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 Class   198CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN
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  300           CONVEYING APPARATUS ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BY MOBILE GROUND ENGAGING MEANS
  301           . (1 indent ) Condition responsive control means for vehicle or conveyor
  302           . (1 indent ) Retractable ground wheel
  303           . (1 indent ) Including three relatively movable interconnected wheel or track equipped vehicles
  304           . (1 indent ) Dirigible vehicle
  305           .. (2 indent ) Pulling winch on vehicle
  306           . (1 indent ) Ground wheel lockable in transverse or longitudinal position on vehicle
  307.1           . (1 indent ) Bucket conveyor
  308.1           . (1 indent ) Shovel or tine pushable under load
  309           . (1 indent ) Support slidable on ground
  310           . (1 indent ) Conveyor driven by motion of ground-engaging element
  311           . (1 indent ) Including gravity conveyor section or bin with driven conveyor
  312           . (1 indent ) Conveyor shiftably mounted on vehicle
  313           .. (2 indent ) Contractible or foldable conveyor section
  314           .. (2 indent ) Separate conveyors serially arranged on single vehicle
  315           .. (2 indent ) Power means for shifting conveyor
  316.1           ... (3 indent ) Fluid-actuated ram
  317           .. (2 indent ) Horizontally swingable conveyor
  318           .. (2 indent ) Vertically swingable conveyor
  319           ... (3 indent ) Means for maintaining conveyor-drive motor support in level position
  320           ... (3 indent ) Winch-operated shifting mechanism
  321           CONVEYOR OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR SPECIALIZED TO CONVEY PEOPLE
  322           . (1 indent ) With means to control the operation of the section
  323           .. (2 indent ) By means responsive to an unsafe operating characteristic of the system
  324           . (1 indent ) With means to facilitate passenger entry or exit
  325           .. (2 indent ) By support having interdigitating members (e.g., comb plate, etc.)
  326           . (1 indent ) By stairway having steps forming an endless member
  327           .. (2 indent ) Having hinged plates forming steps
  328           .. (2 indent ) Trained about vertical axis or axes
  329           .. (2 indent ) With means allowing tensioning of the endless member
  330           .. (2 indent ) With drive means
  331           ... (3 indent ) With means synchronizing the operation of the steps and a handrail
  332           .. (2 indent ) With paired track step levelers
  333           .. (2 indent ) With specified step structure
  334           . (1 indent ) By support means having a zone of varying speed
  335           . (1 indent ) Moving hand-support structure
  336           .. (2 indent ) With handrail tensioning means
  337           .. (2 indent ) Specific handrail configuration
  338           .. (2 indent ) Handrail guard
  339.1           WITH MEANS TO FACILITATE WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING CONVEYED LOAD AT A STATION
  340           . (1 indent ) Having signalling or load identifying means
  341.01           . (1 indent ) Condition responsive control of conveyor or station apparatus
  341.02           .. (2 indent ) Conveyor displacement controls station apparatus
  341.03           .. (2 indent ) Station operation responsive to presence or absence of item
  341.04           ... (3 indent ) Item size
  341.05           ... (3 indent ) Item position relative to station position
  341.06           ... (3 indent ) Quantity of items
  341.07           ... (3 indent ) Item presence
  341.08           .. (2 indent ) Conveyor responsive to station operation
  341.09           ... (3 indent ) Speed control
  343.1           . (1 indent ) Load supporting conveyor portion is retarded or stopped with load at station without being disconnected from remainder of continuously moving conveyor
  343.2           .. (2 indent ) Load supporting conveyor portion is movably secured to conveyor drive
  345.1           . (1 indent ) Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align load for working
  345.2           .. (2 indent ) Means engages conveyor to fix conveyor position relative to station
  345.3           ... (3 indent ) Means engages a conveyor portion (i.e., pallet) which is separable from the conveyor drive to fix the position of said conveyor portion
  346           . (1 indent ) Static means for supporting load or workman adjacent conveyor for operation on load
  346.1           . (1 indent ) Means to convey a palleted load back and forth between an initial location and the work station
  346.2           . (1 indent ) Means to transfer a load back and forth between the mainline conveyor and the work station
  346.3           . (1 indent ) Conveyor(s) lowers the load to at least one of a plurality of fixed work stations
  347.1           CONVEYOR SYSTEM HAVING AUXILIARY SECTION FOR STORING ITEMS MOVING BETWEEN SOURCE AND DESTINATION
  347.2           . (1 indent ) Auxiliary section has the same entrance and exit
  347.3           .. (2 indent ) Auxiliary section has a reversibly driven conveyor for bidirectional article movement
  347.4           . (1 indent ) Plural laterally spaced, same direction auxiliary paths
  348           CONVEYOR ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTING AMONG PLURAL SOURCES OR DESTINATIONS
  357           . (1 indent ) Condition responsive control means to prevent collision on merging conveyors
  358           . (1 indent ) Condition responsive control means including sensing condition of source or destination
  349           . (1 indent ) With selection responsive to means containing or introducing changeable operating instructions
  349.1           .. (2 indent ) By synchronously moving signal carrier distinct from conveyor
  349.2           ... (3 indent ) Moving at different velocity than conveyor
  349.3           .... (4 indent ) Rotary signal carrier
  349.4           .... (5 indent ) Magnetic means on rotary carrier stores code
  349.5           .. (2 indent ) Using central memory to store code until article is discharged
  349.6           ... (3 indent ) Memory stores plural sources or destinations
  349.7           .... (4 indent ) Inventory also in memory
  349.8           .... (4 indent ) Material detector indexes code
  349.9           .... (5 indent ) Plural, longitudinally spaced, material detectors index code
  349.95           .... (4 indent ) Conveyor detector indexes code
  350           .. (2 indent ) By magnetic means
  351           .. (2 indent ) By selectively positioned abutment means
  352           ... (3 indent ) Having plural abutments arranged in a specific pattern
  353           ... (3 indent ) Having support means slidably mounting abutment means
  354           ... (3 indent ) Having an abutment support containing a plurality of abutment receiving means
  355           .. (2 indent ) By repositionable contact or switch actuator
  359           . (1 indent ) With gravity-conveying means
  360           .. (2 indent ) By movably mounted, load-supporting, gravity section
  361           ... (3 indent ) By repositionable idler roll or rollway
  363           . (1 indent ) By proportioning the feed from multiple sources
  364           . (1 indent ) By moving a load directing means along the length of the section
  890           . (1 indent ) Plural laterally spaced locations fed to or received from a conveyor having laterally movable article supports or pushers
  890.1           .. (2 indent ) Laterally moving article supports
  367           . (1 indent ) By passive material-diverting means placed across the flow path
  367.1           .. (2 indent ) Material diverted by plural, successive gates
  367.2           .. (2 indent ) Plural, manually manipulated gate actuators
  368           . (1 indent ) By a selectively movable stop means
  369.1           . (1 indent ) One of a plurality of main line conveyors selectively moves to connect with a spaced path
  369.2           .. (2 indent ) Endless conveyor or portion thereof pivots about a horizontal axis perpendicular to path
  369.3           .. (2 indent ) Endless conveyor or portion thereof pivots about an axis parallel to path
  369.4           .. (2 indent ) Roller pivots about a vertical axis
  369.5           .. (2 indent ) Endless conveyor or portion thereof pivots about a vertical axis
  369.6           .. (2 indent ) Rollers shift the load vertically to a different plane
  369.7           .. (2 indent ) Conveyor slides to provide an opening in main path
  370.01           . (1 indent ) By loading or unloading section at selected one of a plurality of pre-established locations along the length thereof
  370.02           .. (2 indent ) Conveyor has independent lateral pushers
  370.03           .. (2 indent ) Conveyor has independently movable load supporting portions
  370.04           ... (3 indent ) Supporting portions tilt about an axis parallel to path of travel
  370.05           ... (3 indent ) Supporting portions tilt vertically about an axis perpendicular to path of travel
  370.06           ... (3 indent ) Supporting portions are laterally extending belts
  370.07           .. (2 indent ) By separate reciprocating or oscillating pusher
  370.08           .. (2 indent ) By separate endless or rotary pusher
  370.09           .. (2 indent ) By separate supporting rollers
  370.1           .. (2 indent ) By separate endless or rotary supporting conveyor
  370.11           .. (2 indent ) By separate fluid jet
  370.12           .. (2 indent ) By selective application of suction
  370.13           .. (2 indent ) By selective application of magnetic field
  371.1           .. (2 indent ) By reversibly driving the main line section
  371.2           ... (3 indent ) Endless belt or chain
  371.3           ... (3 indent ) Rollers
  373           CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION
  374           . (1 indent ) By optionally facing successive items according to a predetermined recurring cycle
  375           . (1 indent ) By actuating item-holder relative to holder-carrying conveyor
  376           .. (2 indent ) With holder-actuating means responsive to item-sensing means
  377.01           .. (2 indent ) Holder carried by orbiting conveyor
  377.02           ... (3 indent ) Holder rotates item about axis spaced from the item
  377.03           .... (4 indent ) Holder having load gripping element
  377.04           .... (5 indent ) Holder having vacuum or air blast element
  377.05           .... (5 indent ) Holder having magnetic or electrostatic element
  377.06           .... (4 indent ) Holder rotation stops at predetermined position
  377.07           ... (3 indent ) Holder having load gripping element
  377.08           .... (4 indent ) Holder having vacuum or air blast element
  377.09           .... (4 indent ) Holder having magnetic or electrostatic element
  377.1           ... (3 indent ) Holder rotation stops at predetermined position
  378           ... (3 indent ) Holder or conveyor moves intermittently (e.g., for "indexing" load)
  379           . (1 indent ) By gripping item and turning item about fixed axis
  380           . (1 indent ) With pressurized fluid causing change in attitude
  381           . (1 indent ) With magnetism causing change in attitude
  382           . (1 indent ) By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing
  383           .. (2 indent ) Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item
  384           ... (3 indent ) Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket
  385           .... (4 indent ) By roller/finder to move item and/or fit surface indentation on item
  386           .... (5 indent ) Roller/finder rotating about plural axes
  387           .... (4 indent ) Pockets comprise grooved, transversely disposed rollers
  388           ... (3 indent ) Including protruding portion of conveyor entering end of slotted or hollow item
  389           ... (3 indent ) For shaped item suspended in or by shaped passageway
  390           ... (3 indent ) For shaped item fitting outline of shaped passageway
  391           ... (3 indent ) Via vibrating bowl having shaped passageway
  392           ... (3 indent ) Via rotating means having shaped passageway or exit
  393           ... (3 indent ) Including orbiting progression of item-fitting elements passing through supply of scrambled items
  394           .. (2 indent ) By conveying an item that has a position characteristic and rotating the item until it is positioned
  395           .. (2 indent ) With control means actuated in response to sensing of improperly faced item
  396           .. (2 indent ) Including separating item from scrambled supply hopper
  397.01           ... (3 indent ) By orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets passing through supply
  397.02           .... (4 indent ) Rotary pocketed conveyor
  397.03           .... (5 indent ) Horizontal axis of rotation
  397.04           ..... (6 indent ) Item oriented while on rotary conveyor
  397.05           .... (5 indent ) Item oriented while on rotary conveyor
  397.06           .... (4 indent ) Item oriented while on endless conveyor
  398           .. (2 indent ) By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and conveying uniformly faced items
  399           ... (3 indent ) By turning only improperly faced items to uniform facing
  400           ... (3 indent ) By partially turning all items to uniform facing and direction
  401           . (1 indent ) With control means for attitude-changer responsive to sensing of item
  402           . (1 indent ) For inverting successive items
  403           .. (2 indent ) By means driven for inverting conveyed items
  404           ... (3 indent ) Orbiting conveyor-inverter means
  405           .... (4 indent ) Twisted-belt conveyor means
  406           . (1 indent ) For changing both the elevation and the posture of successive items
  407           .. (2 indent ) By plural, sequentially acting conveyors
  408           .. (2 indent ) By an orbitally moving conveyor
  409           .. (2 indent ) By an oscillating or reciprocating conveyor
  410           . (1 indent ) By plural distinct occurrences of turning each successive item
  411           . (1 indent ) By conveyor and means driven for turning successive conveyed items
  412           .. (2 indent ) By means between successive conveyor sections or conveyor elements
  413           ... (3 indent ) By means which interdigitate with conveyor sections or elements
  414           .... (4 indent ) By turntable which lifts, turns and lowers item(s)
  415           .. (2 indent ) By plural, unequal-speed members simultaneously contacting and conveying items
  416           . (1 indent ) By member adjacent conveyor for contacting successive conveyed items
  417           .. (2 indent ) Longitudinally twisted item-bounding passageway
  418           CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING AND MOVING A GROUP OF ITEMS
  418.1           . (1 indent ) Having items discharged from plural distinct outlets into group
  418.2           .. (2 indent ) With outlets longitudinally spaced along path of progressively formed group
  418.3           ... (3 indent ) Superposes items within group
  418.4           .. (2 indent ) With vertically aligned outlets discharging in the same direction and superposing items
  418.5           . (1 indent ) Having plural successive groups discharged by single conveyor into larger group
  418.6           . (1 indent ) Having conveyor drop grouped items simultaneously onto another conveyor
  418.7           . (1 indent ) Subdivides continuous item stream into longitudinally spaced groups
  418.8           .. (2 indent ) By offsetting first or last article
  418.9           .. (2 indent ) And imbricates items within group
  419.1           .. (2 indent ) By item engaging stop means
  419.2           .. (2 indent ) By different speed conveyors
  419.3           ... (3 indent ) With spaced dividers on conveyor limiting group size
  426           . (1 indent ) By shifting group of items simultaneously from stream conveyor to form a group
  427           .. (2 indent ) And distributing items of group into plural streams
  428           .. (2 indent ) By air blast or suction
  429           .. (2 indent ) By reciprocating shifter
  430           ... (3 indent ) Having oblique or orbital movement
  431           . (1 indent ) By depositing items successively from one conveyor onto group conveyor
  432           . (1 indent ) By shifting group from row conveyor onto row conveyor
  433           . (1 indent ) By shifting group from row conveyor onto stream conveyor
  434           CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING OR REARRANGING STREAM(S) OF ITEMS
  435           . (1 indent ) By distributing items onto vertically tiered conveyor/receiver
  436           . (1 indent ) By distributing items from one stream into plural streams
  437           .. (2 indent ) With control means responsive to sensing means
  438           .. (2 indent ) By air blast or suction diverter
  439           .. (2 indent ) By magnetic diverter
  440           .. (2 indent ) By orbiting progression of item engaging elements
  441           ... (3 indent ) On rotating carrier (e.g., star wheel, etc.)
  442           .. (2 indent ) By interposing a guide into path of stream
  443           . (1 indent ) By queueing items from quantity source of items into stream(s) of items
  444           .. (2 indent ) With control means responsive to sensing means
  445           .. (2 indent ) Forming plural streams
  446           ... (3 indent ) By jiggling items into streams
  447           ... (3 indent ) And merging plural streams into one stream
  448           .. (2 indent ) Merging plural streams (i.e., source) into one stream
  449           ... (3 indent ) By synchronized orbiting progression of item-engaging elements
  450           .... (4 indent ) On rotating carrier (e.g., star wheel, etc.)
  451           ... (3 indent ) By synchronized gate(s) in paths of plural streams
  452           ... (3 indent ) By guide means in paths of streams
  453           .. (2 indent ) Via throat for restricting flow of massed items
  454           ... (3 indent ) With supplementary moving surfaces that form throat
  455           .... (4 indent ) Including retro-moving surface
  456           . (1 indent ) By laterally or vertically moving successive items in longitudinally moving stream
  457.01           .. (2 indent ) To change direction of longitudinally moving stream
  457.02           ... (3 indent ) Item supporting rollers cause direction change
  457.03           ... (3 indent ) Item supporting endless belt causes direction change
  457.04           ... (3 indent ) Item supporting screw causes direction change
  457.05           ... (3 indent ) Fixed guide causes direction change
  457.06           ... (3 indent ) Nonsupporting endless belt causes direction change
  457.07           ... (3 indent ) Nonsupporting rotary member causes direction change
  458           .. (2 indent ) To respace plural streams laterally
  459.1           . (1 indent ) By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream
  459.2           .. (2 indent ) Rotating star wheel
  459.3           .. (2 indent ) Rotating screw
  459.4           ... (3 indent ) Varying pitch
  459.5           .. (2 indent ) Fixed obstruction and means for moving articles over or around the obstruction
  459.6           .. (2 indent ) Movable gate
  459.7           ... (3 indent ) Plural
  459.8           .. (2 indent ) Endless or rotary conveyor having zone of varying speed
  460.1           .. (2 indent ) With space-control means responsive to article sensing means
  460.2           ... (3 indent ) Variable conveying length conveyor
  460.3           ... (3 indent ) To crowd or imbricate
  461.1           .. (2 indent ) By successive conveyors having dissimilar speeds
  461.2           ... (3 indent ) Conveyors having increased speeds only
  461.3           .... (4 indent ) Belt or chain conveyors only
  462.1           ... (3 indent ) To crowd or imbricate articles
  462.2           .... (4 indent ) Articles imbricated
  462.3           .... (4 indent ) Crowding by endless belts or chain conveyors only
  463.1           CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR MOVING A SPECIFIC LOAD AS A SEPARATE UNIT
  463.2           . (1 indent ) System includes a linear conveyor or portion thereof which bodily shifts transversely to move a load in synchronization with a transverse, continously operating conveyor section
  463.3           . (1 indent ) System includes linear conveyor or portion thereof which shifts to lift or lower load before or after linearly conveying load relative to adjacent conveyor section
  463.4           . (1 indent ) System includes gate means
  463.5           .. (2 indent ) Load obstructing gate and means for lifting load over the obstruction
  463.6           .. (2 indent ) Plural successively operated gate means
  464.1           . (1 indent ) System includes control means responsive to sensing means
  464.2           .. (2 indent ) Responsive to load presence or absence
  464.3           ... (3 indent ) Responsive to condition of at least one conveyor
  464.4           .. (2 indent ) Responsive to undesired condition of load
  465.1           . (1 indent ) System includes a load supported by a conveyor portion which is separable from the conveyor drive
  465.2           .. (2 indent ) Wherein the conveyor portion moves in a closed path in the horizontal plane only
  465.3           .. (2 indent ) Wherein the conveyor portion is supported and driven adjacent its opposite sides by horizontally spaced drives
  465.4           .. (2 indent ) Wherein the conveyor portion supports the load below the drive
  466.1           . (1 indent ) System includes a T-shaped or headed load suspended between parallel conveyors directly
  467.1           . (1 indent ) System includes a rotating screw
  468.01           . (1 indent ) System includes an oscillating or reciprocating load engaging element
  468.2           .. (2 indent ) Comprising load gripping elements
  468.3           ... (3 indent ) Gripping elements movable relative to one another to space articles in the load
  468.4           ... (3 indent ) Suction gripping elements
  468.5           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic or electrostatic gripping elements
  468.6           .. (2 indent ) Engaging element moves load vertically and horizontally
  468.7           ... (3 indent ) Element pushes load over nonlinear support
  468.8           .. (2 indent ) Engaging element moves load vertically only
  468.9           .. (2 indent ) Engaging element moves load horizontally in a straight line
  468.1           ... (3 indent ) Element pushes load over separate support and has nonlinear path of travel
  468.11           ... (3 indent ) Element pushes load over separate support and has linear path of travel
  469.1           . (1 indent ) System includes a rotating or endless carrier with a load engaging element
  470.1           .. (2 indent ) Comprising a load gripping element
  471.1           ... (3 indent ) Suction gripping element
  472.1           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic or electrostatic gripping element
  473.1           .. (2 indent ) Nongripping elements are adjustable or replaceable for different sized loads
  474.1           .. (2 indent ) With means to move load engaging elements relative to carrier
  475.1           ... (3 indent ) Whereby the load engaging component moves relative to the carrier to maintain load in a desired position during travel along a curved path
  476.1           ... (3 indent ) Element is shifted to discharge or receive a load
  477.1           .... (4 indent ) Element is only shifted with the load during discharge
  478.1           .. (2 indent ) Carrier rotates about a fixed axis
  479.1           ... (3 indent ) Elements push the load over a separate support
  480.1           .... (4 indent ) With a load retaining guard means
  481.1           ... (3 indent ) With load retaining guard means
  482.1           .. (2 indent ) Means mounted on the engaging element to forceably eject the load from the element
  483.1           .. (2 indent ) Means movably mounted inside the path of the element to eject the load
  484.1           .. (2 indent ) Elements comprise a nongripping pair of members which self-open as they pass through a curved path
  485.1           .. (2 indent ) Nongripping elements support the load below the endless carrier
  486.1           ... (3 indent ) Elements are hooks
  487.1           .. (2 indent ) Nongripping elements are laterally projecting pins which engage the interior of a hollow load
  493           CONVEYOR HAVING IMPINGING FLUID TO FEED, SHIFT OR DISCHARGE LOAD; OR MEANS TO FACILITATE CLEANING OF CONVEYOR; OR STERILIZING OR LUBRICATING MEANS
  494           . (1 indent ) Having cleaning means
  495           .. (2 indent ) By fluid applying means
  496           .. (2 indent ) By conveyor contacting brush
  497           .. (2 indent ) By conveyor contacting scraper
  498           ... (3 indent ) Having a moving scraper
  499           ... (3 indent ) With scraper biasing means
  500           . (1 indent ) Having lubricating means
  501           .. (2 indent ) For rollers forming belt troughing structure
  502.1           WITH ALARM OR INDICATOR
  502.2           . (1 indent ) Means for measuring dimensions (height, width, or length) of load on a conveyor
  502.3           . (1 indent ) Means for indicating position of unit load
  502.4           . (1 indent ) Means responsive to conveyor movement to indicate speed or to actuate alarm due to abnormal speed
  506           CONVEYOR HAVING MEANS SPECIALIZED FOR COLLECTING A LOAD FROM A STATIC SUPPORT (E.G., THE GROUND, ETC.)
  507           . (1 indent ) Having control means responsive to load condition or unsafe operating condition
  508           . (1 indent ) Having means to form a pile on a static support
  509           . (1 indent ) Having buckets specialized to gather load batches
  510.1           . (1 indent ) Power-driven feed means
  511           .. (2 indent ) Having vertically adjustable feeding means
  512           .. (2 indent ) Paired feeding means
  513           ... (3 indent ) Opposite hand screws
  514           ... (3 indent ) Opposed load engaging pushers
  515           .... (4 indent ) Orbiting progressions of pusher elements
  516           .... (5 indent ) Mounted on endless carriers
  517           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating pusher feeding means
  518           .. (2 indent ) Rotating feeding means
  519           . (1 indent ) Having means mounting conveyor for pile surface attack
  520           . (1 indent ) Self-gathering pusher
  521           . (1 indent ) By vibratory trough entrance means
  522           . (1 indent ) Having passive material collecting means
  523           CONVEYOR SYSTEM HAVING A GRAVITY CONVEYOR SECTION
  524           . (1 indent ) Condition responsive
  525           . (1 indent ) With means to affect flow
  526           .. (2 indent ) Moving flow control means coordinated with power-driven conveyor section
  527           ... (3 indent ) Successive power-driven conveyor sections
  528           .. (2 indent ) Power-driven conveyor section operatively engages adjustable gravity section
  529           .. (2 indent ) Conveying element of power-driven conveyor section manipulated to effect load discharge
  530           .. (2 indent ) Gate
  531           ... (3 indent ) Actuated by, or otherwise coordinated with, power-driven conveyor section
  532           ... (3 indent ) In generally vertical exit path of gravity discharge material holder
  533           .. (2 indent ) By agitating, stirring, vibrating, etc.
  534           .. (2 indent ) By retarding velocity or reducing volume
  535           .. (2 indent ) Adjustably mounted conveyor section
  536           ... (3 indent ) Section is terminal one of system
  537           . (1 indent ) With means to handle portion of load which becomes separated from main flow path
  538           . (1 indent ) Conveyor section(s) adjustable for nonoperative purpose (e.g., storage, transport, etc.)
  539           . (1 indent ) Including a load-supporting bridging element (e.g., horizontal surface) between conveyor sections
  540           . (1 indent ) Gravity discharge material holder is source of supply, discharging by gravity to power-driven section
  541           .. (2 indent ) With at least one more gravity section therebetween
  542           ... (3 indent ) And having plural, successive power-driven sections
  543           .. (2 indent ) With at least one more successive power-driven section
  544           ... (3 indent ) Of the apron belt type
  545           ... (3 indent ) Of the screw type
  546           .. (2 indent ) Followed by at least one gravity section
  547           .. (2 indent ) Apron belt type of discharge-receiving, power-driven section
  548           .. (2 indent ) Screw type of discharge-receiving, power-driven section
  549           .. (2 indent ) Bucket type of discharge-receiving, power-driven section
  550.01           . (1 indent ) Bin having a power-driven conveyor section for discharging or feeding discharge to a gravity or power-driven section
  550.2           .. (2 indent ) Having adjustable bin or discharge means
  550.3           .. (2 indent ) Excess material on power-driven discharge means returned to bin
  550.4           .. (2 indent ) Power-driven discharge means feeds to a subsequent gravity section
  550.5           .. (2 indent ) Power-driven discharge means feeds to a subsequent power-driven section
  550.6           ... (3 indent ) Of the screw type
  550.7           ... (3 indent ) Of the bucket type
  550.8           ... (3 indent ) Of the scraper type
  550.9           ... (3 indent ) Of the apron type
  550.1           .. (2 indent ) Screw type power-driven discharge means
  550.11           .. (2 indent ) Bucket type power-driven discharge means
  550.12           .. (2 indent ) Scraper type power-driven discharge means
  550.13           .. (2 indent ) Apron type power-driven discharge means
  560           . (1 indent ) Power-driven conveyor section feeding to gravity section (i.e., gravity discharge material holder, or gravity flow path) feeding in turn to another power-driven section
  561           .. (2 indent ) Gravity conveyor section fed by one run of power-driven section, and feeding in turn to another run of the same section
  562           . (1 indent ) Gravity conveyor section is gravity flow path feeding to power-driven section
  563           .. (2 indent ) Followed by gravity section (i.e., gravity discharge material holder, or gravity flow path)
  564           .. (2 indent ) Thrower type power-driven section
  565           .. (2 indent ) Plural gravity sections
  566           .. (2 indent ) Plural power-driven sections
  567           ... (3 indent ) Serially arranged
  568           . (1 indent ) Plural power-driven conveyor sections feeding to gravity section (i.e., gravity discharge material holder, or gravity flow path)
  569           . (1 indent ) Power-driven conveyor section feeding to plural gravity sections (i.e., gravity discharge material holder, or gravity flow path)
  570           CONVEYING SYSTEM HAVING PLURAL POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYING SECTIONS
  571           . (1 indent ) With condition responsive control of a section
  572           .. (2 indent ) By means responsive to presence or condition of load
  573           ... (3 indent ) By overload sensing
  574           . (1 indent ) Conveyor carried by load-engaging conveyor
  575           . (1 indent ) With means controlling the interrelated operation of plural sections
  576           . (1 indent ) With means operating successive sections in timed relation
  577           . (1 indent ) With means for altering the speed (e.g., accelerating, decelerating, stopping, reversing, etc.) of a section
  578           . (1 indent ) Having a cyclically swingable section
  579           . (1 indent ) With means operating successive sections at different speeds
  580           . (1 indent ) Recycling load in a closed path
  581           . (1 indent ) With means allowing a section to fold upon itself
  582           . (1 indent ) With supply chamber for system
  583           . (1 indent ) With means connecting sections for quick assembly of disassembly
  584           .. (2 indent ) By means allowing relative movement of joined sections
  585           . (1 indent ) Including tripper
  586           . (1 indent ) With relatively adjustable sections
  587           .. (2 indent ) By means mounting a section for lateral swinging movement
  588           ... (3 indent ) With means to vary the effective length of the system (e.g., telescoping sections
  589           ... (3 indent ) With means mounting a section to swing about a generally horizontal axis
  590           ... (3 indent ) With yieldable side walls
  591           ... (3 indent ) With a curved guide or support
  592           .. (2 indent ) By means mounting a section to swing about a generally horizontal axis
  593           ... (3 indent ) With flexible means and winding drum
  594           .. (2 indent ) By means to vary the effective length of the system
  595           ... (3 indent ) By nested trough sections
  596           .... (4 indent ) With opposed gripper means
  597           . (1 indent ) Including power-driven means for laterally shifting a conveyor-engaged load
  598           .. (2 indent ) By a revolving or pivotal member
  599           . (1 indent ) Including non-driven means for moving load relative to conveyor
  600           . (1 indent ) Including rest for transient load
  601           . (1 indent ) Forming plural conveying paths feeding to single conveying path or vice versa
  602           . (1 indent ) Forming a single conveying path
  603           .. (2 indent ) Superposed sections forming an ascending or descending zigzag conveying path
  604           .. (2 indent ) Load simultaneously engaged between and moved by coacting conveyors
  605           ... (3 indent ) With load transfer between coacting conveyors
  606           .. (2 indent ) Plural sections each formed of or including a closed flexible loop
  607           ... (3 indent ) With elevating or lowering section
  608           .. (2 indent ) Plural rotating sections
  609           .. (2 indent ) Plural vibratory sections
  610           .. (2 indent ) Diverse sections
  611           ... (3 indent ) Having a rotating section
  612           .... (4 indent ) With load engaging element carried by the rotating section
  613           .... (5 indent ) Element retractable to disengage from load
  614           .... (4 indent ) And a reciprocating section
  615           CONVERTIBLE
  617           PROCESSES
  618           CONVEYOR SECTION
  619           . (1 indent ) Load propelled as the reactive means in a linear motor or moving magnetic field
  620           . (1 indent ) Load simultaneously engaged between and moved by a plurality of driven conveyor members
  621.1           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating member
  621.2           ... (3 indent ) Load support member lifted by inclined or vertical supporting fluid actuator (e.g., piston or air bag)
  621.3           ... (3 indent ) Load support member lifted by supporting eccentric cam or rotating crank drive
  621.4           ... (3 indent ) Load support member lifted by inclined supporting surface
  622           .. (2 indent ) Oppositely moving members (e.g., doffing, etc.)
  623           .. (2 indent ) Wherein the velocities of at least two of the members are not equal
  624           .. (2 indent ) Rotary members
  625           ... (3 indent ) Screw type
  626.1           .. (2 indent ) Opposed endless belts
  626.2           ... (3 indent ) Load is enclosed by belts
  626.3           .... (4 indent ) Having means to adjust one belt relative to the opposed belt
  626.4           .... (5 indent ) By biasing means
  626.5           ... (3 indent ) Having adjustable belt portion
  626.6           .... (4 indent ) By biasing means
  629           . (1 indent ) Diverse
  630           . (1 indent ) Moving wave type
  631.1           . (1 indent ) Conveyor portion only cyclically rotates, shifts, or oscillates for extra-conveying function
  632           . (1 indent ) Conveyor section folds to facilitate transportation or storage of section
  633           . (1 indent ) Movement of load changed relative to conveyor movement on contact of load with passive means
  634           .. (2 indent ) Load responsive means or timing means controls load engaging means
  635           .. (2 indent ) Stripper (e.g., static scraper)
  636           .. (2 indent ) Passive means causes load to move laterally of conveyor
  637           ... (3 indent ) To discharge load from conveyor
  638           . (1 indent ) Thrower
  639           .. (2 indent ) Condition responsive control
  640           .. (2 indent ) With guide or deflector for material thrown
  641           .. (2 indent ) Adjustable means to control trajectory distance or direction
  642           .. (2 indent ) Rotary
  643           . (1 indent ) Endless belt strand or chain-like member to lift viscous fluid
  644           . (1 indent ) Conveyor for signatures
  657           . (1 indent ) Screw
  658           .. (2 indent ) Including rotating load confining means (e.g., tumbler)
  659           .. (2 indent ) Including a deformable element
  660           .. (2 indent ) Including an axially adjustable helical surface formation
  661           .. (2 indent ) Having axially varying capacity
  662           .. (2 indent ) Plural helical surface formations
  663           ... (3 indent ) Separate, parallel formations supporting same load
  664           ... (3 indent ) Transversing less than 360 degrees
  665           .... (4 indent ) And reversible
  666           ... (3 indent ) Coupled end-to-end
  667           .... (4 indent ) With intermediate drive
  668           .... (4 indent ) Pivotably
  669           ... (3 indent ) Of opposite hand
  670           .. (2 indent ) With means for controlling flow or to assist conveying
  671           .. (2 indent ) With means to assist in discharging from or feeding to the housing of the helical surface information
  672           .. (2 indent ) Including bearing means
  673           ... (3 indent ) Bearing means directly engages periphery of the helical surface formation
  674           .. (2 indent ) Including drive means
  675           ... (3 indent ) Having reversible or variable speed
  676           .. (2 indent ) Helical surface formation structure
  677           .. (2 indent ) With means for securing helical surface formation to driving member
  678.1           . (1 indent ) Endless conveyor having means for suspending load
  679           .. (2 indent ) Magnetic means
  680           .. (2 indent ) Means engagable with hanger to change hanger position relative to drive means or to release load
  681           .. (2 indent ) Load directly suspended from means spanning between parallel drive means
  682           .. (2 indent ) Having lock connection between hanger and load engaging means
  683           .. (2 indent ) Articulated drive means provided with non-load supporting guide means
  684           .. (2 indent ) Having means interengaging articulated drive and drive means therefor
  685           .. (2 indent ) Elongated drive means and hanger interengaging means
  686           ... (3 indent ) Strand or cable drive means connected to hanger below hanger support means
  687           ... (3 indent ) Chain or pivotally connected members drive means connected to hanger below hanger support means
  687.1           .. (2 indent ) Separable conveyor portion
  688.1           . (1 indent ) Having means to enhance the friction or adherence between the conveyor and load at random locations on conveyor
  689.1           .. (2 indent ) Suction
  690.1           .. (2 indent ) Magnetic
  690.2           .. (2 indent ) Transversely extending enlongated ridge means formed on or attached by nonmechanical means to the conveyor
  691           .. (2 indent ) Electrostatic
  692           .. (2 indent ) Impaling
  693           ... (3 indent ) Having impaled load removal assisting means
  697           .. (2 indent ) Load-engaging belt having separate load-impelling, projecting member swingably mounted thereon
  698           .. (2 indent ) Load-engaging belt having load-impelling, projecting cross members (e.g., slat, etc.) joined thereto by mechanical fastening means
  699           ... (3 indent ) Belt formed of a continuous member of flexible sheet-type material (e.g., canvas, etc.)
  699.1           .. (2 indent ) By a plurality of laterally spaced, projecting members on the conveyor
  700           . (1 indent ) Single suspended loop
  701           . (1 indent ) Bucket
  702           .. (2 indent ) To convey liquid
  703           .. (2 indent ) Having means to facilitate loading or discharging load from bucket
  704           ... (3 indent ) Bucket has door means to release load
  705           ... (3 indent ) Having means to engage and move load from bucket
  706           ... (3 indent ) Having means to pivot bucket relative to endless drive means
  707           .. (2 indent ) Interconnected buckets form chain
  708           .. (2 indent ) Having means to close gap between buckets
  709           .. (2 indent ) Having means to adjust tension on endless bucket carrier
  710           .. (2 indent ) Slide and guide or wheel and track means to movably support bucket
  711           .. (2 indent ) Bucket with connection to endless band or strand-type carrier
  712           .. (2 indent ) Bucket with connection to endless chain or link-type carrier
  713           .. (2 indent ) Bucket structure
  714           ... (3 indent ) Composite
  715           . (1 indent ) Flexible pocket
  716           . (1 indent ) Flight means in conduit for lifting flowable solid material
  717           . (1 indent ) Pusher conveyor and separate load support surface
  718           .. (2 indent ) Condition responsive control
  719           .. (2 indent ) Having means to prevent damage to conveyor
  720           .. (2 indent ) Having means to recycle conveyed load
  721           .. (2 indent ) With antifriction or movable supporting surface
  722           .. (2 indent ) Rotating pusher
  723           ... (3 indent ) To move load in an arcuate path
  724           .... (4 indent ) Wherein path is helical
  725           .. (2 indent ) Endless-orbiting pusher or its load support
  726           ... (3 indent ) Coacting plural pushers in plural orbits
  727           ... (3 indent ) Pusher edge configured to load-support surface
  728           ... (3 indent ) Pusher connected to endless pusher-carrier
  729           .... (4 indent ) With carrier drive or guide means configured to pusher
  730           .... (4 indent ) Integral element forming pusher, connection and carried link
  731           .... (4 indent ) By detachable or adjustable connection
  732           .... (4 indent ) By pivot between pusher and carrier
  733           .... (4 indent ) By connection to single carrier
  734           ... (3 indent ) Pusher-surface configuration
  735.1           ... (3 indent ) Load support, casing, shield or auxiliary attachment
  735.2           .... (4 indent ) Modules connectable end to end with no relative movement
  735.3           .... (4 indent ) Door, casing, cover, or load supporting surface
  735.4           .... (5 indent ) Casing or load supporting floor with door
  735.5           .... (5 indent ) Removable cover overlying the conveyor
  735.6           .... (4 indent ) Modules connected end to end permitting relative angular positioning (e.g., due to uneven ground)
  736           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating pusher
  737           ... (3 indent ) Plural laterally spaced alternately acting
  738           ... (3 indent ) Mounted on a carrier
  739           .... (4 indent ) Carrier has a swinging path of movement
  740           .... (4 indent ) Carrier has an orbital path of movement
  741           .... (4 indent ) Plural pushers
  742           .... (5 indent ) Oscillating about axis or axes
  743           ..... (6 indent ) Axis or axes transverse to path of travel
  744           ...... (7 indent ) Axis or axes below load support surface
  745           ..... (6 indent ) Axis or axes perpendicular to load support surface
  746           .... (4 indent ) Pivotally mounted pusher
  747           ... (3 indent ) Pusher having linear path of movement
  748           .... (4 indent ) Moved by endless actuator
  749           ... (3 indent ) Pusher configuration
  750.1           . (1 indent ) Reciprocating conveying surface
  750.11           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating gripper
  750.12           ... (3 indent ) Suction gripper
  750.13           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic or electrostatic gripper
  750.14           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating surface carries load horizontally and vertically for one cycle only
  750.2           .. (2 indent ) Surface formed by plural parallel elongated sections reciprocating horizontally
  750.3           ... (3 indent ) Seals
  750.4           ... (3 indent ) With specified bearing
  750.5           ... (3 indent ) Piston drive
  750.6           .... (4 indent ) Detachable drive
  750.7           .. (2 indent ) Piston drive
  750.8           .. (2 indent ) Eccentric cam or rotating crank drive
  751           .. (2 indent ) With control means responsive to sensor means
  752.1           .. (2 indent ) Vibratory conveying member
  753           ... (3 indent ) Selectively operated to reverse direction of movement
  754           ... (3 indent ) With flexible-belt extension
  755           ... (3 indent ) With retrograde-movement preventer
  756           ... (3 indent ) Having helical path
  757           .... (4 indent ) Confined within a bowl
  758           ... (3 indent ) Coupled parts from single vibratory trough
  759           ... (3 indent ) Conveying member having support or drive
  760           .... (4 indent ) With damper for conveying member or support
  761           .... (4 indent ) With means to control load speed
  762           .... (5 indent ) By control of motor speed
  763           .... (4 indent ) Support for conveying member
  764           .... (5 indent ) Pivotal link support
  765           .... (5 indent ) Rolling contact support
  766           .... (5 indent ) With drive causing conveying member vibration
  767           ..... (6 indent ) With damper for drive
  768           ..... (6 indent ) By fluid means
  769           ..... (6 indent ) By electromagnetic means
  770           ..... (6 indent ) By unbalanced weights
  771           ... (3 indent ) Conveying member configuration
  772           .. (2 indent ) With retrograde movement preventer
  773           .. (2 indent ) Including set of alternately-acting load-support members
  774.1           ... (3 indent ) Longitudinally extending interdigitated sets (lifted by oscillating arms, etc.)
  775           .... (4 indent ) Each set movable
  776           .... (5 indent ) Sets move through a closed-loop path
  774.2           .... (4 indent ) Load support member lifted by inclined supporting fluid actuators
  774.3           .... (4 indent ) Load support members lifted by supporting, eccentric cam or rotating crank drive
  774.4           .... (4 indent ) Load support members lifted by inclined supporting surface
  777           ... (3 indent ) Including transverse pivoted sets of alternately acting load-support members
  778           . (1 indent ) Spiral
  779           . (1 indent ) Load-supporting rolls moved about endless path
  780           . (1 indent ) Live roll
  781.01           .. (2 indent ) Live roll drive engages, disengages, or slips responsive to load position or blockage
  781.02           ... (3 indent ) Friction drive slips or disengages
  781.03           .... (4 indent ) Belt drive
  781.04           .... (4 indent ) Friction wheel drive
  781.05           ... (3 indent ) Live roll is driven by load sensor (e.g., trigger roller)
  781.06           .... (4 indent ) Sensor and drive interconnected by fluid or electric means
  781.07           .... (4 indent ) Positive gear drive
  781.08           .... (4 indent ) Friction wheel drive
  781.09           .... (4 indent ) Flat belt drive
  781.1           .... (4 indent ) O-Ring drive
  781.11           .... (4 indent ) Chain drive
  782           .. (2 indent ) Having means to adjust position of roll relative to load (i.e., vertically, horizontally, angularly, etc.)
  783           .. (2 indent ) Having intermittent, periodic, timed or programmed drive for rolls
  784           .. (2 indent ) Arranged or having means to change load speed
  785           .. (2 indent ) Roll (s) center load on conveyor
  786           .. (2 indent ) Load moves axially of roll
  787           .. (2 indent ) Rolls causes load to travel curved path
  788           .. (2 indent ) With motor means for roll
  789           .. (2 indent ) Roll drive means
  790           ... (3 indent ) Belt drive
  791           ... (3 indent ) Gear drive
  792           . (1 indent ) Conveyor having a zone of varying speed
  793           . (1 indent ) Unit load conveying surface means moved about an endless or rotating path
  794           .. (2 indent ) With manual, position or condition responsive drive control
  797           .. (2 indent ) Unit load conveying means maintained in uniform orientation while transiting from one direction to another
  798           ... (3 indent ) By coacting with guide only while transiting from one direction to another
  799           ... (3 indent ) Plural endless means support and maintain conveying surface horizontally orientated while moving around associated but axially displaced sprockets power-driven section
  800           ... (3 indent ) By constant engagement with guide means throughout conveying course of travel
  801           .. (2 indent ) Conveying surface elevates load and has cantilever-type connection with endless means
  802           .. (2 indent ) Conveying surface movable relative to path
  867.01           .. (2 indent ) Holder is removable or replaceable relative to drive
  867.02           ... (3 indent ) Holder grips load
  867.03           .... (4 indent ) Suction gripper
  867.04           .... (4 indent ) Magnetic or electrostatic gripper
  867.05           .... (4 indent ) Gripper portion biased to load engaging position
  867.06           .... (4 indent ) Gripper portion made of resilient material which is self-biased into engaging position
  867.07           .... (4 indent ) Cam means moves at least one portion of the gripper to a load engaging position
  867.08           .... (4 indent ) Holder is adjustable for different sized loads
  867.09           ... (3 indent ) Holder for hollow load contacts interiorly
  867.1           ... (3 indent ) Holder formed of nongripping elements which separate from each other as they pass through a curved path
  867.11           ... (3 indent ) Holder means forms recess to receive or seat load
  867.12           ... (3 indent ) Holder means forms an aperture for receiving load
  867.13           ... (3 indent ) Holder has frictional engagement with drive
  867.14           ... (3 indent ) Holder has positive engagement with drive
  867.15           ... (3 indent ) Holder is attached by a detachable connector to the drive
  803.2           ... (3 indent ) Holder supported and driven by horizontally spaced drive
  795           ... (3 indent ) Each conveying surface means abbutted and pushed by succeeding conveying surface means
  803.3           .. (2 indent ) Holder grips load
  803.4           ... (3 indent ) Relatively adjustable grippers space portion of load
  803.5           ... (3 indent ) Suction gripper
  803.6           ... (3 indent ) Magnetic or electrostatic gripper
  803.7           ... (3 indent ) Gripper portion biased to load engaging position
  803.8           ... (3 indent ) Gripper portion made of resilient material which is self biased into engaging position
  803.9           ... (3 indent ) Cam means moves at least one portion of the gripper to a load engaging position
  803.1           ... (3 indent ) Gripping portions self-open as they pass through a curved path
  803.11           .. (2 indent ) Nongripping holder is adjustable for different sized loads
  803.12           .. (2 indent ) Holder for hollow load contacts interiorly
  803.13           .. (2 indent ) Holder formed of nongripping elements which self-open as they pass through a curved path
  803.14           .. (2 indent ) Holder means forms recess to receive or seat load
  803.15           .. (2 indent ) Holder means forms an aperature for receiving load
  803.16           . (1 indent ) Rotary conveyor without specific locations for supporting randomly placed articles or bulk material
  804           . (1 indent ) Endless conveyor
  805           .. (2 indent ) Magnetically guided, supported or driven
  806           .. (2 indent ) Revolvable means engaging carrier belt face automatically skews to correct belt training deviation
  807           ... (3 indent ) With power drive (e.g., pressure cylinder or electric motor, etc.) for skewing revolvable means
  808           ... (3 indent ) With revolvable means supporting belt in transversely troughed form
  809           .. (2 indent ) Vertically shiftable belt situated between auxiliary load supports
  810.01           .. (2 indent ) Condition responsive
  810.02           ... (3 indent ) Belt damage sensor
  810.03           ... (3 indent ) Belt tracking sensor
  810.04           ... (3 indent ) Belt tension sensor
  811           .. (2 indent ) Pressurized fluid or suction applied to carrier belt to modify its reaction with support
  812           .. (2 indent ) Having variable conveying length
  813           .. (2 indent ) Device for tensioning belt
  814           ... (3 indent ) With spring biasing means
  815           ... (3 indent ) With counterweight
  816           ... (3 indent ) With screw adjusting means
  817           .. (2 indent ) Separate, parallel conveying reaches supporting same load
  818           .. (2 indent ) Having upwardly facing trough configuration in transverse direction on conveying reach
  819           ... (3 indent ) Edges movable together to enclose load
  820           ... (3 indent ) Having preformed trough shape
  821           .... (4 indent ) Formed of or including a continuous member of sheet-like material (e.g., canvas, etc.)
  822           .... (4 indent ) Formed or including transverse plates tandemly disposed lengthwise of carrier belt
  823           ... (3 indent ) Supported in trough form by separate, unattached means engaging carrier belt face
  824           .... (4 indent ) Roller or roller assembly
  825           .... (5 indent ) Independently rotatable rollers canted relative to each other
  826           ..... (6 indent ) Means for selectively adjusting angle between rollers to vary carrier belt shape
  827           ..... (6 indent ) Pivotally linked rollers form chain supported only at its ends
  828           ..... (6 indent ) Roller-supporting transverse frame connected to side-frame stand
  829           ..... (6 indent ) Individually cantilevered roller
  830           ..... (6 indent ) Transverse frame carrying at least three transversely spaced roller supports
  831           .. (2 indent ) Upper and lower runs of same belt travel vertically aligned, laterally bending paths
  832           .. (2 indent ) Carrier belt drive means
  832.1           ... (3 indent ) Indexed or intermittent drive
  832.2           ... (3 indent ) Brake means to slow, stop or hold carrier belt
  832.3           .... (4 indent ) Brake means directly engages carrier belt
  833           ... (3 indent ) Carrier belt driven by contact with separate drive belt, or connected thereto by quick-release clamp
  834           ... (3 indent ) Wheel with radial teeth-engaging carrier belt or means connected therewith
  835           ... (3 indent ) Roller, wheel, or drum-engaging belt
  836.1           .. (2 indent ) Having load retainer or guide separate from carrier belt
  836.2           ... (3 indent ) Load retainer biases load transversely against carrier belt
  836.3           ... (3 indent ) Laterally adjustable or yieldable guides contact load
  836.4           ... (3 indent ) Replaceable modular guides for changing the conveying path cross-section
  837           .. (2 indent ) Support, guide, or hold-down means for carrier belt
  838           ... (3 indent ) Track which supports rollers attached to belt
  839           ... (3 indent ) Means twists carrier belt or guides it between angularly oriented horizontal reaches
  840           ... (3 indent ) Guide exerting lateral force on nonload-supporting belt surface
  841           ... (3 indent ) Means slidably supporting belt
  842           ... (3 indent ) Rotatable support or hold-down engaging non-load-carrying face of belt
  843           .... (4 indent ) Resilient
  844.1           .. (2 indent ) Carrier belt structure
  844.2           ... (3 indent ) Connection means joins ends of sheet-like belt
  845           ... (3 indent ) Carrier belt supported or guided by rotatable means attached thereto
  846           ... (3 indent ) Formed of or including a continuous member of sheet-like material (e.g., canvas, etc.)
  847           .... (4 indent ) Including separate reinforcing elements or plural sheet-formed plies
  848           ... (3 indent ) Formed of or including wire mesh, or rods hooked together at belt edges
  849           .... (4 indent ) Link belt attached to carrier belt
  850           ... (3 indent ) Formed of or including pivotally interconnected rigid links
  851           .... (4 indent ) Separate pins interconnect links
  852           .... (5 indent ) Links pivot about mutually perpendicular axes
  853           .... (5 indent ) Links having interfitted ends
  860.1           CONVEYOR FRAME OR CASING
  860.2           . (1 indent ) Modules connectable end-to-end with no relative movement
  860.3           . (1 indent ) Casing, cover, shield or load supporting surface
  860.4           .. (2 indent ) Casing with door
  860.5           .. (2 indent ) Removable cover overlying the conveyor
  861.1           . (1 indent ) Adjustable conveyor frame or casing
  861.2           .. (2 indent ) Conveyor frame or casing flexes or pivots intermediate its ends to move one end relative to the other
  861.3           ... (3 indent ) Single horizontal pivot axis only
  861.4           .. (2 indent ) Entire conveyor pivots about horizontal and vertical axes
  861.5           .. (2 indent ) Entire conveyor pivots about horizontal axis
  861.6           .. (2 indent ) Entire conveyor pivots about vertical axis
  866           MISCELLANEOUS
 
 CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
 
  950           CONVEYOR TRANSVERSES WALL APERTURE
  951           TURNING CIGARETTES END-FOR-END
  952           HEATING OR COOLING
  953           COIL SPRING UNTANGLING APPARATUS
  954           OVERFLOW
  955           AIR MANIFOLD
  956           IMPACT PLATES
  957           CONVEYOR MATERIAL
  958           LOAD UNITS COUNTER
  959           WEIGHING
 
 FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
 
  FOR000           CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS


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