or move articles toward an egress
outlet, either by the application of a force to or by
permissive release of such articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 135+ for fluent material
dispensers having plural sources and discharge assistant
means for each source.
Subclass:
124
This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Devices in
which each supply source has an individual affirmative force
applier or releasing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 for similar structures in which the arrangement is such
that dispensing from the various sources is sequential.
Subclass:
125
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices in
which each source has its own separate discharging means and
actuation initiator and a means available to all such
separate means to prevent operation of the others upon
operation of any one of said initiating means.
(1) Note. Selective connection of an actuating element with
the individual discharge means of plural sources does not
constitute lockout means. Such arrangements are classified
in subclasses 126+, of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 126+ and see (1) Note above.
subclasses 151+ for article dispensing devices having means
for blocking or disabling the ejectors or releasers thereof.
Subclass:
126
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices in
which the force appliers or releasing means have actuator
initiating means selectively related thereto by a manual
control means common to more than one source.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 144.5 for plural source fluent
material dispensing devices having selecting means, including
means common to the plurality of sources.
Subclass:
127
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Devices in
which the manual control means is also the actuator
initiating means.
Subclass:
128
This subclass is indented under subclass 127. Devices in
which selectivity and actuation are effected by motion of the
actuator-selector in opposite directions in a substantially
fixed path.
Subclass:
129
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices in
which the force applying or releasing means includes
electrical initiation or selection.
Subclass:
130
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices in
which two or more dispensers each complete with its own
discharge means, actuator and outlet are similarly oriented
and placed one upon the other.
Subclass:
131
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices in
which two or more dispensers, each complete with its own
discharge means, actuator and outlet are arranged in side by
side linear relationship.
Subclass:
132
This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Devices in
which at least three dispensers, each complete with its own
discharge means, actuator and outlet are similarly arranged
about a point in a place.
Subclass:
133
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices in which
the plural sources, stacks or compartments discharge articles
to a common ultimate outlet path.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 145.1 for plural source fluent
material dispensing devices having a common discharge path.
Subclass:
134
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means operative with respect to the
articles of an orderly sequence or supply arrangement to
remove one or more of the articles from the arrangement
without regard to consecutive order.
Subclass:
135
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having some additional provision or means to bring
about a physical or chemical change in the articles either
before or after separation from the source.
(1) Note. See "Article Treatment or Modification" of the
class definition of this class (221), which is devoted to
article dispensing as included in treating or modifying
combinations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
132, Toilet, subclasses 330+ for "bobbypin" and "hairpin"
dispensers provided with means for spreading the pin either
concurrently with or subsequent to dispensing.
222, Dispensing, subclass 190 for fluent material dispensers
with material treatment or conditioning means combined
therewith.
Subclass:
136
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Devices in
which the change effecting means either assists in or
directly brings about ignition of the article.
(1) Note. This subclass is the home for nominally claimed
combinations, or merely associated flint or other type
lighters and dispensers without requiring an
interrelationship of the two devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
44, Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 643 for match
scratchers, per se.
131, Tobacco, subclass 7 for match-scratching surfaces
combined with cigars and cigarettes, and subclasses 185, 234
and 249 for match-scratching surfaces combined with tobacco
users' appliances.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclasses 85+ for a
tobacco container with an igniter of the tobacco content and
subclasses 98+ for a match packet, container or holder with a
striker surface in withdrawal path of match.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 86 for article
magazines having removal facilitating means for slender
articles in combination with igniting means.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclasses
247+ for electric igniting devices.
431, Combustion, subclasses 271+ for a device dispensing a
cap or pellet type igniting charge from a plural charge
holder and firing the charge.
Subclass:
137
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Devices in
which the igniter is a friction surface for a match.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
44, Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 643 for match
scratchers, per se.
Subclass:
138
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Devices in
which the friction surface partakes of movement which is
affirmatively controlled by some motion transmitting means to
cause ignition of the match.
Subclass:
139
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Devices in
which the friction surface and an egress opening or a
separated match retaining means are so arranged that the
manual withdrawal of the match through or by said opening or
retaining means results in the contacting of the match head
with the said friction surface to ignite said match.
Subclass:
140
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Devices having
an affirmative means to segregate, separate or move a match
from the source of supply, said means additionally moving the
match against the friction means.
Subclass:
141
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Devices in
which the motion of the discharge assistant and the
arrangement of the matches in the receptacle cause the match
to move in a direction corresponding to the longitudinal axis
of the match.
Subclass:
142
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Devices in
which the motion of the discharge assistant and the
arrangement of the matches in the receptacle cause the match
to move in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis of the
match.
Subclass:
143
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Devices in
which the igniting means is an electrical means.
Subclass:
144
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Devices
additionally including static or dynamic means to cause a
flow of air.
Subclass:
145
This subclass is indented under subclass 144. Devices in
which the flow causing means is a dynamic air moving means.
Subclass:
146
This subclass is indented under subclass 144. Devices in
which the flow causing means is a tubular flue-like means.
Subclass:
147
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Devices in
which the electrical igniting means is caused to be made
operative by the act of dispensing an article from the said
article dispenser.
Subclass:
148
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Devices in
which a lighter of the fire striking flint type and a
dispenser are so related that the said lighter is made active
by the act of dispensing an article from the dispensing
assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
431, Combustion, subclasses 267+ for a frictional, chemical
or percussive type igniter, per se.
Subclass:
149
This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Devices in
which the lighter action and the dispenser operation are
brought about by the motion of some article receptacle part
relative to the dispenser.
Subclass:
150
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Devices in
which the change producing means effects the temperature of
the articles either to positively elevate or lower such
temperature.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 146 for fluent material dispensers
having heating or cooling means.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 36 for cabinet
structures having article removal facilitating means in
combination with article cooling means.
432, Heating, subclasses 122+ for a residual heated work
chamber having means for manipulating individual articles.
Subclass:
151
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having a mechanical linkage or other means to
apply a force to operate an article discharging
instrumentality other than a follower and having also
separate means to interpose a solid member in the path of a
portion of said linkage, the force applying means, or the
discharging instrumentality; to remove a force translating
member from the linkage or force applying means, or to
otherwise divert the action of the article discharging
instrumentality.
(1) Note. Dispensers having a discharge assistant which is
biased to discharging position and which may be cocked or
latched in the article receiving or retracted position and
then released to discharge an article under the influence of
the biasing means are not included in this or indented
subclasses but are classified in subclass 271.
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subclasses 13+ for similar devices in which means
responsive to a changing condition operate separate control
means to block or disable an ejector or releaser.
18 for similar devices which also have means responsive to
depletion of the entire source of supply to directly cause
the blocking or disabling of the operation of the discharge
means.
subclass
125 for plural source article dispensers having lockout
means under control of an actuating initiator whereby
discharge means of all but a selected source are locked
against operation.
154 for article dispensers having lock, latch or sealing
means for the container or support.
271 see (1) Note above.
295 for article dispensers having article releasing means
which are latch released and article weight operated.
Subclass:
152
This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Devices in
which the solid member enters or engages a cut-out, groove or
projection in or on the linkage, force applying means or
discharging instrumentality.
Subclass:
153
This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Devices in
which the blocking or disabling means is motor operated.
Subclass:
154
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having (1) means to prevent or deter unauthorized
separation, removal, or access to or into a dispensing
receptacle or its means of support, (2) a catch type holding
or fastening means for a dispensing receptacle part or
support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 19+ for similar devices in which the latch means
is embodied in an empty supply source responsive means.
248 for outlet closures which are locked by the discharge
assistant.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclasses
50+ for supports and mountings for safes and bank
protection and related devices.
222, Dispensing, subclass 153.01 for fluent material
dispensing devices having locks or fastening seals.
Subclass:
155
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having a claimed transparent sight means whereby
the dispenser operation or its contents may be observed, in
whole or in part.
(1) Note. Disclosure that a claimed element is transparent
is not enough to warrant classification in this subclass.
The feature must be specifically set forth in the language of
the claims.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 2+ for indicia bearing exhibitors, especially
subclass 8 for dispenser operated display devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 154+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having inspection means including sight
openings and transparent containers or flow line sections.
Subclass:
156
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers for articles which are each similarly asymmetric
about at least one axis and having means to align, arrange,
or selectively engage such articles so that the variations
from symmetry are all turned in a desired direction or
directions.
(1) Note. The characteristics claimed must include the
specific means for effecting the orienting. The broad
inclusion of an element of general dispensing utility, even
though disclosed as an orienting element is not enough to
warrant classification in this subclass or the indented
subclasses.
(2) Note. To be classified in this subclass and the
indented subclasses, a patent must include a claimed
disclosure of a dispensing combination under the class
definition of this class which includes the orienting
feature. Where the orienting feature is claimed, per se,
classification is in the appropriate other article handling
class. There must be an actual rearrangement or turning of
the articles as distinguished from a mere perfecting of the
alignment of substantially similarly oriented articles to
warrant classification in this and the indented subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 175+ for article dispensing devices having means
to form stacks of articles from sources in which the articles
are differently arranged, including hoppers. Many of such
devices disclose but do not claim the orientation of the
articles dispensed, and the modes of operation, insofar as
the article handling means are concerned, are the same.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclasses 485+ for
apparatus especially adopted for treating food under the
class definition, note especially subclasses 549+ for
removing core-pits wherein the food is particularly oriented
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclasses 373+ for a
conveyor having means for changing the attitude of the
conveyed load relative to the conveying direction.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
appropriate subclasses, and especially in subclasses 509+
for methods and apparatus, including dispensing, for
assorting physically unlike articles. If a device is in fact
a dispenser under the class definition of Class 221 and all
the articles handled are physically alike and means are
provided for either turning the articles in a desired
direction or for dispensing selectively only those which are
in a desired orientation, classification is in Class 221.
See (2) Note above. The line between Classes 209 and 221 is
stated in section VII of the class definition of this class
(221).
Subclass:
157
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Devices in
which the asymmetric articles are arranged one behind the
other in a continuous row and having means for dividing the
continuous row of articles according to desired orientation
and removing either the properly or the improperly oriented
articles from the continuous row.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, subclass 31
for chutes, per se, which separate or turn aligned articles
into different positions.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclasses 234+, for a device
for orienting articles on conveyors, generically, including
the nonpower conveyors normally found in Class 193,
Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways. This class (198)
will include the turning of articles, referred to in the
preceding search note (i.e., to Class 193) which amounts to
orientation.
Subclass:
158
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Devices in
which articles removed from the continuous row of articles
are returned to the remainder of the row to reform a single
continuous row, usually after turning the articles in either
group so that all the articles in the reconstituted row are
faced in the same direction.
Subclass:
159
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Devices having
means to return to a source of supply such of the articles as
are not oriented as desired.
Subclass:
160
This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Devices in
which the means to return improperly oriented articles to
supply is positioned either to overhang the supply source
receptacle or within the bounds thereof.
Subclass:
161
This subclass is indented under subclass 160. Devices in
which the means to return improperly oriented articles to
supply has motion relative to an egress opening through which
properly oriented articles finally pass.
Subclass:
162
This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Devices in
which the means to return improperly oriented articles to
supply is a wheel or a brush which is mounted to have
movement about an axis in one direction only.
Subclass:
163
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Devices in
which the source of supply retains the asymmetric articles to
be dispensed in a jumbled mass and articles are segregated
from the source by means which choose or allow passage of
only such articles as are turned in the desired direction as
they contact or are contacted thereby.
Subclass:
164
This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Devices in
which the segregation of only such articles as are turned in
the desired direction is effected by movable segregating
means which engage and support such properly positioned
articles by a slot, notch, hole or protuberance in such
articles and lift them from the source of supply.
(1) Note. The construction is such that articles lacking
the head, slot notch, etc., could not be handled therein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 167+ especially subclass 170, for dispensers
having shaped outlets, which may be formed by pins which lift
the article, but by surrounding it or forming a shaped
passage for it.
subclasses 179+ for article dispensing devices in which
movable elements within hopper sources of supply raise
articles to be dispensed above the mass of articles in such
hoppers, as an incident to the segregation and dispensing of
such articles.
254 for article dispensing devices in which a discharge
assistant moves through a hopper to separate and elevate
articles as an incident to the dispensing of such articles.
Subclass:
165
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Devices for
handling articles which have a body and an enlarged end in
which the means permitting or compelling passage engage under
the enlarged end portions to lift them from the source of
supply.
Subclass:
166
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Devices in
which the segregating means reaches into or passes through
the source of supply and removes articles one at a time from
the source of supply when such articles are properly
oriented.
Subclass:
167
This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Devices in
which articles are segregated from the source of supply by
means which has a rotary or oscillatable motion about a point
approximately at its center, which means may be a rotary or
oscillating supply container, a rotary or oscillating
discharge assistant within a stationary supply container or
any combination of movable and stationary members.
(1) Note. Segregation is usually effected by the articles
being compelled or allowed to pass through egress openings
which are of such dimensions and irregular form as to permit
passage of only such articles as are properly oriented.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
182 for stack forming article dispensing devices having
members rotatable or oscillatable about inclined axes.
Subclass:
168
This subclass is indented under subclass 167. Devices, having
in addition to the rotary or oscillating discharge means one
or more of the following means, which may or may not be
rotary; (1) an agitator within the supply container, (2)
means operating on articles which have passed through at
least one segregation-orientation stage to forward them along
or through the discharge path, which means may perform a
second orienting operation, (3) means operating on the
articles to take care of an over supply or jamming of
articles which have passed through at least one
segregation-orientation stage, whether they remain in the
confines of the supply container or have passed into a chute
or stack holder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243 for lost motion devices to relieve actuator pressure on
discharge means when the outlet is blocked and for mere
expansible chutes or outlets to relieve jamming, and see the
search notes thereto for overload relief searches generally.
Subclass:
169
This subclass is indented under subclass 167. Devices in
which a plurality of shaped egress openings are provided
between or in wall-forming elements of the dispenser which
have rotary or oscillating motion, so that the openings pass
successively by the point or points at which the oriented
articles are diverted into chutes or stacks.
(1) Note. Shaped egress openings are those of irregular
form corresponding to that of the articles so that only those
articles having the desired orientation can pass through.
Subclass:
170
This subclass is indented under subclass 169. Devices, in
which the shaped egress openings are formed by pins or
applied projections carried by or opposed to a rotary member.
The pins may be more closely spaced than the width of the
articles being handled, with one pin entering in a cavity of
the article as it passes between the pins on either side.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
166 for pins which pick up and carry a cupped or hollowed
article by entering the depression therein and thus carry
only properly oriented articles to the exit.
Subclass:
171
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Devices in
which the articles are turned in the desired direction or
directions by means acting individually on each article as it
passes, if such article is not turned in the desired
direction.
Subclass:
172
This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Devices in
which the articles are moved along a path of travel by the
force of gravity and in which the means acting to turn the
articles are stationary elements which are interposed in said
path of travel and which successively engage and turn such of
said articles as are not oriented as desired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
311 for deflectors for separating articles from sources of
supply.
312 for article dispensers having stationary interior
guiding means, and see the notes thereto for other
collections of art relating to stationary deflector elements
in article dispensing devices.
Subclass:
173
This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Devices in
which the means acting to turn the articles is a mechanical
instrumentality which has motion relative to the path of
movement of the articles and successively engages and turns
such of said articles as are not oriented as desired.
Subclass:
174
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Articles dispensers in which a source of supply delivers
articles to a receptacle in which they are retained in a
nonstacked or disorderly fashion, said receptacle having
means to discharge said articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 10+ for similar combinations including means to
automatically control the supply to the receptacle.
subclasses 175+ for dispensers in which a supply feeds to a
dispensing receptacle in such a manner as to form stacks
therein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 56 for similar combinations,
automatically controlled, in fluent material dispensing
devices.
414, Material or Article Handling, subclasses 266+, 287,
288+, and others for means to charge or discharge a material
storage container.
Subclass:
175
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means other than or in addition to supply
container configuration to affirmatively cause articles from
a supply container or other supply source to be formed into a
single, continuous, orderly sequence, or linear arrangement
which is different as to type or as to direction of
orientation than the arrangement of the articles prior to the
operation of said means.
(1) Note. There must be an actual formation of a stack from
some substantially different arrangement to warrant
classification in this and the indented subclasses.
Therefore, means to merely perfect the alignment of a stack
as by mere straightening are not included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68 for plural dispensing stacks formed from a single
source.
subclasses 156+ for similar devices including, also, means
to orient asymmetric articles in the dispensing operation.
subclasses 157+ and 163+, for similar combinations
including, also, means for orienting asymmetric articles.
174 for means to supply articles to a dispensing hopper in
which the articles are not stacked.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
270, Sheet-Material Associating, subclass 58.01 for devices
which arrange items having different characteristics into
stack form.
Subclass:
176
This subclass is indented under subclass 175. Devices in
which the supply source is in stack form.
Subclass:
177
This subclass is indented under subclass 175. Devices in
which the stack forming means includes a movable supply
source receptacle which has angular back and forth movement
about an axis, said axis being in a direction substantially
perpendicular to the normal line of flow of the articles
through the receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 188+ for article dispensers in which the supply
container is movably mounted for dispensing, there being no
stack forming arrangement included.
Subclass:
178
This subclass is indented under subclass 175. Devices in
which the stack forming means includes an article guideway,
channel, way or the like to receive the orderly sequence of
articles, all or part of which has motion for the stated
function.
Subclass:
179
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Devices in
which the moving chute or part thereof has such motion within
the physical bounds of the supply receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 164+ for orienting type article dispensers
having movable lifting elements for engaging and removing
articles from a source of supply.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process
and Apparatus, subclasses 164+ for distributors and feeders
specialized to the purpose of Class 470 or combined with
Class 470 machines in which inclined chutes (sometimes
movable) are operated to remove articles from a source of
supply.
Subclass:
180
This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Devices in
which the moving chute part has a rocking motion about a
fixed axis.
Subclass:
181
This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Devices in
which the moving chute or part thereof has motion in a
direction along the longitudinal axis of the said chute.
Subclass:
182
This subclass is indented under subclass 175. Devices in
which the stack forming means includes a member which has
rotary or to-and-fro movement about a fixed axis, which axis
is angularly disposed to the horizontal.
(1) Note. The "member" may be the entire supply source
container, a portion thereof, or any other structure for
performing the stack forming function.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
167 for orienting type article dispensing devices having
rotatable or oscillatable means causing segregation and
orientation of the articles.
Subclass:
183
This subclass is indented under subclass 175. Devices in
which the stack forming means includes a shaking or stirring
means co-related with, operated by, or fixedly supported on
or within the structure of means which applies an affirmative
force to or permits release of an article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
168 for agitators combined with discharge assistants of a
rotary or oscillatable type which orient articles by
selective separation from the supply.
subclasses 178+ for similar combinations in which the
agitator serves as a chute or part thereof in guiding
articles toward an outlet.
subclasses 202+ for agitating means rigidly mounted on or
incorporated in discharge assistants.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 226+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having agitators followed by discharge
assistants and/or interconnected discharge controllers.
Subclass:
184
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Devices in
which the agitator is fixedly supported on or included in or
within the discharging means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 202+ for agitating means rigidly mounted on or
incorporated in discharge assistants.
Subclass:
185
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having
(1) means especially adapting them to be carried and
supported by the body, or
(2) means providing for the mobility of the said dispensers
over the surfaces on which they are supported.
(1) Note. The means especially adapting the article
dispenser to be carried and supported by the body must be an
additional claimed structure over and above that which is
essential to the dispensing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 282+ for dispensers provided with other
supporting means not restricted to mobility and body carrying
features.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 175, for body carried and/or
operated fluent material dispensers, and subclasses 608+ for
ambulant fluent material dispensers.
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses for
body and belt catch devices, and see particularly subclass
196 for magazine type cartridge carriers.
Subclass:
186
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means supporting a supply means or
receptacle for articles for motion relative to such support,
the motion imparted to the said receptacle being effective to
separate, segregate or move the articles from the receptacle
to a point of egress.
(1) Note. Substantially all of the articles and the
immediate supporting or confining means move as a unit either
with a discharge assistant or relative to a discharge
assistant, the supply quantity being substantially
determinate and varied only by the number of articles
dispensed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
76 for article dispensers of the cellular magazine type, in
which the cellular magazine sources of supply are mounted on
conveyors for movement relative to a support.
113 for article dispensers having plural rotatably mounted
supply sources movable as a unit past common outlet means for
sequential dispensing from the plural sources.
subclasses 119+ for plural source article dispensing
devices in which the plural sources are rotatably mounted or
carried upon an endless belt.
209 for movably mounted supply containers which move the
entire supply with respect to a discharge assistant as an
incident to dispensing, the container movement however, not
being effective to separate or segregate the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 160+ for fluent material
dispensers having movably mounted supply containers.
Subclass:
187
This subclass is indented under subclass 186. Devices
provided with an article manipulator or other motion
directing means which causes the article to have movement in
a direction at right angles to the normal direction of
dispensing movement of the supply container.
Subclass:
188
This subclass is indented under subclass 186. Devices in
which the supply container is mounted for angular back and
forth movement about a fixed axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
105 for plural source article dispensing devices in which
replacement sources have pivotal movement about a fixed axis
relative to discharge means.
177 for pivoted hoppers which form part of a stack forming
organization.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 164+ for fluent material
dispensers having supply containers which are tiltably
mounted.
Subclass:
189
This subclass is indented under subclass 188. Devices in
which the supply container moves with respect to a fixed
article compartment or holding means to deposit the article
therein and which compartment or means substantially embraces
the separated article.
Subclass:
190
This subclass is indented under subclass 186. Devices in
which the receptacle has relative up and down movement, such
movement raising or lowering all but the segregated articles,
thereby isolating said articles for removal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 164+ for orienting type article dispensers in
which articles are selectively separated from supply by
movably lifting means which have movement relative to the
source of supply to relatively lift the selected articles
from said supply.
254 for dispensers having a discharge assistant movable
through a stationary hopper to separate and elevate
articles.
Subclass:
191
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having a fixed supporting surface or shelf which
is positioned to receive the dispensed articles and hold such
articles so that they can be removed by the hand of an
operator.
(1) Note. The supporting surface or shelf must not be that
part of a discharge assistant, an article releaser or a
dispensing type outlet which causes or controls article
segregation.
(2) Note. Articles retained for manual removal by article
adhering or gripping type discharge assistants are
elsewhere.
(3) Note. Articles retained for manual removal by a
relatively movable closure after ejection from the source of
supply by a claimed ejector are elsewhere.
(4) Note. Articles retained for manual removal by an article
releaser element are classified with the appropriate article
releasing combination. See the search notes below.
(5) Note. See the search notes below for articles retained
for manual removal by a dispensing type outlet.
(6) Note. Segregated articles delivered to hold-down means
are not in this or the indented subclasses but may be found
elsewhere when included in combinations involving discharge
assistant means, or where segregated articles may release
holddown means. See the search notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
189 for movably mounted supply containers delivering
articles to stationary trap structures.
subclasses 210+ for articles retained for manual removal by
article adhering or gripping type discharge assistants. see
(2) Note above.
239 for segregated articles delivered to hold-down means.
see (6) Note above.
247 for articles retained for manual removal by a relatively
movable closure after ejection from the source of supply by a
claimed ejector. see (3) Note above.
subclasses 255+ for Articles retained for manual removal by
other types of discharge assistants.see (2) Note above.
subclasses 289+ for aarticles retained for manual removal
by an article releaser element. see (4) Note above.
294 for where segregated articles may release holddown
means. see (6) Note above.
subclasses 303+ for articles retained for manual removal by
a dispensing type outlet. see (5) Note above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 205 for fluent material dispensers
in which nongravity means are used to feed materials to traps
for manual removal.
Subclass:
192
This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Devices in
which the fixed supporting surface or shelf is disposed above
the level of the point of separation of the article from the
source and the article is deposited thereon either by the
discharge assistant or by some additional manipulating
means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
254 for dispensers having a discharge assistant movable
through a stationary hopper to separate and elevate
articles.
Subclass:
193
This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Devices in
which the entrance or the path leading to the supporting
means is provided with a static means for contact with a
moving article approaching such support for the purpose of
arresting at least part of its velocity.
Subclass:
194
This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Devices in
which separated articles are free to fall to the stationary
article support without the intervention of an affirmative
carrying means.
Subclass:
195
This subclass is indented under subclass 194. Devices in
which an affirmative means causes the separation of the
article from the source prior to its deposit on a support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 255+ for article dispensers in which segregated
articles are retained by the discharge assistant for manual
removal.
Subclass:
196
This subclass is indented under subclass 195. Devices in
which the affirmative separating means is provided with a
compartment or cooperates with relatively fixed structure to
form a compartment which substantially embraces the articles
being discharged.
Subclass:
197
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the receptacle for the articles to be
dispensed is so related to a surrounding enclosure which has
a discharge means or a dispensing type outlet that it is
separable therefrom for either refilling or to be replaced by
a full supply receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
46 for similar combinations in dispensers which dispense
flexible articles by concurrent separation and distortion of
such articles.
49 for refill packages for article dispensers of the
concurrent separation and distortion type.
subclasses 61+ and 281, for article dispensers having inlet
means other than the egress outlet for replenishing the
supply.
287 for article dispensers in which the articles are
enclosed by a supply container which is removable from the
remainder of the structure either with the articles or
separate therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 325+ for similar arrangements
in fluent material dispensers, and see the search notes
thereto.
Subclass:
198
This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Devices having
a force applying member operative through the articles in the
separable and replaceable supply receptacle to urge such
articles to a point of egress.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 279+ for article dispensers having followers and
see the search notes to that subclass for other pertinent
search fields.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 326+ for similar combinations
in fluent material dispensers.
Subclass:
199
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers (1) claimed in combination with features other
than the supply container structure, the casing or support
therefor, and discharge assisting or controlling means and
not provided for in other classes or in preceding subclasses
of this class; or (2) having means or parts capable of
structural rearrangement or modification to selectively
provide either a dispenser of some other kind or a device of
some other description.
(1) Note. This class is residual as to combinations of
article dispensers and subject matter classifiable in other
classes and takes such combinations only when such other
classes do not provide for them. Examples of such
combinations which are included in this subclass are; capped
bottle dispensers with bottle uncapping means and straw
delivery to the said bottle, substance penetrating and
capsule feeding, dispensers with lubricating means,
dispensers combined with a tray (such tray not qualifying as
a second compartment), dispensers with fixed nondispenser
operated display means, dispensers combined with article
cleaning (e.g., air draft) means, and dispensers combined
with certain art devices which serve as supports or means for
mounting such dispensers. SeeRefernces to Other Classes of
the class definition of this class for a listing of other
classes which provide for article treating and modifying
combinations which include article dispensing and note also a
listing of classes having related material handling
combinations.
Subclass:
200
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means to shake or stir either the supply
container or the articles therein to impart either a small or
large amplitude of motion to the articles relative to one
another for the purpose of facilitating passage of the
articles towards the discharge means.
(1) Note. The agitating means must be means other than a
discharge assisting means. Thus, a dispenser having an
element which applies an affirmative force to segregate
articles from a supply container and which is so constructed
that it inherently agitates articles in the supply container
and does not have any structural addition or modification to
perform an agitating function, is classified in the
appropriate subclass under subclasses 208+. See for example,
subclass 254 in which are classified dispensers having
discharge assistants movable through hoppers to elevate
articles, such discharge assistants having an inherent
incidental agitating function.
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subclasses 156+ for orienting type article dispensing
devices, in which it is common to provide agitating means to
stir a jumbled mass of articles in causing the orientation
and dispensing of such articles. See particularly subclasses
167+ directed to rotatable or oscillatable means for
agitating and discharging the articles.
subclasses 175+ for dispensers having means to form stacks
of articles from sources of supply of articles originally
otherwise arranged, and in which, generally, either the
supply container or the outlet path is agitated or shaken.
subclasses 186+ for dispensers in which the articles supply
container is so mounted as to be movable to effect a
dispensing operation.
subclasses 208+ see (1) Note above.
254 see (1) Note above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 161+, 195+, 196+, 216+, and 226+
for fluent material dispensers including agitating means.
Subclass:
201
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Devices which
include at least three serially acting agitating, vibrating
or jarring means and/or means applying an affirmative force
to push articles towards a point of egress, there being at
least one agitating, vibrating or jarring means in the
combination.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
225 for dispensers having three or more serially acting
discharge assistants or article manipulating means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 227 for similar combinations in
fluent material dispensers, and subclass 254 for fluent
material dispensers in which three or more discharge
assistants are included.
Subclass:
202
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Devices in
which the shaking or stirring means is fixedly supported on
or included in or within the structure of means which applies
an affirmative force to articles to push them towards a point
of egress.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 183+ for similar structures in stack forming
article dispensers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 248 for fluent material dispensers
having reciprocating agitator-discharge assistant
constructions which are unitary.
Subclass:
203
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Devices in
which the discharge assistant and the associated shaking or
stirring means are mounted to have movement about a fixed
axis in one direction only.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
237 for article dispensers having plural, serially acting
rotary discharge assistants.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 242 for rotary coaxial
agitator-discharge assistant constructions in which the
agitator is rigidly mounted on the discharge assistant.
Subclass:
204
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Devices in
which the shaking or stirring of the articles in the supply
container is caused by means imparting motion to one portion
of the container structure relative to another portion
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 178+ for dispensers having stack forming means
in which a portion of the supply hopper or an element
associated with the outlet is movable to stir or shake the
article and/or form a stack thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 198-203 for fluent material
dispensing devices involving jarring and/or vibrating of the
fluent material in the operation of such dispensing devices
and in which, in various ways, container sections are moved
to effect such jarring and/or vibrating.
Subclass:
205
This subclass is indented under subclass 204. Devices in
which the portion of the container structure which is moved
has angular back and forth motion about a point of mounting.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
180 for article dispensers having stack forming means
including oscillating pivoted chute sections operating within
the supply hopper.
Subclass:
206
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means to selectively vary the number of
articles delivered as a result of a single operating cycle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
94 for devices for dispensing from plural sources by a
single actuation, such devices being selective as to the
number of sources dispensed therefrom.
252 for dispensers having article discharge assisting means
and feeding to plural material outlets which are not
selectively operable.
296 for dispensers in which plural controllers are spaced to
dispense plural articles, no selective adjustability feature
being present.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 14+ for fluent material
dispensers having means to terminate material discharge, such
mechanism being preset at the desired volume before discharge
begins.
Subclass:
207
This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Devices in
which the means to selectively vary the number of articles
delivered per cycle is by a rearrangement of the relative
position or size of parts of the dispenser organization.
Subclass:
208
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having means to affirmatively segregate, separate
or move the articles from a supply source toward a point of
egress.
(1) Note. The weight of the articles, alone, is not
considered as an affirmative means for this and the indented
subclasses. The application of a force other than gravity
tending to move an article or articles relative to other
articles to effect a segregation or separation is necessary.
(2) Note. Where an element applying a force to segregate
articles has an agitating function as an incident thereof and
has combined therewith some other discharge assisting means
classification is in subclasses 200+. See also the note to
the definition of subclass 200.
(3) Note. Included in this group (see subclass 246 as an
exception to the requirement that an affirmative force be
applied to the article to effect segregation) are devices in
which the sliding movement of the cover of a supply
receptacle effects segregation of an article from the
remainder of the supply, but does not necessarily
affirmatively move any of the the articles.
(4) Note. See "General Statement Of Class Subject Matter" C
subsection (4) of the class definition for a discussion of
discharge assisting means as provided for in this class.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 251+ for equivalent discharge
assistant dispensing combinations for the handling of fluent
materials.
Subclass:
209
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the supply source is mounted upon a support for motion
relative thereto and for positioning or alignment relative to
the discharge assistant whereby the supply as a whole may be
selectively positioned with respect to or advanced toward the
discharge assistant to place the supply of articles, or a
portion thereof, in the operative path of the discharge
assistant.
(1) Note. Substantially all of the articles and the
immediate confining means move as a unit relative to the
discharge, the supply quantity being substantially
determinate and varied only by the number of articles
dispensed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 92+ and especially subclasses 113 and 119+, for
a plurality of dispensing sources which may move relative to
a discharge means.
subclasses 186+ for movably mounted supply containers in
which the movement of the container is effective to separate
or segregate the articles.
subclasses 197+ for supply containers removable from an
enclosing casing for refilling or replacement.
Subclass:
210
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant is provided with means or is of
such form as to affirmatively hold articles during separation
thereof from the supply as, for example, by gripping,
piercing, adhesion, etc., as distinguished from structures
which rely upon gravity or attitude or relatively stationary
walls of the dispensing device to maintain the articles and
discharge assistant in cooperative relationship.
(1) Note. Oppositely disposed discharge assistants having
ever-changing surface contact with opposite sides of articles
as they are dispensed are not considered to be grippers for
this and the indented subclasses and are classified in other
appropriate subclasses, see for example subclass 259.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 164+ for orienting type article dispensing
devices in which articles are selectively separated from the
source of supply by movable lifting means engageable with
portions of such articles.
259 see (1) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 455+ for
clasps, per se.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for
power-driven conveyors with such means, particularly subclass
468.2 and 688.1+.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate
subclasses for hand and hoist-line grapples.
Subclass:
211
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices in
which the affirmative holding means operates by reducing the
air or other fluid pressure on at least a part of articles to
be engaged, the articles being thus affirmatively held
thereto by the pressure of surrounding air or other fluid
pressure medium.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
111, Planting, subclasses 179+ and 185+ for bacuum type
discharge assistants for dispensers claimed in combination
with planting machines.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 428, 438, 449, and
689.1 for a conveyor having a suction type load holder.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 64.1
for handling, hand and hoist-line implements in which the
load engaging means is in the nature of a vacuum-cup
element.
Subclass:
212
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices in
which the affirmative holding means is a magnet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 679 and 690.1 for a
conveyor having magnetic load retaining means.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 65.5
for such implements in which magnetic means are incorporated
for raising articles or material.
Subclass:
213
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices in
which the affirmative holding means is in the form of an
element which penetrates the articles for transfer and
discharge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 30+ for article dispensers including cutter or
punch means for forming dispensing openings and for other
purposes not related to a discharge assisting function.
166 for orienting type article dispensing devices in which
selective separation of properly oriented articles from
supply is effected by individual picker fingers entering
apertures or depressions, etc., in such articles.
240 for discharge assistants which cooperates with preformed
holes or apertures in the articles.
259 for discharge assistants which frictionally engage
surfaces of the articles to discharge same and which may have
projections or be roughened but do not penetrate the
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 692 for a conveyor
having load impalers.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, subclass
688 for assorting devices which assort and remove articles
by the use of penetrating means.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 80+ for fluent material
dispensers including cutters and punchers.
Subclass:
214
This subclass is indented under subclass 213. Devices having
means to disengage or remove the articles from the impaling
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclasses 128+ for cutlery implements
combined with means to eject or strip material from such
implements.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 693 for a conveyor
having load impalers and means for assisting load removal
from the latter.
Subclass:
215
This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Devices in
which either a stripper element or an impaling element is
actuated by a cam to impart motion relative to the normal
position or path of travel of the other, to perform a
stripping function.
Subclass:
216
This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Devices in
which the means to disengage or remove the articles is a
stripper element which is supported in a fixed position to a
stationary part of the dispenser.
Subclass:
217
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices in
which the affirmative holding means engage the articles by
pressure on several opposite sides of their exterior to
transfer them for discharge and in which such holding means
are mounted upon either a revolving or continuous member to
be conveyed thereby through the transfer and discharge
cycle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 468.2 and 470.1+ for
a rotary conveyor having load gripping members.
Subclass:
218
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Devices in
which the holding means are mounted on a continuous or
endless member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 468.2 and 470.1+ for
an endless belt conveyor having load gripping members.
Subclass:
219
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Devices in
which the article holding means comprises article engaging
elements which are mounted for swinging motion and to which
relative motion is imparted by contact with tapered or curved
surfaces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 468.2 and 470 for a
conveyor having cam actuated load gripping members.
Subclass:
220
This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Devices in
which the affirmative holding means comprise elements made of
elastic material which exert a return pressure when bent out
of their normal rest position.
Subclass:
221
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which there are two or more discharge assistants positioned
at spaced points about the periphery of the discharge path of
the articles and acting on the same articles at the same time
to compel discharge of the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
297 for article dispensers having plural, circumposed and
simultaneously acting mechanical releasing elements.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 43 for cabinet
structures for cup shaped articles not including a dispensing
feature.
Subclass:
222
This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Devices in
which the multiple discharge assistants each has movement
about a fixed axis in one direction only.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
277 for dispensers having rotary article discharge assisting
means, and see the notes thereto.
Subclass:
223
This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Devices in
which the discharge assistants each has movement which is
alternately forward and backward, to and fro, in alternate
direction in an arcuate path.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 268+ for article dispensers having oscillating
and reciprocating discharge assistants.
Subclass:
224
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices having
two or more discharge assistants or having at least one
discharge assistant combined with article handling means
which apply force to cause nongravity movement of the
articles.
(1) Note. Plural similar instrumentalities which are
actuated by a common power source or linkage to concurrently
engage one article and apply a discharging force to that
article are considered to be a single discharge assistant and
are excluded from this and the indented subclasses and are
classified in appropriate subclasses below. Similarly,
unitary or substantially unitary devices having pluralities
of article engaging and discharge assisting surfaces (i.e.,
endless belt carried discharge assistants as in subclass 253,
segregating chamber structures having plural chambers as in
subclasses 263+, etc.) in which the surfaces carry successive
articles through the same path to the outlet are excluded and
placed in other appropriate classifications as indicated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 157+ and 171+, for dispensing and orienting
combinations including means for handling the articles
subsequent to segregation from the source of supply.
187 for devices in which an article is dispensed in response
to motion of a supply container, means being provided to
subsequently move the dispensed article in a direction normal
to that of the movement of said supply container.
subclasses 290+ for dispensers having means to release
articles, as by gravity, and to subsequently manipulate such
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 252+ for fluent material
dispensers having plural discharge assistant means.
Subclass:
225
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Devices having
three or more distinct discharge assistants or manipulating
means arranged to serially act on the articles.
(1) Note. One of the discharge assistants may be a
follower.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 for similar combinations including at least one means
for agitating, vibrating, or jarring articles in the supply
container.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 254, for similar combinations in
fluent material dispensers, and subclass 227 for such
combinations in which the first of the series is an
agitator.
Subclass:
226
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Devices in
which one of the discharge assistants is for the type which
applies a force which is exerted through all of the articles
tending to move the entire supply toward the egress outlet,
and which is movable relative to other supply supporting or
containing structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 279+ for article dispensers having followers and
not including other discharge assisting means, and see the
search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 256+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having followers combined with casing
enclosed impellers.
Subclass:
227
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Devices having
(1) means to render the follower useless, (2) means to draw
the follower back into the supply container, or (3) means to
disengage the follower from movement obstructing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for article dispensers of the concurrent separation and
distortion type having followers and replenishment interlocks
therefor.
Subclass:
228
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Devices in
which the supply receptacle has an opening and a lid or
closure therefor, and a discharge assistant which cooperates
with or operates in said closure or lid to segregate
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 248+ for similar structures not including a
follower, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
229
This subclass is indented under subclass 228. Devices in
which the cooperation between the lid or closure and the
discharge assistant is such that in the normal operation of
the device, actuation of the discharge assistant to discharge
articles is effected by movement of the closure or lid.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
37 for dispensers for concurrently separating and distorting
flexible articles in which movement of a wall portion causes
ejector operation, no follower being included.
249 for similar devices not including a follower.
Subclass:
230
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Devices in
which the follower and at least one other discharge assistant
are provided with separate actuating means which are
physically connected together so as to give controlled
relative motion to the follower and discharge assistant.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
234 for article dispensers having segregating chamber and
ejector means which are mechanically interconnected.
Subclass:
231
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Devices in
which a discharge assistant which has motion about a fixed
axis in one direction only to act directly upon the article
being separated to force the article from the source is
included in combination with the follower.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
277 for article dispensers having rotary discharge
assistants and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
232
This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Devices in
which a discharge assistant which has a backward and forward,
or to and fro motion to act directly upon the article bring
separated to force the article from the source of supply is
included in combination with the follower.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 268+ for dispensers having reciprocating
discharge assistants and see the search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 40 for razors claimed in combination
with dispensing type blade magazines, many of which include
reciprocating discharge assistant means combined with
followers.
Subclass:
233
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Devices having
a discharge assistant in the form of a movable compartment
which embraces articles as they are separated from the supply
source, and having other means to exert a force to discharge
such articles from the compartment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
263 for dispensers having segregating chambers from which
articles are removed by gravity.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 216+ for similar combinations
in fluent material dispensers.
Subclass:
234
This subclass is indented under subclass 233. Devices in
which the segregating chamber and the means to exert a force
to discharge the articles therefrom are physically connected
together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
246 for dispensers for articles in which sliding cover
movement is interrelated to discharge assistant actuation.
subclasses 248+ for article dispensers having mechanically
linked discharge assistants and outlet closures.
Subclass:
235
This subclass is indented under subclass 233. Devices in
which the means to exert a force to discharge the articles is
a movable element which is capable of extending into the
segregating chamber and is gravity or spring biased so as to
be normally so extended.
Subclass:
236
This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Devices in
which the plurality of discharge assistant or handling means
act individually and serially upon the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 202+ for article dispensers in which an agitator
is rigidly mounted on or incorporated in a discharge
assistant.
225 for similar combinations in which there are three or
more serially acting discharge assistants.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 252+, for fluent material
dispensers having plural discharge assistants.
Subclass:
237
This subclass is indented under subclass 236. Devices in
which the plurality of discharge assistant and/or handling
means each has movement about a fixed axis in one direction
only.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
277 for article dispensers having rotary discharge
assistants, and see the search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 236+ for fluent material
dispensing devices in which a rotary agitator or discharge
assistant is followed by another rotary discharge assistant
to cause discharge of the fluent material.
Subclass:
238
This subclass is indented under subclass 236. Devices in
which the plurality of discharge assistants and/or handling
means each has a character of motion which is alternately
forward and backward, to and fro, or in alternate
directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 268+ for article dispensers having reciprocating
discharge assistants and see the search notes to subclass
268.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 243+ for reciprocating
(including oscillating) agitators or discharge assistant
means followed by other reciprocating or oscillating
discharge assistant means in fluent material dispensing
devices.
Subclass:
239
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices having
means to receive and support segregated articles after they
have been dispensed by the discharge assisting means and
having associated therewith some means to detachably clamp or
grip such articles.
(1) Note. See References to Other Classes of the class
definition for a discussion of the relationship of this
subclass and of Class 221 in general to the various work
modifying and work feeding classes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 255+ for article dispensers in which the
articles dispensed are retained by the discharge assistant
means for manual removal therefrom.
294 for similar devices in which the article segregation is
by mechanical release rather than be discharge assisting
means.
Subclass:
240
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant exerts its force either on
irregularities or protuberances on the general outlines of
the articles or upon portions of the articles which are
doubled over upon the remainder of the articles or upon the
material connecting such doubled over portions.
(1) Note. This subclass includes discharge assistants which
cooperate with a preformed hole or aperture in the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
38 for dispensers in which flexible articles are discharged
and concurrently distorted by ejecting means which cooperate
with folds in the articles.
subclasses 156+ for dispensers which segregate and orient
articles with respect to irregularities or (protuberances) in
the shapes of the articles, and especially subclasses 164+,
wherein the articles are selectively separated from the
supply by means engaging such irregularities.
Subclass:
241
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which means are provided to selectively vary the dimensions
of the dispenser or some part thereof to thereby accommodate
different size articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44 for dispensers for flexible articles which are adaptable
to use with different size articles.
304 for outlet size adjusting means for article dispensers.
Subclass:
242
This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Devices in
which the supply source dimensions are selectively variable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for article dispensers in which the supply container
telescopes or collapses as the articles are dispensed
therefrom.
Subclass:
243
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices wherein
the connection between the actuating means and the discharge
assistant is such that during part of its discharge assisting
actuating travel the actuator or a part thereof may move
without producing any movement of the discharge assistant, or
wherein a wall or walls of the outlet area or receiving area
for the dispensed articles are movably mounted and biased to
normal position, yielding under pressure of jammed or over
supplied articles to provide additional space for articles or
to allow some of them to escape from the desired dispensing
path.
(1) Note. The lost motion in the actuator may be for delay
or correlation of operations, although its usual purpose is
to avoid breakage if the articles jam or an over-supply
accumulates.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15 for article dispensing devices having timing or delay
mechanism.
21 for article dispensers with malfunctioning responsive
means which (1) supply the deficiency of articles by means
other than restoring the device to operative condition, (2)
change the mode of operation of the device to overcome the
difficulty or (3) stop the operation of the dispenser.
64 for dispensers having yieldable walls which are
manipulated to release or expel articles.
subclasses 160+ for means for removing improperly
positioned articles from a previously aligned row in a
dispenser for orienting and discharging asymmetrical
articles.
168 for means to relieve jamming or over supply in rotary or
oscillating feeders which orient articles by selective
separation from the supply.
subclasses 233+ for article dispensers having means to
remove articles from a movable segregating chamber, and see
the search notes to those subclasses.
252 for plural material outlets in article dispensers having
discharge assistants.
267 for dispensers which normally eject the article through
a resiliently restricted outlet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, appropriate subclasses for
mechanical movements and control lever and linkage systems
having lost motion provisions.
137, Fluid Handling, subclasses 455+ for line condition
change responsive valves, especially subclass 527 for direct
response pivoted valves.
222, Dispensing, subclass 318 for discharge assistants for
fluent material which have means to return dispensed material
to the supply; subclasses 337+ and 512 for fluent material
dispensers having material confining walls which are
yieldably mounted and normally biased to joint sealing
position; subclasses 345+ for striking or cleaning means for
movable or conveyor type trap chambers for dispensing fluent
materials.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 77+ for valve
actuators having lost motion provisions.
Subclass:
244
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assisting means is of such a nature and
is so supported that it changes its position of rest relative
to the container and the plane of its action in order to
engage successive article as the supply is progressively
depleted.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 405 for fluent material dispensing
devices having discharge assistants in which the discharge of
material is from the top of the supply.
Subclass:
245
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant includes means to prevent
retrograde motion prior to completion of a full discharging
cycle to insure a full stroke of the mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 375 for fluent material dispensers
having a discharge assistant and provided with full stroke
mechanism.
Subclass:
246
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the supply container is a receptacle having an opening
and lid or closure which has sliding motion across the said
opening and in which segregation is caused by the sliding
motion of the lid or closure.
(1) Note. This subclass includes devices in which sliding
movement of the cover acts to segregate an article from the
remainder of the supply, but does not necessarily
affirmatively move any of the article. See (3) Note to the
definition of subclass 208.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
149 for article dispensers combined with igniting means in
which movement of a container part initiates operation of the
lighter and dispenser combination.
269 for article dispensers having reciprocating discharge
assistants with integral outlet closures, and see the search
notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclasses 37+ and 38+
for a pocket type receptacle not including discharge
assistant means, or other structure of a nature to define an
article dispenser under the class definition of Class 221.
Subclass:
247
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant directly engages and pushes the
article to be dispensed toward an egress outlet, the egress
outlet having a closure member which operates independently
of the segregating function and which has motion relative to
the ejector.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
37 for dispensers for flexible articles having ejecting
means which are actuated by source container section
movement.
228 for article dispensing devices having followers and
having also ejecting elements which are related to source
container cover structures.
246 for article dispensing devices in which segregation is
caused by sliding movement of a cover element relative to the
container, and see the search notes thereto.
267 for ejectors pushing articles individually through a
dispensing type outlet.
306 for article dispensers having a dispensing type outlet
and separate closure means to control access to the
segregated articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 380 and 387 for fluent material
dispensers having discharge assisting means and valved
outlets.
Subclass:
248
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Devices in
which (1) the discharge assistant and the closure means are
physically interconnected so as to have controlled movement
relative to one another or to the egress opening, or (2) the
discharge assistant is so arranged as to prevent operation of
the closure in certain positions of its operating cycle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
37 for flexible article dispensers having ejecting means
which are actuated by source container movement.
81 for cellular magazine type article dispensers having
interrelated ejector and magazine advancing means.
83 for cellular magazine type article dispensers having
interrelated magazine advancing and outlet operating means.
subclasses 228+ for similar combinations including also a
follower.
246 for article dispensing devices in which discharge
assisting means are so related to a sliding container cover
that movement of the cover causes segregation of articles
from the source of supply.
269 for article dispensers having reciprocating discharge
assistants with outlet closure structures integral
therewith.
293 for dispensers having mechanical release means followed
by article manipulation means, the two being mechanically
interrelated.
Subclass:
249
This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Devices in
which the connection between the closure and the discharge
assistant is such that, in the normal operation of the
device, movement of the closure results in operation of the
discharge assistant to discharge articles.
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37 for dispensers for concurrently separating and distorting
flexible articles in which movement of a wall portion causes
ejector operation, no follower being included.
229 for follower and ejector combinations, the ejector being
operated by the movement of a source container cover.
Subclass:
250
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Devices in
which the closure is opened by a force imparted to it through
an emerging article by a discharge assistant.
Subclass:
251
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices having
means other than the discharge assistant or the edge of the
egress opening for engaging articles other than the article
to be discharged to restrain such articles from movement in
an egress direction.
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subclasses 221+ for dispensers having multiple,
simultaneously acting and circumposed discharge assistants
which are mostly for separating and dispensing stacked cup
shaped articles and usually include holdback means.
Subclass:
252
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices having
a plurality of points of egress towards which the discharge
assistant forces the article to be dispensed.
(1) Note. One egress point may be a pressure operated
release for surplus article discharged or those which are
rejected by the discharge assistant, through which articles
leave the system.
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68 for devices for forming plural stacks from a single
source of supply.
subclasses 93+ for devices for dispensing plural articles
from plural sources by a single actuation.
243 for article dispensing devices having discharge
assistant means and in which yieldable walls are provided in
the outlet path which move under the pressure of jammed or
over supplied articles to allow such articles to escape from
or be removed from the discharge path, and see the search
notes to that subclass.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 330+ for fluent material
dispensers provided with discharge assistants and having
plural material outlets, and subclasses 478+ for such
dispensers not having claimed discharge assistants.
Subclass:
253
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant is carried by or formed in or
by a continuous web.
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subclasses 77+ and 84+, for conveyor belt mounted cellular
magazine type article dispensing devices.
218 for dispensers having article gripping, conveyor belt
mounted discharge assistant means.
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198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for
conveyor formed of or including in their structure, an
endless belt; particularly subclass 688.1 for an endless
belt having load adhering or friction enhancing means;
subclasses 701+ for an endless belt carrying buckets;
subclasses 793+ for an endless belt carrying platforms; and
804+ for an apron type endless belt conveyor supporting a
load on a surface thereof.
222, Dispensing, subclass 415 for fluent material dispensing
devices having endless belt type discharge assisting means.
Subclass:
254
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant comprises means movable within
the supply container and through the supply to segregate and
raise articles to a point of discharge, said point of
discharge being at a higher elevation than the articles in
the container.
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164 for orienting type article dispensing devices in which
movable lifting means engage the articles and lift them to
separate them from the source of supply.
subclasses 179+ for stack forming article dispensers in
which movable chutes or parts thereof within the supply
hopper lift the articles therefrom in dispensing them and
forming stacks thereof.
190 for dispensers having a vertically movable supply
container which may have a normally stationary ejector
extending into the supply container to segregate an article
in response to the vertical movement.
192 for similar devices in which the elevated articles are
deposited upon a raised support for manual removal.
253 for endless belt carried discharge assistants which move
through a supply hopper to separate articles and raise them
to an elevated point of discharge.
Subclass:
255
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant has means or a surface other
than the means or surface which imparts the segregating
motion to articles for supporting or holding the segregated
articles for removal by hand after their removal from the
source of supply.
(1) Note. The surfaces of a trap chamber of the single
inlet and outlet type, as provided for in subclass 266 serve
variously to push the article in a segregating direction and
to support the article. Accordingly, such devices are
classified in subclass 256, indented under this subclass,
when they retain the articles for manual removal.
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239 for article dispensers in which discharge assisting
means deliver segregated
254 for devices having a discharge assistant which separates
and raises articles to an elevated point of discharge, the
discharge assistant usually retaining the article for manual
removal.
266 see (1) Note above.
294 for article dispensers in which mechanical means release
articles for delivery to hold-down means.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 205 for fluent material dispensers
having nongravity means to feed to traps for manual removal
of the material therefrom.
Subclass:
256
This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Devices in
which the discharge assistant has a recess or pocket for
holding the articles for manual removal.
Subclass:
257
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Devices wherein
the discharge assistant is so formed as to facilitate ready
removal of an article from the recess or pocket as, for
example, with a finger receiving slot.
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309 for devices having dispensing type outlets which are
relieved to permit ready grasping of articles for manual
removal.
Subclass:
258
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant is actuated by a motor.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 333+ for motor-operated
discharge assistants for fluent material dispensers, and see
the search notes thereto for other subclasses in Class 222
which may involve motor operation of such dispensers.
Subclass:
259
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices wherein
the discharge assistant applies force to an article only by
frictional contact with a surface of the article, the force
being substantially tangent or parallel to the surface.
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43 for dispensers of the concurrent separation and
distortion type having positive roller type discharge
assisting means.
subclasses 213+ for impaling type discharge assistants
which pierce the surface of the article to discharge same.
Subclass:
260
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant or the actuator therefor
includes at least one member which is flexible, such member
necessarily flexing incident to the discharge operation.
(1) Note. A spring biased discharge assistant as
distinguished from a spring form discharge assistant is not
here included, but is classified elsewhere in this group
according to the type of discharge assistant.
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253 for article dispensers having deformable discharge
assistants of the endless belt type.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 406+ for fluent material
dispensers having deformable discharging elements.
Subclass:
261
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant acts directly upon the article
being separated and pushes the article against a guide to
alter its direction of travel.
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subclasses 233+ for article direction changing deflectors
or ejectors which cooperate with and enter movable
segregating chambers to displace articles therefrom.
312 for article dispensers having interior article guiding
means and see the search notes thereto for related search
fields.
Subclass:
262
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant in discharging articles
partakes of more than one character of motion, either
simultaneously or successively, in the normal operation
thereof (as rotating and reciprocating or reciprocating and
swinging, etc.) or partakes of motions which are
discontinuous and in different unaligned paths if of the same
character.
(1) Note. Rotation is considered to be only one character
of motion.
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40 for article dispensers which distort flexible articles as
they are separated and in which the discharge assistants have
compound motion.
subclasses 214+ for article dispensers with discharge
assistants which have impaling means and which strip articles
from the impaling means by a motion of the discharge
assistant which may be a compound motion.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 357 for fluent material dispensing
devices having trap chamber structures which partake of a
compound movement in performing the dispensing function, and
subclass 404 for fluent material dispensers having other
types of discharge assistants with compound motions.
Subclass:
263
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant is provided with a compartment
or cooperates with relatively fixed structure to form a
compartment which substantially embraces the article being
discharged for at least a portion of the discharge movement.
(1) Note. See the reference to Class 222, paragraph (d) in
search class notes to section VI of the class definition of
this class (221) for a statement of the line between Classes
222 and 221 as to trap (segregating) chamber structures.
(2) Note. The compartment may be of skeleton or lattice
form.
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189 for pivotally mounted supply containers delivering to
fixed trap chambers, the relative motion and the nature of
the elements being similar to those classified in this and
the indented subclasses.
196 for article dispensers of the type in which articles are
released for gravity deposit on a support for manual removal
and in which the articles are so released by movable
segregating chamber discharge assisting means.
subclasses 210+ for article adhering or gripping type
discharge assistants in which the articles are affirmatively
held or gripped as they are removed from the source of
supply.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 344+ for fluent material
dispensers having movable or conveyor trap chambers.
Subclass:
264
This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Devices in
which the segregating chamber has both an ingress and egress
which are in line so as to provide a through passage.
Subclass:
265
This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Devices in
which the segregating chamber partakes of a rotary motion.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 370 for fluent material dispensers
having rotary conveyor type trap chambers with axial inlets
and outlets.
Subclass:
266
This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Devices in
which the segregating chamber has one opening which serves
both for the ingress from the supply and for discharge.
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subclasses 256+ for article dispensers which have
segregating chambers in which articles are retained for
manual removal after being separated from the supply.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 363+, 366 and 368, for fluent
material dispensers having trap chambers of the single
inlet-outlet type.
Subclass:
267
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the egress is provided with elastic or spring biased
means which serve to retain and hold back the articles in the
supply source and against which means articles are
successively brought to bear by an ejector as they are
discharged.
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subclasses 247+ for ejector combinations involving
relatively movable closure means, which closure means act to
release articles only after they have been segregated from
the supply source.
307 for resilient dispensing type outlets.
Subclass:
268
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant has a character of motion which
is alternately forward and backward, to and fro, or in
reverse directions in the same path.
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180 for stack forming article dispensers in which
oscillating pivoted chute sections operate within the supply
hopper to assist discharge of articles therefrom.
232 for article dispensing devices having a follower
mechanism combined with reciprocating (including oscillating)
ejector means.
238 for article dispensing devices having plural discharge
assistants separately acting in series, all of which are
reciprocating (including oscillating).
292 for article dispensers in which articles which have been
segregated by gravity release means are acted upon by force
applying means to cause a reciprocating movement thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 409+ for fluent material
dispensers having reciprocating (including oscillating)
discharge assistants, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
269
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Devices in
which the egress opening is provided with a closure, the
closure, and the discharge assistant being rigidly
connected.
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37 for dispensers which concurrently separate and distort
flexible articles and in which ejecting means are actuated by
source container section movement.
149 for article dispensers combined with igniting means in
which movement of a container part initiates operation of the
combination device.
subclasses 228+ for article dispensers having follower
structures combined with ejecting means in which the ejecting
means is interrelated with the source container cover for
cooperation therewith.
246 for dispensers which segregate by sliding movement of a
cover relative to container.
247 having ejecting means and relatively movable outlet
closure structures.
Subclass:
270
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Devices in
which the discharge assistant includes an article engaging
part or section which is drawn back toward or within its
supporting means to avoid jamming or interference with other
articles on its return stroke.
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262 for article dispensing devices in which discharge
assistant means have compound motion for effecting the
segregating function.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 343 for fluent material dispensing
devices having discharge assisting means provided with
retractable projections.
Subclass:
271
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Devices in
which a discharge assistant is resiliently urged to discharge
an article in its return to rest position.
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276 for article dispensers having other types of spring
biasing for reciprocating discharge assistants, and see the
search notes thereto.
Subclass:
272
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Devices in
which the motion of the discharge assistant is imparted by
means having motion relative to the discharge assistant.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 505+ for fluent material
dispensers having relatively movable actuators for outlet
elements, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
273
This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Devices in
which motion of the discharge assistant is imparted by the
movement of a tapering or eccentrically curving body.
Subclass:
274
This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Devices in
which motion of the discharge assistant is imparted by the
movement of rigid linkages turnable on pivots.
Subclass:
275
This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Devices in
which the motion of the discharge assistant is imparted by
the movement of a rotatable body by rolling contact.
Subclass:
276
This subclass is indented under subclass 268. Devices in
which the discharge assistant is resiliently urged in either
of its directions.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 336+ for fluent material
dispensers having biasing means generally, and see
particularly subclasses 340+ for such devices in which the
biasing means is for a reciprocating piston or follower type
material impelling device.
Subclass:
277
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant has movement about a fixed axis
in one direction only.
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subclasses 42+ for article dispensers of the concurrent
separation and distortion type having rotary ejecting means.
167 for orienting type article dispensers having rotatable
or oscillatable means to effect the selective separation of
articles from a source of supply.
182 for article dispensers of the stack forming type in
which members rotatable or oscillatable about inclined axes
are effective to segregate articles from a source of supply.
203 for article dispensers having means to agitate the
articles in the supply container and including rotary
discharge assisting and agitating means.
subclasses 222+ for dispensers having multiple,
simultaneously acting and circumposed, rotary discharge
assistants.
231 for dispensers including followers combined with rotary
ejectors.
237 for dispensers having other types of plural discharge
assistants, all of which have rotary motion.
265 for article dispensers having movable segregating
chamber type discharge assistants which partake of a rotary
motion.
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111, Planting, subclasses 177+ for rotary discharge
assistants for seed dispensers claimed in combination with a
planting machine.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 410+ for fluent material
dispensers having rotary discharge assisting means, and see
the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
278
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant comprises a nonsolid force
applying medium.
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211 for discharge assistants comprising suction carriers for
articles.
258 for article dispensers which are operated by motors,
including fluid motors.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 630+ for fluent material
dispensing devices having fluid flow discharge means, and
subclasses 394+ for fluid pressure discharge assistant means
in fluent material dispensers.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, appropriate subclasses for
apparatus wherein carriers are pneumatically dispatched
between stations or terminals. See particularly subclasses
108+ for 221 type dispensers which serve as intakes to
fluid current conveyors.
Subclass:
279
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Devices in
which the discharge assistant applies a force which is
exerted through all of the articles tending to move the
entire supply of articles toward the egress outlet, and has
motion relative to other structure which supports or contains
the supply of articles.
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20 for article dispensers in which latch means on a follower
engage a discharge means to inhibit further actuation of the
discharge means when the source of supply is empty.
52 and 56+, for dispensers for concurrently separating and
distorting flexible articles, said dispensers having
followers.
subclasses 226+ for article dispensers having plural
discharge assistants one of which is a follower.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 386+ for fluent material
dispensing devices including follower structures, and see the
search notes thereto.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 71 for cabinet
structures having article removal facilitating means and a
follower for stacked articles.
Subclass:
280
This subclass is indented under subclass 279. Devices
including additional static means in the path of the moving
supply serving to effect movement of the leading articles
sidewise of the said supply toward the outlet.
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311 for article dispensers, having deflector means for
partially separating articles from a supply source.
312 for article dispensers having interior article guiding
means, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
281
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which a supply container or dispensing means
associated therewith has an egress opening and some other
opening, the latter opening being for replacing the supply
when depleted, or for affording admittance for some other
purpose, as for example, for adjustment or for clearing of
jams.
(1) Note. Shifting or removal of the container or a part
thereof to give access to the handling means is included.
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subclasses 61+ for article dispensers of the type which
concurrently distort articles as they are dispensed and which
are provided with separate replenishment inlet means.
66 for similar structures in which the separate inlet is for
the insertion of a replacement article to cause dispensing.
subclasses 228+ for other source container covers which
additionally include a discharge assistant which cooperate
with or operate in said cover to segregate articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 478+ for fluent material
dispensers having plural openings or discharge guide for
purposes of refilling access, etc.
Subclass:
282
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having either (1) an outer covering enclosing the
dispenser in whole or in part or (2) particular means for
maintaining a dispenser unit or entity against the force of
gravity, such means being more than the mere means of
sustaining one part of the device relative to another or mere
nominal base or pedestal means.
(1) Note. The maintaining or supporting means or the
exterior casing must be in addition to the wall structure of
the article holding container or magazine and its discharge
means. Thus, if the casing serves directly as a magazine or
hopper and its extended sidewall merely houses the actuating
means or an outlet chute or spout, classification is not in
this group but in appropriate other subclasses. Conversely,
if supporting means or casing structure in addition to that
which merely houses the articles or dispensing means is
significantly claimed, or if a particular supporting or
maintaining means or casing structure is claimed,
classification is in this and the indented subclasses.
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subclasses 45+ for similar combinations in dispensers which
concurrently separate and distort flexible articles.
185 for article dispensers which are supported on the body
or otherwise supported for mobility.
subclasses 186+ for supply containers which are mounted in
such a way that dispensing of articles depends upon motion of
the containers.
subclasses 191+ for enclosed dispensers including means
delivering the segregated articles to an exterior stationary
article receiving support.
subclasses 197+ for article dispensing combinations
including a supply cartridge or container removable from an
enclosing casing.
287 for article dispensers having a removable container
which encloses the supply of articles.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 173+ for fluent material
dispensing combinations including casing or support
structures, subclasses 325+ for fluent material dispensers
having cartridges or removable chambers as the supply source
thereof, and subclass 179 for foot pedal operated fluent
material dispensers.
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses for support structures,
per se, or in combination with nominally included containers
of various types.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclasses for
cabinet structures including article holding means of types
not involving dispensing under this class definition.
Subclass:
283
This subclass is indented under subclass 282. Devices in
which the article dispensing device is supported in its
operative position, by either (1) means of greater height
than the dispensing device and from which the dispensing
device is hung, or (2) by a frame member attachable to the
dispensing device and, at one side thereof, to a wall or
other supporting surface.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 180 for fluent material dispensers
which are bracket or suspension supported.
248, Supports, subclasses 200+ and 317+ for brackets and
suspended supports in general.
Subclass:
284
This subclass is indented under subclass 282. Devices in
which the support has weight means incorporated therein to
stabilize the structure against movement.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 463 for fluent material dispensers
having weights incorporated in the receptacle structure.
Subclass:
285
This subclass is indented under subclass 282. Devices in
which the support is of such structure that the receptacle
which forms the source of supply is held in a position in
which its longitudinal axis is inclined to the horizontal.
Subclass:
286
This subclass is indented under subclass 282. Devices in
which the casing or outer covering is of such proportions and
so positioned relative to the dispenser as to provide an
intervening space between the casing and the dispenser.
(1) Note. The space between the dispenser and the outer
casing must not be for removable storage of articles or other
material but merely for dead air or nonremovable material.
Where such a space stores matter for dispensing or for other
types of removal, classification is in this class, in
subclasses 92+ and especially in subclasses 97+ where the
spaced covering provides a nondispensing compartment.
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subclasses 92+ and especially 97+. See (1) Note above.
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222, Dispensing, subclass 131 for fluent material dispensers
having at least one compartment, container or spaced jacket
which is not for dispensing, and subclass 183 for jacketed
fluent material dispensers.
Subclass:
287
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having a receptacle disconnectibly associated with
dispensing, release or outlet means in such a manner as to
house the articles to be dispensed.
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subclasses 197+ for article dispensers in which a supply
enclosing container (cartridge) is removably insertable
within an enclosing casing or housing.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 325+ for fluent material
dispensers having an insertable supply cartridge or removable
supply container.
Subclass:
288
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers having a segregating chamber so connected to the
source of supply that the organization must be tilted either
to segregate an article to place it in the chamber or to
discharge the article therefrom.
(1) Note. The distinction between this subclass 288 and
subclasses 186+ is that in the patents placed in the latter
group there must be a claimed mounting for the container.
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subclasses 186+ for dispensing supply containers movably
mounted for article dispensing purposes. See (1) Note
above.
246 for dispensers, usually of the pill-box type, in which
the receptacle cover and container are slidingly moved
relative to one another to segregate an article, and the
dispenser is then titled to discharge the article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 454+ for similar tiltable
container trap type dispensing devices for fluent material.
Subclass:
289
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which articles to be dispensed are segregated
from a source of supply by the alternate interposition and
removal of means in the path of normal gravitational movement
of the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 476 for fluent material dispensers
having spaced, alternately seated flow controllers or
closures for a single outlet.
Subclass:
290
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices having
means for applying a force to cause nongravity movement of
the segregated articles subsequent to the segregation of such
articles from the source of supply.
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subclasses 156+ and 171+, for dispensing devices including
article orienting means and especially subclasses 171+ for
orienting by the manipulation of successive individual
articles which have been previously segregated from a source
of supply.
subclasses 224+ for article dispensing devices including
discharge assistant means and having subsequent article
manipulating means.
Subclass:
291
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Devices in
which the means for applying a force is of a type which
rotates the vertical axis of the articles through
substantially 180 deg..
Subclass:
292
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Devices in
which the means for applying a force has a back and forth
straight line motion.
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subclasses 268+ for article dispensing devices provided
with discharge assisting means of a reciprocating nature, and
see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
293
This subclass is indented under subclass 292. Devices in
which the means interposable and removable from the path of
the articles to effect segregation thereof and the means to
apply a force to subsequently move said articles are
mechanically co-related so as to have controlled movement
relative to one another.
Subclass:
294
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices having
means to receive and support segregated articles after they
have been dispensed by the releasing or separating means and
having associated therewith some means to detachably clamp or
grip such articles.
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239 for similar devices in which article segregation is
caused by discharge assisting means and see the class
definition for a discussion of the relationship of this
subclass and of Class 221 in general to the various work
modifying and work feeding classes.
Subclass:
295
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices having
a blocking means preventing the operation of the article
segregating means, such latter means in the normal
gravitational path of movement of the articles being operated
by the weight of the articles.
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subclasses 151+ for means blocking or disabling an ejector
or releaser and having a force applying means operative to
affirmatively operate said ejector or releaser, and see the
search notes thereto.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 491+ for fluent material
dispensers having outlet elements operated by the pressure
(weight) of the contents.
Subclass:
296
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices in
which the means interposable and removable from the path of
the articles is so arranged, either by the placing of
pluralities of such elements or otherwise, as to result in
the segregation of more than one article at each cycle of
operation of the device.
Subclass:
297
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices in
which there are two or more sets of removable and
interposable members, the sets being positioned at spaced
points about the periphery of the discharge path of the
articles, and acting on the same article at the same time to
control the release of the articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 221+ for article dispensers having multiple
discharge assistants which are similarly placed and actuated,
i.e., multiple, simultaneously acting and circumposed.
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312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 43 for cabinet
structures for cup shaped articles but not including a
dispensing feature.
Subclass:
298
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices having
a plurality of interposable and removable members which are
separately mounted at positions spaced along the discharge
path of the article and which have movement relative to each
other.
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222, Dispensing, subclasses 425+, especially subclass 445 for
fluent material type dispensers having stationary trap
chambers with cut-offs therefor.
Subclass:
299
This subclass is indented under subclass 289. Devices having
a plurality of alternately interposable and removable members
which are spaced along the discharge path and are immovably
connected with one another by virtue of attachment to a
common supporting element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 263+ for discharge assisting movable segregating
chambers, some of which are in the form of plural integral
transversely acting article embracing members which not only
control gravity movement of articles but also impart an
affirmative segregating force thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 451+ for fluent material type
dispensers having stationary trap chambers with rigidly
interconnected or unitary cut-offs for both the inlets and
outlets thereof.
Subclass:
300
This subclass is indented under subclass 299. Devices in
which there are at least three commonly supported,
interposable and removable members spaced along the path of
egress.
Subclass:
301
This subclass is indented under subclass 299. Devices in
which the supporting element is so mounted as to have angular
back and forth movement about the point of mounting.
Subclass:
302
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which the egress opening for the articles is
provided with means which initially block passage of article
through said opening and which must be broken, torn, or
otherwise ruptured to allow the passage of articles
therethrough.
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subclasses 31+ for article dispensers having frangible
outlets in which a separate instrumentality is included in
combination with the frangible or knockout portion, to cut,
pierce or break it.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, subclass 265 for frangible or knockout
type closures for metallic receptacles, and subclass 260 for
opening devices of the closures of metallic receptacles which
are combinations of cutting, puncturing or ripping means with
weakened or frangible portions of such receptacles.
222, Dispensing, subclass 541.1 for dispensing devices of
the fluent material type provided with frangible elements for
the outlets thereof, and subclasses 81+ for combinations of
such structures with cutters or punches to form dispensing
openings in the containers.
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclasses
200+ for severing means for opening a paperboard box.
Subclass:
303
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers comprising an egress opening of lesser extent than
the dimensions of the articles to be delivered as stored, or
having some other means whereby succeeding articles are
successively retarded or held back from escape therethrough.
(1) Note. See "General Statement Of Class Subject Matter" C
"(1) Discharge Outlet Means" subsection (1) for a discussion
of discharge outlet means as provided for in this class.
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subclasses 33+ for dispensers for flexible articles in
which the outlet openings are of lesser extent than the
articles and in which the articles are distorted as they are
separated.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclasses 566+ for fluent material
dispensers having nozzles, spouts or pouring devices.
Subclass:
304
Devices under 303 in which the dimensions of the opening or
the retarding means are selectively variable.
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44 for dispensers from which flexible articles are
concurrently distorted and separated and which are adaptable
for use with different size articles.
subclasses 241+ for article dispensers having discharge
assistants and size adjusting means, particularly subclass
241 for outlet size adjusting means.
Subclass:
305
Devices under 303 in which the dispensing unit is initially
in substantially planar knock-down form, and which is folded
to form the dispensing assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclasses
100+ for a folded blank paperboard box.
Subclass:
306
This subclass is indented under subclass 303. Devices in
which the egress opening is provided with a closure means.
(1) Note. See the class definition,Glossary for a
definition of the term "closure".
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subclasses 247+ for article dispensers having discharge
assistants and relatively movable outlet closure means.
269 for article dispensers having reciprocating discharge
assistants with integral outlet closures.
Subclass:
307
This subclass is indented under subclass 303. Devices in
which the egress opening is provided with elastic means which
tend to return to normal shape after being distorted by the
withdrawal of an article.
(1) Note. In this and the indented subclasses, "resilient"
or "elastic" is construed to include spring biased article
retaining or hold back means which means is effective on each
article successively.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243 for yieldable wall structures for emergency release of
articles being forcibly discharged, in case of jamming or
over-supply by the discharge assistant.
Subclass:
308
This subclass is indented under subclass 307. Devices
comprising a plurality of elastic means which are spaced
along the discharge path to successively engage the articles
upon withdrawal thereof.
Subclass:
309
This subclass is indented under subclass 307. Devices in
which the egress opening is relieved exposing a portion of
the article to thereby permit grasping of the article for
removal.
(1) Note. These devices are by disclosure mostly adapted
for slender, cylindrical articles, such as matches.
Subclass:
310
This subclass is indented under subclass 307. Devices in
which the elastic means comprises a multiplicity of members
supported along one edge only.
Subclass:
311
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers in which a means to conduct the dispensed articles
to a discharge point in provided with a portion near said
point which abruptly deviates from the normal direction of
the conducting means in order to dispose the last article or
articles in a more accessible location or position.
(1) Note. See "General Statement Of Class Subject Matter"
C, subsection 2 (c) and "Receptacles, Cabinets, Racks, and
other Static Structures"of the class definition for further
discussions of this subject matter, including statements as
to the lines with other classes.
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312 for article dispensers having interior article guiding
means, and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
312
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Article
dispensers not otherwise provided for.
(1) Note. For example, in this subclass are accumulated, as
originals and cross-references, interior guiding means for
directing articles to the outlet as in a thin stream, etc.
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subclasses 41+ for dispensers of the concurrent separation
and distortion type having stationary guide or abutment means
to deflect the leading edges of flexible articles as they are
moved toward or through a discharge outlet.
55 for dispensers of the concurrent separation or distortion
type having stationary guide or abutment means acting on
noncoextensive folds.
261 for article dispensers in which an ejector acts directly
on an article being separated and pushes the article against
a guide to alter the direction of travel.
280 for article dispensers in which a follower and a static
means in the path of the moving supply causes movement of the
leading article sideways of said path towards an outlet
point.
311 for article dispensers having a deflector or material
guide for partially separating articles being conducted along
a path to a discharge point.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 564 for fluent material dispensers
having interior material guides or restrictors.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000