Class   414	MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING
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ARTICLE MANIPULATOR MOVES ANALOGOUS WITH HUMAN HAND, FINGER, OR ARM MOVEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Motion of hand, finger, or arm member multiplied or reduced in its transmission to article manipulator means

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. (1 indent ) Having means to transmit motion through an imperforate barrier

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. (1 indent ) Electric or fluid motor drive for manipulator

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.. (2 indent ) Having means to transmit feedback signal from manipulator means to hand, finger, or arm

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.. (2 indent ) For grip force amplification

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. (1 indent ) Having flexible motion transmission means

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. (1 indent ) Having sealing or radiation shielding means

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HUMAN BODY OPERATED EATING AID

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APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL TO A POSITION IN THE ERECTION OR REPAIR OF A BUILDING

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. (1 indent ) Flat wall or ceiling member manipulating means

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. (1 indent ) Boxlike building module manipulating means

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LAUNDRY HANDLING DEVICE

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STOCK PULLING OR PUSHING

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. (1 indent ) With means ejecting stock remnant

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. (1 indent ) With additional diverse motion of stock

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. (1 indent ) With fluid pressure actuated pushing or pulling means

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. (1 indent ) Stock end face pushers

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.. (2 indent ) For sheet stock

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. (1 indent ) Sheet stock lead end pullers

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WITH WEIGHING

22.51

WELL PIPE OR ROD RACKING MECHANISM

22.52

. (1 indent ) With slope change

22.53

.. (2 indent ) For nonvertical drilling

22.54

.. (2 indent ) Horizontal to/from vertical

22.55

... (3 indent ) Boom pivoting about horizontal axis

22.56

.... (4 indent ) Pivoting derrick

22.57

... (3 indent ) Guided skate or pusher

22.58

... (3 indent ) Pipe or rod guide

22.59

.. (2 indent ) Guided skate or pusher

22.61

.. (2 indent ) Pipe or rod guide

22.62

. (1 indent ) Horizontal rack

22.63

. (1 indent ) Vertical rack

22.64

.. (2 indent ) Compensating for support shift (e.g., ship roll, etc.)

22.65

.. (2 indent ) Pivotal carriage

22.66

... (3 indent ) Carousel

22.67

... (3 indent ) Pivotal derrick

22.68

.. (2 indent ) With laterally guided pipe or rod support

22.69

... (3 indent ) On inclined derrick mounted track

22.71

... (3 indent ) Both upper and lower pipe or rod holding and guiding means

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POLE OR TREE HANDLERS

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GLASS CYLINDERS

24.5

ROUND HAY BALE HANDLING

24.6

. (1 indent ) Unrolling

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HAY DISTRIBUTORS

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TOBACCO STRINGERS OR UNSTRINGERS

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APPARATUS FOR STRINGING ARTICLES ON A SUPPORT IN ABUTTING RELATION

788

APPARATUS FOR MOVING INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES INTO, WITHIN, OR FROM FREESTANDING, ORDERLY LAYERED, OR MUTUALLY STABILIZING ORDERLY GROUP

788.1

. (1 indent ) Stack forming apparatus

788.2

.. (2 indent ) Stacking tapered or nestable articles

788.3

... (3 indent ) And varying orientation of tapered articles in stack

788.4

.. (2 indent ) Takes articles for stack from another group

788.5

... (3 indent ) And turns article about horizontal axis

788.6

... (3 indent ) And turns plural articles as a unit about vertical axis

788.7

... (3 indent ) And transports articles through working, treating, or inspecting station located therebetween

788.8

.. (2 indent ) Including separate unstacking means

788.9

.. (2 indent ) With means vertically aligning stack being formed

789

... (3 indent ) And acting as discharge gate

789.1

... (3 indent ) Powered means (e.g., jogger, etc.)

789.2

.. (2 indent ) Forms layered stack or row and then upends it

789.3

... (3 indent ) Tiers or layers formed and sequentially added to stack prior to upending

789.4

.... (4 indent ) Includes means for crossing articles in layer

789.5

.. (2 indent ) Inserts separator into stack

789.6

.. (2 indent ) Plural article sources

789.7

.. (2 indent ) Includes means on or linked with transporting vehicle for forming and discharging stack

789.8

.. (2 indent ) Creates single stack by juxtaposing separately formed tiers

789.9

.. (2 indent ) With means for removing completed stack from stacking location

790

... (3 indent ) Interfingers with stack support moving vertically relative to removing means

790.1

.... (4 indent ) Articles received and stack discharged at interfingering location

790.2

... (3 indent ) Includes stack gripping device

790.3

... (3 indent ) Pusher

790.4

... (3 indent ) Includes carrier having distinct supports each successively receiving a stack thereon

790.5

... (3 indent ) Includes gravity unloaded movable support

790.6

.... (4 indent ) And conveyor for receiving unloaded stack

790.7

... (3 indent ) Includes driven conveyor whereon continuously supported stack is formed

790.8

... (3 indent ) With temporary support for incoming articles during discharge of stack

790.9

.. (2 indent ) Stacks articles on different supports

791

... (3 indent ) And combines into single stack

791.1

... (3 indent ) Includes conveyor for feeding articles to sequentially formed stacks

791.2

.. (2 indent ) Offsets or crosses adjacent articles in single article wide stack

791.3

.. (2 indent ) Articles inverted in adjacent levels or layers

791.4

... (3 indent ) Layers

791.5

.. (2 indent ) Formed with sloped or stepped side

791.6

.. (2 indent ) Sequentially forms or adds completed layers

791.7

... (3 indent ) Offsets circular articles within adjacent rows of layer

791.8

... (3 indent ) Leaves void between articles in layer

791.9

.... (4 indent ) To facilitate insertion of handling means

792

... (3 indent ) Crosses articles in adjacent layers

792.1

.... (4 indent ) Includes swingable pusher for turning article shoved to layer

792.2

.... (4 indent ) With rotating stack support

792.3

....• (5 indent ) Rotated between addition of completed layers

792.4

.... (4 indent ) Turns completed layer about vertical axis before stacking

792.5

... (3 indent ) Offsets articles within parallel adjacent superposed rows

792.6

... (3 indent ) Adds rows of articles to layer

792.7

.. (2 indent ) Positions lowest article of stack first

792.8

... (3 indent ) Includes horizontally shiftable, article elevating device

792.9

.... (4 indent ) With article gripping means

793

... (3 indent ) Includes suction-type article gripping means

793.1

.... (4 indent ) And endless belt for transporting

793.2

... (3 indent ) Includes magnetic-type article gripping means

793.3

.... (4 indent ) And endless belt for transporting

793.4

... (3 indent ) Includes support vertically alignable with stack then shiftable from beneath article

793.5

.... (4 indent ) Support carried or formed by endless belt conveyor

793.6

....• (5 indent ) With belt and article moving vertically together above discharge

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....•. (6 indent ) And additional noncoaxial endless belt coacting therewith to support article above discharge

793.8

.... (4 indent ) Support adjusts vertically as height of stack increases

793.9

.... (4 indent ) Support revolves around central axis during shifting and return

794

.... (4 indent ) Support swings during shifting and return

794.1

.... (4 indent ) Support travels vertically spaced paths during shifting and return

794.2

.... (4 indent ) Plural coacting supports shifting in opposite directions

794.3

.... (4 indent ) And movable stop engaging article during shifting of support

794.4

... (3 indent ) Includes endless belt for delivering

794.5

.... (4 indent ) Having discharge vertically shiftable

794.6

... (3 indent ) Having discharge vertically shiftable as stack grows

794.7

... (3 indent ) Includes pusher conveyor for delivering

794.8

... (3 indent ) Includes roller conveyor for delivering

794.9

.. (2 indent ) Positions highest article of stack first

795

... (3 indent ) Includes rotary deliverer

795.1

.... (4 indent ) Coacting screws

795.2

... (3 indent ) Includes means for raising highest article and lowering it upon newly delivered article

795.3

... (3 indent ) Includes means raising article up to stack

795.4

. (1 indent ) Unstacking apparatus

795.5

.. (2 indent ) Utilizes fluid blast to remove article

795.6

.. (2 indent ) Unstacking tapered or nestable articles

795.7

.. (2 indent ) With means vertically aligning stack

795.8

.. (2 indent ) With means replacing depleted stack

795.9

.. (2 indent ) Removes complete tier from multitier stack

796

.. (2 indent ) Separates stack into smaller stacks

796.1

... (3 indent ) Removes smaller stack from bottom

796.2

.. (2 indent ) Removes layer as unit

796.3

... (3 indent ) And changes position or orientation of articles within layer

796.4

.. (2 indent ) With means for reorienting article after unstacking

796.5

.. (2 indent ) Removes highest article first from stack

796.6

... (3 indent ) With means offsetting highest article prior to removal

796.7

... (3 indent ) With stack elevating means

796.8

.... (4 indent ) Pusher separates article from stack after elevation

796.9

... (3 indent ) Includes article gripping device

797

.... (4 indent ) By suction

797.1

.... (4 indent ) By magnetic force

797.2

... (3 indent ) Includes endless belt article separator

797.3

... (3 indent ) Includes rotary article separator

797.4

.. (2 indent ) Removes lowest article first from stack

797.5

... (3 indent ) Includes means for elevating remainder of stack therefrom

797.6

... (3 indent ) Includes endless belt article separator

797.7

... (3 indent ) Includes rotary article separator

797.8

... (3 indent ) Includes article separator with gripping device

797.9

... (3 indent ) Includes pusher article separator

798

... (3 indent ) Includes movable stack support for gravity unloading article

798.1

.... (4 indent ) And means for temporarily holding remainder of stack

798.2

. (1 indent ) Positions intersupporting article into row

798.3

.. (2 indent ) Takes article therefor from another spaced group

798.4

.. (2 indent ) Tapered or nestable articles positioned

798.5

.. (2 indent ) Includes revolving or swinging handler

798.6

... (3 indent ) And pusher conveyor for delivering

798.7

.. (2 indent ) Includes pusher conveyor for delivering

798.8

.. (2 indent ) Includes nonpowered guide for delivering

798.9

. (1 indent ) Removes intersupporting article from row

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VEHICLE-CARRIED BALE ACCUMULATOR

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HAY STACK SHAPERS

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COAL STORAGE TYPE

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MARINE LOADING OR UNLOADING SYSTEM

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. (1 indent ) Loading or unloading aircraft under marine conditions

137.3

.. (2 indent ) Underwater loading or unloading

137.4

. (1 indent ) With weather cover

137.5

. (1 indent ) Marine vessel to/from well

137.6

. (1 indent ) Marine vessel to/from air vessel

137.7

. (1 indent ) Marine vessel to/from water

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.. (2 indent ) Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from water

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. (1 indent ) Marine vessel to marine vessel

138.1

.. (2 indent ) With means to effect relative vertical movement of marine vessel

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.. (2 indent ) With means to compensate for relative marine vessel movement

138.3

... (3 indent ) Including means to sense position of marine vessel

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... (3 indent ) Line tension control

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.. (2 indent ) Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from marine vessel

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... (3 indent ) By use of endless belt conveyor

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.. (2 indent ) Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from shore

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... (3 indent ) With marine vessel holding or moving device

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... (3 indent ) Serial marine vessels supporting conveyor

139.1

... (3 indent ) By use of endless belt conveyor

139.2

.. (2 indent ) One marine vessel towing the other

139.3

.. (2 indent ) By use of endless belt conveyor

139.4

. (1 indent ) Marine vessel to/from shore

139.5

.. (2 indent ) Personnel loading or unloading

139.6

.. (2 indent ) With means to compensate for marine vessel movement

139.7

... (3 indent ) Including means to sense vertical position of marine vessel (e.g., draft, etc.)

139.8

.. (2 indent ) With marine vessel holding or moving device

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.. (2 indent ) Marine vessel to/from land or rail vehicle distinct from system

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... (3 indent ) By use of marine vessel to/from shore gangway for land or rail vessel

140.2

... (3 indent ) By use of endless belt conveyor

140.3

... (3 indent ) By use of laterally moving crane

140.4

... (3 indent ) By use of swinging crane

140.5

... (3 indent ) By use of conveyor chute

140.6

.. (2 indent ) By lifting marine vessel or by changing water level

140.7

.. (2 indent ) By use of screw conveyor

140.8

.. (2 indent ) By use of endless belt conveyor

140.9

... (3 indent ) For "bulk" (e.g., granular, etc.) cargo

141.1

.... (4 indent ) Including orbiting bucket

141.2

.... (4 indent ) With grab bucket

141.3

.. (2 indent ) By use of laterally moving crane

141.4

... (3 indent ) Having swinging portion

141.5

... (3 indent ) On marine vessel

141.6

.. (2 indent ) By use of swinging crane

141.7

.. (2 indent ) By use of hoist line

141.8

.. (2 indent ) By use of conveyor chute

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. (1 indent ) By use of screw conveyor on marine vessel

142.1

. (1 indent ) By use of endless belt conveyor on marine vessel

142.2

.. (2 indent ) For "bulk" (e.g., granular, etc.) cargo

142.3

... (3 indent ) Belt extending parallel to marine vessel beneath cargo hold

142.4

.... (4 indent ) Sequential endless belts

142.5

... (3 indent ) Including orbiting bucket

142.6

. (1 indent ) By use of laterally moving crane on marine vessel

142.7

. (1 indent ) By use of swinging crane on marine vessel

142.8

. (1 indent ) By use of hoist line

142.9

.. (2 indent ) Scoop or scraper on marine vessel

143.1

. (1 indent ) By use of conveyor chute

143.2

. (1 indent ) Stowage arrangement on marine vessel

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CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS ADAPTED FOR USE IN A RADIOACTIVE ENVIRONMENT

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CHAMBER OF A TYPE UTILIZED FOR A HEATING FUNCTION AND MATERIAL CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR

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. (1 indent ) With alarm, indicator, or signal

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. (1 indent ) Driven, rotatable chamber

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. (1 indent ) Including driven device and/or inclined flow path to carry or convey material into, within, and out of chamber

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.. (2 indent ) In helical or tortuous path

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.. (2 indent ) With means outside of chamber to carry or guide material to, or from, device or path

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.. (2 indent ) With driven means within chamber to manipulate or transfer material

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.. (2 indent ) Including track-guided, wheeled vehicle

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... (3 indent ) Having means to support material suspended therebelow

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.. (2 indent ) Including reciprocating or vibratory conveyor

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.. (2 indent ) Including endless conveyor (e.g., apron, pusher type, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Including screw, rotary, or rotating pusher, conveyor

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.. (2 indent ) Including roller conveyor

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. (1 indent ) Charging of chamber

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.. (2 indent ) With control system responsive to condition in chamber

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.. (2 indent ) Through plural ports in top of chamber

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... (3 indent ) From vehicle-carried hopper located above port

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.... (4 indent ) With closures for ports and means on vehicle to manipulate them

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.. (2 indent ) By depositing material onto surface of glass melt

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... (3 indent ) With pushing device to move material therealong

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.. (2 indent ) By driven device for transporting material to a stationary, at least in part, accumulating means for subsequent release into chamber by gravity

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... (3 indent ) Receptacle moved back and forth along inclined way (e.g., skip, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Accumulating means includes serially arranged closures

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....• (5 indent ) Each comprising bell of bell and hopper type accumulating means

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... (3 indent ) Conveyor

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.. (2 indent ) By driven device for transporting material to and/or into, or into and within, chamber

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... (3 indent ) Plural, successive, driven devices

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.... (4 indent ) Thrower and at least one feeder conveyor therefor

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....• (5 indent ) Including screw conveyor

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....• (5 indent ) Including pusher conveyor

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.... (4 indent ) Two or more conveyors, one traversing open top, or opening in top of, chamber

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... (3 indent ) Receptacle moved back and forth along inclined way (e.g., skip, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Movably mounted conveyor traverses open top, or opening in top of, chamber

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... (3 indent ) Including apparatus to advance a material-supporting element to a point within chamber, release material, and retract element

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.... (4 indent ) With driven means to eject material from element

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.... (4 indent ) Element comprises tiltable, material-underlying support

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....• (5 indent ) Receptacle separable from apparatus (e.g., for refilling, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Receptacle tiltable about axis parallel to direction of apparatus advance

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.... (4 indent ) Element comprises receptacle having bottom outlet

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.... (4 indent ) Element comprises grab

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... (3 indent ) Material accumulating and holding structure, and driven conveyor therein serving to move (e.g., eject, etc.) material from structure to chamber

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.... (4 indent ) Including wheeled carriage for supporting the structure

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.... (4 indent ) Driven conveyor comprises rotatable, pocketed gate

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.... (4 indent ) Screw conveyor

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... (3 indent ) Traversing hoist having material-underlying support or material attracting or gripping means

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... (3 indent ) Carrier-mounted, tiltable receptacle

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... (3 indent ) Thrower

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.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating or oscillating

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.... (4 indent ) Rotary

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... (3 indent ) Conveyor

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.... (4 indent ) Screw

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.... (4 indent ) Reciprocating pusher or reciprocating conveying surface

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.. (2 indent ) By material supporting structure movable, or having a movable component, to release material into chamber by gravity

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... (3 indent ) Including serially arranged closures

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.... (4 indent ) At least one comprising bell of bell and hopper type supporting structure

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....• (5 indent ) With means to improve seal between mating surfaces

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....• (5 indent ) Having bell and/or hopper mounted for rotation

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... (3 indent ) Bell and hopper

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.... (4 indent ) With means to distribute material after release from structure

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... (3 indent ) With means to distribute material after release from structure

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... (3 indent ) Comprising a tiltable material containing member

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.. (2 indent ) By inclined flow path

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. (1 indent ) Discharging of chamber by driven device

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.. (2 indent ) With means beyond chamber exit to move or guide material discharged therefrom by the device

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... (3 indent ) Means comprises endless or rotary conveyor

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... (3 indent ) Means comprises portable (e.g., vehicle mounted, etc.) material receiving chute

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.. (2 indent ) Device comprises screw conveyor

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.. (2 indent ) Device comprises pushing or pulling mechanism

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... (3 indent ) Mechanism repositionable for serving plural chambers

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. (1 indent ) Discharging of chamber by gravity, and means beyond exit thereof to guide, move, or stop material

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APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL BETWEEN ZONES HAVING DIFFERENT PRESSURES AND INHIBITING CHANGE IN PRESSURE GRADIENT THEREBETWEEN

217.1

. (1 indent ) For carrying Standarized Mechanical Interface (SMIF) type

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. (1 indent ) Including screw conveyor

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. (1 indent ) Including trap chamber having horizontal axis of rotation

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.. (2 indent ) With means for changing pressure in trap chamber

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. (1 indent ) Including serially arranged valves in path having a vertical component (e.g., airlocks, etc.)

222.01

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A LOAD HOLDING OR SUPPORTING ELEMENT FROM A SOURCE, AND MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING AND PRESENTING ELEMENT TO A WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING STATION

222.02

. (1 indent ) Condition responsive control of transporting means

222.03

. (1 indent ) Portion of transporting means is retarded or stopped with load at station without being disconnected from remainder of transporting means

222.04

. (1 indent ) Device engages load handling or supporting element or load on element to align load at station

222.05

.. (2 indent ) Device engages load holding or supporting element to fix element position relative to station

222.06

... (3 indent ) Device engages portion of element which is separable from transporting means to fix position of portion of element

222.07

. (1 indent ) Means to convey load back and forth between initial location and station

222.08

. (1 indent ) Charging transporting means with load at station

222.09

. (1 indent ) With simultaneous charging and discharging of plural load holding or supporting elements

222.1

.. (2 indent ) With pusher

222.11

.. (2 indent ) With conveyor

222.12

.. (2 indent ) With reciprocating arm

222.13

. (1 indent ) Transporting means carries load to at least one of a plurality of fixed stations

223.01

. (1 indent ) Supply source capable of 360 degrees revolution

223.02

. (1 indent ) Supply source capable of reversible 180 degrees revolution

224.01

. (1 indent ) Supply source includes chute

225.01

. (1 indent ) Load holding or supporting element including gripping means

226.01

.. (2 indent ) Plural grippers for plural elements

226.02

.. (2 indent ) Gripper includes pivoted jaw

226.03

. (1 indent ) Including plurality of supply sources for single element

226.04

. (1 indent ) Device engaging transporting means or source to align element relative to source

226.05

. (1 indent ) Transporting means is a horizontally rotated arm

227

APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING A FACILITY COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SITES FOR THE PARKING OF WHEELED VEHICLES

228

. (1 indent ) Facility includes structure (e.g., ramp, angularly related successive locations for a vehicle, etc.) necessitating self-propellability or steerability of vehicle

229

.. (2 indent ) Upwardly inclined, pivotable parking site for receiving driven vehicle

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... (3 indent ) Caused to pivot by advancing vehicle

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. (1 indent ) With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions

232

. (1 indent ) With means to sense condition of site

233

. (1 indent ) Including one or more movable sites

234

.. (2 indent ) Vehicle assigned to particular supporting member (e.g., platform, dolly, cage, etc.) having some degree of independence either as to means, time, or direction of movement

235

... (3 indent ) Supporting member separable from endless, member-transporting carrier, or disengageable from endless drive means, and movable away therefrom for receiving, discharging, or storing vehicle

236

... (3 indent ) Plurality of supporting members moved in recirculating fashion by succession of driving devices

237

.... (4 indent ) Path of moving member describes generally rectangular loop

238

....• (5 indent ) Successive devices each include endless, member-driving element (e.g., belt, cable, chain, etc.)

239

... (3 indent ) One or more separate supporting members and means to impart independent, linear or partly linear, movement thereto

240

.... (4 indent ) Member moving from particular location to discharge and/or receive vehicle, and returning thereto

241

... (3 indent ) With means to transfer vehicle to or from supporting member

242

.. (2 indent ) On driven, plural-site carrier initially receiving vehicle

243

... (3 indent ) With loading means, external to carrier, at facility entrance

244

... (3 indent ) Serving also movable site on subsequent driven carrier, or fixed site

245

.... (4 indent ) By moving linearly in a horizontal direction

246

....• (5 indent ) And moving vertically (e.g., laterally shiftable elevator, etc.)

247

.... (4 indent ) By moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical plane

248

....• (5 indent ) Endless carrier having sites attached thereto (e.g., suspended therefrom, etc.)

249

... (3 indent ) Moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical plane

250

.... (4 indent ) Revolving about single, horizontal axis

251

.... (4 indent ) Endless carrier having sites attached thereto (e.g., suspended therefrom, etc.)

252

. (1 indent ) With vehicle storage or retrieval system responsive to manual designation of destination

253

. (1 indent ) With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa

254

.. (2 indent ) Including sets of intermeshing support elements having relative vertical movement

255

.. (2 indent ) By exerting upward, in addition to generally horizontal, force

256

... (3 indent ) And forming sole support for vehicle

257

.. (2 indent ) Complementary, driven, vehicle-supporting conveyors on carrier and site

258

.. (2 indent ) Tiltable or inclined means for supporting vehicle on carrier or site

259

.. (2 indent ) By exerting generally horizontal force

260

... (3 indent ) Comprising component of carrier having both horizontal and vertical paths of travel

261

. (1 indent ) Carrier-facility-site relationship

262

.. (2 indent ) Route to site utilizes plural carriers

263

.. (2 indent ) Sites arranged radially of carrier rotatable in whole or in part

264

.. (2 indent ) Sites arranged in superposed, longitudinal rows and in confronting relationship to carrier in intervening aisle

265

GUIDED, WHEELED DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING MAIL AND EXTERNAL MEANS COOPERATING THEREWITH FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING THE DEVICE

266

PLURAL, STATIC STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING DISCRETE LOADS AND CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR

267

. (1 indent ) Load-underlying members (e.g., racks, receptacles (or a compartmented receptacle), shelves, troughs, etc.)

268

.. (2 indent ) With means for selectively charging a plurality of receptacles from a single source, or selectively discharging a plurality of receptacles to a single destination

269

... (3 indent ) Charging a plurality of receptacles

270

.... (4 indent ) Condition responsive

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.... (4 indent ) By driven conveyor having gated discharging locations spaced therealong

272

.... (4 indent ) By conveyor movable (e.g., pivotable, etc.) to reposition outlet thereof

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.. (2 indent ) With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions

274

... (3 indent ) With means on charging or discharging means to determine status of member

275

... (3 indent ) With means to detect obstruction and alter movement of charging or discharging means

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.. (2 indent ) Inclined members

277

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means includes load sustaining surface and device to transfer load, with horizontal component of movement, from or to surface or member

278

... (3 indent ) Device comprises one or more conveyors of driven roller or endless apron type

279

... (3 indent ) Device includes self-powered, track-guided car

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... (3 indent ) Device includes push-pull mechanism

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.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means includes elevating device, movable in horizontal direction (e.g., portable, etc.), having load-sustaining surface

282

... (3 indent ) Including additional means to move surface horizontally relative to device

283

.... (4 indent ) Pivotably or rotatably

284

... (3 indent ) With detachably associated auxiliary carrier for transporting device during portion of its horizontal travel

285

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means comprises plural endless conveyors or plural runs of single endless conveyor

286

.. (2 indent ) With load-supporting pallet

287

STATIC RECEPTACLE OF A MATERIAL CONDITIONING TYPE AND MEANS TO MOVE, OR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF, MATERIAL TO, WITHIN, OR FROM THE RECEPTACLE

288

STATIC RECEPTACLE AND MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, OR FACILITATING THE CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF, THE RECEPTACLE

289

. (1 indent ) With alarm, indicator, or signal

290

. (1 indent ) Receptacle contains liquid in which charge is submergibly sealed

291

. (1 indent ) With means to handle (e.g., recirculate, remove, etc.) dust

292

. (1 indent ) With means to seal receptacle in vicinity of entrance for charging or discharging means

293

. (1 indent ) Charging or charge-distributing means

294

.. (2 indent ) Condition responsive

295

... (3 indent ) Position of charging means controlled by level of material in receptacle

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... (3 indent ) Drive means of charging conveyor controlled by level of material in receptacle

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.. (2 indent ) With means to ream or cut, or with collapsible means to form, vertical discharge passage in material during charging

298

.. (2 indent ) Serving also to discharge receptacle

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.. (2 indent ) Terminal portion of means comprises gravity flow path (e.g., chute, etc.)

300

.. (2 indent ) Having charge distributing means of driven type

301

... (3 indent ) Rotary type

302

.... (4 indent ) Having one or more conveyors rotatable about a vertical axis at an end thereof

303

.. (2 indent ) Charging a static receptacle by gravity flow from a portable load carrier

304

. (1 indent ) Nongravity discharging means

305

.. (2 indent ) Including at least one discharge assistant of the compound motion type

306

... (3 indent ) Having compound motion assistant located proximate to bottom of receptacle and displaceable generally parallel thereto

307

.... (4 indent ) Condition responsive

308

.... (4 indent ) Assistant separable from receptacle

309

.... (4 indent ) Pivotably displaceable assistant and member for shielding its fixed end

310

.... (4 indent ) Comprising screw conveyor

311

....• (5 indent ) Including means for loosening packed material

312

....• (5 indent ) Having receptacle-reacting element of displaceable-movement drive means located on conveyor

313

... (3 indent ) Having compound motion assistant operating on top of material

314

.... (4 indent ) Including wall cleaning means

315

.... (4 indent ) Condition responsive

316

....• (5 indent ) To maintain material surface horizontal

317

.... (4 indent ) Route of material being discharged includes vertical segment through remainder of charge

318

.... (4 indent ) With conveyor extending to discharge opening in sidewall of receptacle

319

.... (4 indent ) Screw-type pickup conveyor

320

....• (5 indent ) Including plural screw elements

321

....• (5 indent ) Including means for loosening packed material

322

.... (4 indent ) Means for displacing assistant involves driven, wheel-like, support member rolling on surface of material

323

.. (2 indent ) Condition responsive

324

.. (2 indent ) Including flail

325

.. (2 indent ) Including one or more driven conveyors located within or partly within receptacle for making initial pickup of material

326

... (3 indent ) At least one of screw type

327

... (3 indent ) At least one of endless type

328

. (1 indent ) Gravity discharge of a gated, static receptacle to one or more vehicle-mounted receivers

329

.. (2 indent ) Located on moving vehicle

331.01

MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED, CHARGE-SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING ELEMENTS

331.02

. (1 indent ) Rotating or circulating rack

331.03

.. (2 indent ) Charge-supporting elements moving horizontally

331.04

.. (2 indent ) Charge-supporting elements moving vertically

331.05

.. (2 indent ) Rack as a unit rotating about vertical axis

331.06

. (1 indent ) Wheeled rack

331.07

.. (2 indent ) Simultaneous charging or discharging of charge-supporting elements

331.08

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means is a pusher

331.09

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means is a conveyor

331.1

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means is a reciprocating arm

331.11

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means having elevating means to present load at a predetermined level

331.12

. (1 indent ) Rack formed by rotatable screws

331.13

. (1 indent ) Rack moved by conveyor relative to charging or discharging means

331.14

. (1 indent ) Rack moved vertically by elevating means

331.15

.. (2 indent ) Having means for detecting presence of article on rack

331.16

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means is a pusher

331.17

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means is a conveyor

331.18

.. (2 indent ) Charging or discharging means is a reciprocating arm

332

RECEPTACLE HAVING CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR RELOCATION FROM ONE TO ANOTHER OF A PLURALITY OF SITES OF INTERIM USE

333

LOADING OR UNLOADING A RAILWAY CAR BY UTILIZING THE TRACTOR OF A TRACTOR TRAILER, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE TO MANEUVER THE TRAILER, OR A PART THEREOF, ONTO OR OFF THE CAR

334

MOVING, WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND LOADING OR UNLOADING DEVICE THEREFOR, SUPPORTED AT LEAST IN PART INDEPENDENTLY OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAVELING THEREWITH DURING TRANSFER OF LOAD THEREBETWEEN

335

. (1 indent ) Loading device having capability for controlling direction of output therefrom

336

. (1 indent ) Suspendedly supported device

337

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE UTILIZES ITS UNINTERRUPTED, FORWARD MOTION TO CAUSE AN EXTERNAL, LOAD-ENGAGING STRUCTURE TO REMOVE ITS LOAD

338

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE UTILIZES ITS UNINTERRUPTED, FORWARD MOTION TO CAUSE AN EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED LOAD TO BE TRANSFERRED TO IT

339

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES FORMING A TRAIN, AND LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR, LOCATED AT LEAST IN PART THEREON

340

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING, OR ENABLING TRANSFER OF, LOAD FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER

341

. (1 indent ) By additional load-supporting vehicle for moving with load from one load-transporting type vehicle to the other

342

.. (2 indent ) Additional vehicle comprises overhead traversing hoist

343

. (1 indent ) With means on each vehicle cooperating to effect, or facilitate, transfer of load

344

. (1 indent ) With driven load engaging device, supported at least in part externally of the vehicles, for moving load therebetween

345

. (1 indent ) Means is confined to one of the vehicles

346

.. (2 indent ) Means comprises tiltable load-supporting portion

347

.. (2 indent ) Means comprises elevatable load-supporting portion traveling in path including vertical, rectilinear movement

348

... (3 indent ) Having portion suspended from vehicle on overhead way

349

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING DRIVEN MEANS THEREON FOR REPOSITIONING LOAD SUPPORTING PORTION OF VEHICLE TO CAUSE OR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF LOAD TO OR FROM AN EXTERNAL COOPERATING MEANS

350

. (1 indent ) Load-supporting portion pivotable about horizontal axis

351

. (1 indent ) Cooperating means comprises or includes a conveyor

352

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING DRIVEN MEANS THEREON FOR ENGAGING AND MOVING LOAD HORIZONTALLY, OR WITH HORIZONTAL COMPONENT, TO OR FROM AN EXTERNAL COOPERATING MEANS

353

. (1 indent ) Cooperating means comprises or includes a conveyor

354

WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR SUPPORTING VEHICLE IN TOTO AND REORIENTING IT INTO LOAD-RELEASING ATTITUDE

355

. (1 indent ) With driven carrier for receiving released load

356

.. (2 indent ) Endless-type conveyor

357

. (1 indent ) Vehicle of rail-guided type and track section having rails configured to tilt or invert vehicle as result of moving thereonto or progressing therealong

358

. (1 indent ) Vehicle-holding member rollable along underlying support (i.e., axis of pivot of vehicle travels laterally)

359

. (1 indent ) Vehicle-holding framework rotatable about fixed axis passing through framework and parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle

360

.. (2 indent ) Including movable element to clamp vehicle to framework

361

... (3 indent ) With rotation responsive moving means

362

. (1 indent ) Pivotably movable structure, at least initially in underlying relation to vehicle

363

.. (2 indent ) With means to agitate vehicle or its load

364

.. (2 indent ) With means for shifting axis of pivot or tilt of structure in vertical direction

365

... (3 indent ) With means to affect exit of load from vehicle

366

... (3 indent ) Axis of pivot parallels longitudinal axis of vehicle

367

.. (2 indent ) With means to retard or stop vehicle approaching structure

368

.. (2 indent ) With means to guide departing load toward vehicle exit

369

.. (2 indent ) With means to operate vehicle-mounted closure member

370

.. (2 indent ) With nonaligned paths for approach and departure of vehicle

371

.. (2 indent ) Axis of pivot or tilt of structure parallels longitudinal axis of vehicle thereon

372

... (3 indent ) With movable element to clamp vehicle to structure

373

LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL MEANS COOPERATING IN THE LOADING OR UNLOADING THEREOF

374

. (1 indent ) Means decelerates moving, wheeled vehicle, load continues to move and leaves vehicle

375

. (1 indent ) Means agitates, shakes, or vibrates wheeled vehicle or load therein to loosen load for departure from vehicle

376

. (1 indent ) Involving movement of load by gravity from wheeled vehicle

377

.. (2 indent ) Means initiates unloading of vehicle of type having load body, or other load holding means, suspended therefrom

378

... (3 indent ) Bottom unloading body

379

.... (4 indent ) Bucketlike body having horizontal, reciprocable movement, and flexible strand means for driving it in at least one direction

380

....• (5 indent ) Flexible strand means serves also as initiating means

381

... (3 indent ) Tilting body

382

.... (4 indent ) About axis parallel to direction of vehicle travel

383

.. (2 indent ) Means cooperates with motion of vehicle to reorient load body, relative to wheels, into load releasing attitude

384

... (3 indent ) By pivoting body about axis parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle to unload from side

385

.. (2 indent ) Means comprises driven device for raising one end of vehicle upwardly relative to other end thereof

386

.. (2 indent ) Means comprises driven device for engaging and moving pivotable load body relative to remainder of vehicle

387

.. (2 indent ) Means comprises device or structure for cooperating with motion of vehicle to initiate relocation of body component (e.g., floor or floor section, gate, etc.) thereof

388

... (3 indent ) Component comprises oppositely swinging, operatively interconnected gates

389

. (1 indent ) Means comprises structure for cooperating with a maneuvering, wheeled vehicle to engage and acquire a load therefrom or to give up a load thereto

390

. (1 indent ) Of driven type, for unloading a wheeled vehicle

391

.. (2 indent ) Including load raising or lowering device

392

... (3 indent ) Having means for also moving load laterally

393

.... (4 indent ) With flexible, load-underlying element or surface

394

.... (4 indent ) With bucket or scoop-type holder

395

.. (2 indent ) Including load pushing or pulling device

396

... (3 indent ) With additional means for aligning vehicle and an external load support

397

. (1 indent ) Means comprises repositionable supporting and/or guiding structure (e.g., chute, etc.) for conducting load moving by gravity to a wheeled vehicle

398

. (1 indent ) Power-driven conveyor for loading a wheeled vehicle

399

. (1 indent ) Raising or lowering device of driven type for loading a wheeled vehicle

400

. (1 indent ) Pushing or pulling device for loading a wheeled vehicle by exerting a generally horizontal force on load

401

. (1 indent ) Means serves to align wheeled vehicle and load receiving or relinquishing structure

402

. (1 indent ) Means comprises stationary guide or fixed anchor for cooperating with loading or unloading means located, at least in part, on wheeled vehicle

403

DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE

404

. (1 indent ) For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means

405

.. (2 indent ) By inverting both receptacle and receiving means in order to transfer contents from one to other

406

.. (2 indent ) Having receiving means mounted on wheeled vehicle

407

... (3 indent ) With closure for receiving means and receptacle-responsive operating means for closure

408

... (3 indent ) Device includes vertically swinging arm and receptacle support pivotably attached thereto

409

... (3 indent ) Device includes track-guided, receptacle-supporting carrier

410

... (3 indent ) Device includes haulage cable

411

. (1 indent ) With container opening means

412

.. (2 indent ) Rupturing or cutting type

413

. (1 indent ) Successive dumping from conveyed stack

414

. (1 indent ) With gate or closure-type discharge control means

415

. (1 indent ) With jarring means

416.01

. (1 indent ) Nongravity type

416.02

.. (2 indent ) Changes spacing between articles

416.03

.. (2 indent ) Horizontal movement of receptacle contents

416.04

... (3 indent ) Ejector

416.05

.. (2 indent ) Receptacle moved on conveyor past emptying device

416.06

... (3 indent ) Receptacle unloaded while in motion

416.07

.. (2 indent ) Articles removed in layers

416.08

.. (2 indent ) Receptacle has spaced article supports

416.09

.. (2 indent ) Ejector

416.1

... (3 indent ) Article support deformed during load ejection

416.11

... (3 indent ) Article lifted from receptacle and subsequently pushed horizontally

416.12

... (3 indent ) Receptacle lowered onto support to eject article therefrom

418

. (1 indent ) Orienting endless, roller, or gravity conveyor

419

. (1 indent ) Rotary cradle

420

.. (2 indent ) Nonfixed pivot

421

.. (2 indent ) Oscillated

422

. (1 indent ) Elevator type

423

.. (2 indent ) Differentially operated cables

424

.. (2 indent ) Coacting catch or support

425

. (1 indent ) Upending (e.g., rocking or tilting about end, etc.)

799

APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING PLURAL ORDERLY ARTICLES ONTO PALLET

426

WHEEL AND WHEEL-TYPE ARTICLE HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER

427

. (1 indent ) Elevator-type engaging means

428

. (1 indent ) Vertically swinging article engager

429

. (1 indent ) Opposed horizontally reciprocable engaging elements

430

. (1 indent ) Ramp-type truck

431

ARTICLE ENGAGED BETWEEN ENDS FOR ROTATION AND ADVANCEMENT

432

. (1 indent ) Driven, canted roll or ring

433

ARTICLE ROTATOR, ROLLER TYPE

434

MOTION OR DRAFT RESPONSIVE LOAD HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER

435

. (1 indent ) Movably connected vehicle sections (e.g., articulated, etc.)

436

.. (2 indent ) Vertically swinging

437

. (1 indent ) Ground engageable means

438

.. (2 indent ) Lifting leg type

439

.. (2 indent ) Wheel operated

440

... (3 indent ) Locked to wheel

441

... (3 indent ) Elevator type

442

... (3 indent ) Vertically swinging support

443

.... (4 indent ) Cable and drum actuated

444

TILTING VEHICLE-TYPE HANDLER (I.E., PORTABLE GRAPPLE)

445

. (1 indent ) Article actuated engaging means

446

. (1 indent ) Separable load rack

447

. (1 indent ) Successive engaging means

448

. (1 indent ) With band-type engager

449

. (1 indent ) Flexible strand attached load gripper

450

. (1 indent ) Opposed movable jaw grippers

451

.. (2 indent ) Slidable

452

.. (2 indent ) Toggle-type operator

453

. (1 indent ) Single movable jaw gripper

454

.. (2 indent ) With operating means

455

.. (2 indent ) Adjustable

456

... (3 indent ) Slidable

457

. (1 indent ) Rigid-type grapple engaging means (e.g., hooks, etc.)

458

OPPOSED SHELF-TYPE ELEVATOR AND TRANSPORTER

459

. (1 indent ) Load bridging vehicle

460

LOAD BRIDGING VEHICLE

461

. (1 indent ) Removable transverse load support

462

VEHICLE ATTACHED AUXILIARY CARRIERS

463

. (1 indent ) For rim, tire, or wheel

464

.. (2 indent ) Plural

465

.. (2 indent ) Movement about spaced pivot axes

466

.. (2 indent ) Simple arcuate or rectilinear movement

467

SELF-LOADING OR UNLOADING VEHICLES

468

. (1 indent ) With load-receiving portion comprising horizontally disposed, rotatable cylinder

469

. (1 indent ) With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof, pivotable relative to horizontal

470

.. (2 indent ) Having axis of pivot parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle for side loading or unloading

471

.. (2 indent ) Elevatable type

472

.. (2 indent ) Discharge gate-carried loading means

473

.. (2 indent ) Interrelated movements or drives for load body and loading means

474

.. (2 indent ) By adjustably attaching element of running gear (e.g., wheel, axle, etc.) to load-receiving portion, or support member (e.g., chassis, frame, etc.) therefor, to enable relative movement therebetween

475

... (3 indent ) Element shiftable linearly toward front or rear of vehicle

476

... (3 indent ) Pivotably

477

.. (2 indent ) Load-receiving portion also shiftable longitudinally

478

... (3 indent ) With driven means to move load relative to portion

479

.... (4 indent ) Means serves also to shift portion in at least one direction

480

.. (2 indent ) Load-receiving portion includes means which extends longitudinally therefrom to form ramp when portion pivots

481

.. (2 indent ) Trailer-type vehicle and adjustable or removable tow-engaging structure associated therewith enabling lowering of forward end of vehicle for loading

482

.. (2 indent ) Trailer-type vehicle having load-receiving portion pivotable relative to at least one other component of vehicle

483

... (3 indent ) About joint or other connection in structure (e.g., drawbar, frame, etc.) normally extending linearly, or planarly, from tow-engaging end of vehicle to axis of wheels of vehicle, and relative to said end

484

... (3 indent ) About axis located between or adjacent to wheel sets of vehicle having plural, tandemly arranged sets of rear wheels, and relative to tow-engaging end of vehicle

485

... (3 indent ) About axis of wheels of vehicle having two wheels, and relative to tow-engaging end of vehicle

486

.. (2 indent ) With means to raise load above load-receiving portion for deposit thereon or therein

487

... (3 indent ) Including receptaclelike (e.g., bucket, scoop, etc.) holder for load

488

... (3 indent ) Comprising driven conveyor

489

.. (2 indent ) With driven conveyor to receive load departing from pivoted load-receiving portion

490

.. (2 indent ) Two wheel, manually propelled vehicle pivotable about axis of wheels (e.g., hand truck, etc.) and provided with attendant-operated, load-handling means

491

.. (2 indent ) With driven means to move load relative to load-receiving portion

492

... (3 indent ) Including pusher element

493

.... (4 indent ) Pivotably mounted element

494

... (3 indent ) Including haulage cable

495

. (1 indent ) Having elevating load body

496

.. (2 indent ) With traversing hoist

497

.. (2 indent ) With reciprocating conveyor (e.g., ejector type, etc.)

498

. (1 indent ) Separable load rack

499

.. (2 indent ) Conveyor operated

500

.. (2 indent ) Cable operated

501

. (1 indent ) Successive handling means

502

.. (2 indent ) Power-driven conveyors

503

... (3 indent ) Movably mounted

504

.... (4 indent ) Universally

505

.... (4 indent ) Pivotally

506

. (1 indent ) Winch and idler-pulley-traversing haulage cable for ejecting load from vehicle

507

. (1 indent ) Conveyor

508

.. (2 indent ) With worker support

509

.. (2 indent ) Comprising load-engaging element reciprocably movable parallel to generally horizontal load-supporting component of vehicle for ejecting load therefrom

510

... (3 indent ) Three-dimensional load-receiving portion includes movable load-underlying surface, and element comprises upright member attached to surface

511

... (3 indent ) Pusher moved by ram movable to different positions along load-supporting platform

512

... (3 indent ) Plural pushers on same vehicle

513

... (3 indent ) Pusher guide means

514

... (3 indent ) Pusher moved by flexible means

515

.... (4 indent ) Connected to winch

516

.... (4 indent ) Connected to ram actuated by fluid pressure

517

... (3 indent ) Pusher moved by ram actuated by fluid pressure

518

.. (2 indent ) Power-driven with cooperating handling means

519

.. (2 indent ) With gate means

520

... (3 indent ) Multiple gates

521

.. (2 indent ) With movable upright plate

522

.. (2 indent ) Laterally movable rigid platform type

523

.. (2 indent ) Shiftable or removable conveyor unit

525.1

.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating type

525.2

... (3 indent ) Compactor vehicle including compacting plate

525.3

.... (4 indent ) Reverse-flow ejection

525.4

....• (5 indent ) Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure over compacting plate

525.5

....• (5 indent ) Compacting plate movable along controlled arc

525.51

....•. (6 indent ) Including moving compacting plate pivot

525.52

....•.. (7 indent ) Plate pivot moves rectilinearly

525.53

....•... (8 indent ) With pivot-effecting hydraulic cylinder carried on pivot

525.54

....•.. (7 indent ) Pivot carried by arm turning about fixed second pivot

525.55

.... (4 indent ) Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure over compacting plate

525.6

.... (4 indent ) Rectilinearly reciprocating compacting plate

525.7

... (3 indent ) Vibratory

525.8

.... (4 indent ) Detachable vibrator

525.9

... (3 indent ) Walking beam

526

.. (2 indent ) Screw type

527

.. (2 indent ) Flexible conveyor type

528

... (3 indent ) Endless

529

.. (2 indent ) Load-engaging roller or rollerway

530

... (3 indent ) With means for locking roller against rotation

531

... (3 indent ) With separate means movable vertically between load supporting and retracted positions

532

... (3 indent ) Shiftably or removably supported on vehicle

533

.... (4 indent ) Roller connected to support pivotally mounted on vehicle base

534

....• (5 indent ) Support pivotal about horizontal axis

535

.... (4 indent ) Vertically shiftable

536

... (3 indent ) With means for preventing movement of load relative thereto

537

.. (2 indent ) Skidway

538

... (3 indent ) With haulage means (e.g., cable, etc.)

539

. (1 indent ) Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means, and the load movement thereof

540

.. (2 indent ) Raising or lowering of load or load holder includes vertical, rectilinear movement

541

... (3 indent ) And carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement having horizontal component

542

.... (4 indent ) Hoist having traversing (i.e., horizontal) movement

543

....• (5 indent ) Having boom pivotable about a vertical axis

544

.... (4 indent ) Elevator with laterally shiftable guides

545

... (3 indent ) Carrier comprises movable component of load-receiving portion (e.g., tailgate, section of floor, etc.)

546

.. (2 indent ) Raising or lowering of load or load holder includes curvilinear movement

547

... (3 indent ) Pivotable, telescopic arm imparts path of plural radii

548

... (3 indent ) Unloader actuated by gravity-influenced load

549

... (3 indent ) Carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement of a rectilinear nature in a direction other than vertical

550

... (3 indent ) Carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement about a vertical axis

551

... (3 indent ) Load holder located relative to vehicle in such manner as to accrue load during travel of vehicle

552

.... (4 indent ) Carrier or mover pivots about axis parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle

553

.... (4 indent ) Load holder or portion thereof has additional axis of pivot relative to swinging arm-type carrier or mover

554

.... (4 indent ) Load holder pivotable about lower edge of opening in end of load-receiving portion

555

... (3 indent ) With means to grasp load

556

... (3 indent ) Carrier comprises movable component of load-receiving portion

557

.... (4 indent ) Tailgate

558

... (3 indent ) Carrier movable to storage position beneath vehicle

559

.. (2 indent ) Loading by haulage cable imparting principally horizontal movement to load or load holder

560

TRAVERSING HOIST TYPE

561

. (1 indent ) Traveling crane

562

.. (2 indent ) Switch system

563

. (1 indent ) Tow truck type

564

HOIST OR ELEVATOR AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER

565

VERTICALLY SWINGING SHOVEL AND AUXILIARY CARRIER

566

. (1 indent ) Vertically swinging shovel having an orbital path

567

VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER

568

. (1 indent ) For handling bottles

569

VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT AND HOIST OR DRAG LINE

570

ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER AND DRAG LINE SCOOP

571

SKIDWAY WITH HOISTING ROPE

572

LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE TO BE LOADED OR UNLOADED, OR EXTERNAL MEANS FOR THE LOADING OR UNLOADING, OR FOR COOPERATING THEREWITH, OF SUCH A VEHICLE

573

. (1 indent ) Means includes driven carrier for receiving a load from a vehicle at an unloading station

574

.. (2 indent ) Endless apron-type conveyor

575

. (1 indent ) Means comprises device for changing the attitude of a vehicle, or its load body, relative to the horizontal for unloading by gravity

576

.. (2 indent ) Framework for holding a vehicle, pivotable about fixed axis through framework parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle

577

.. (2 indent ) Pivotably movable structure for supporting a vehicle in toto, positioned, at least initially, in underlying relation thereto

578

... (3 indent ) With means for adapting structure to accomodate more than one length of vehicle

579

... (3 indent ) With fluid or mechanical friction brake to regulate movement of structure

580

... (3 indent ) With means for limiting longitudinal movement of vehicle on structure

581

... (3 indent ) Having axis of pivot parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle

582

.. (2 indent ) By raising one end of a vehicle relative to other end thereof

583

... (3 indent ) Including a vertically swinging, lifting member

584

. (1 indent ) Means comprises device or member for moving or causing movement of either a vehicle or a load receiving or relinquishing structure for an alignment purpose

585

. (1 indent ) Means includes a load-engaging surface or element for pushing load from vehicle

586

DEVICE OR ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HANDLING OR MOVING OF A CHARGE FOR A HEATING-TYPE CHAMBER

587

. (1 indent ) Charge leveler

588

.. (2 indent ) Of rotary type

589

LOAD SUPPORT HAS LINEAR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT FOR ALIGNING AND MOUNTING LOAD AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION

590

. (1 indent ) Additional movement is rotational

591

GUIDED HOIST WITH LOAD-SUPPORTING GRAB MEANS MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY BY MEANS WHICH SWINGS HORIZONTALLY OR MOVES LINEARLY

592

ELEVATOR OR HOIST AND LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR

593

. (1 indent ) Mail

594

. (1 indent ) Load lowering, automatic return

595

. (1 indent ) Inclined track

596

.. (2 indent ) Ditching type

597

... (3 indent ) Pivoted track

598

.. (2 indent ) Tilting carrier

599

... (3 indent ) Tilting track section

600

... (3 indent ) Running out from base

601

.... (4 indent ) Return, buffer, or counterweight feature

602

... (3 indent ) Return, buffer, or counterweight feature

603

... (3 indent ) Skeleton or fork

604

.. (2 indent ) Outhaul feature

605

.. (2 indent ) Carrier running out from base

606

. (1 indent ) Magnet and grab

607

. (1 indent ) Convertible attachment

608

. (1 indent ) Separable rack

609

. (1 indent ) With external cooperating movable feeding or discharging means

610

.. (2 indent ) Elevator carrier movement responsive

611

... (3 indent ) Vehicle handling

612

... (3 indent ) Loading means

613

.... (4 indent ) Flow control mechanism (i.e., volume)

614

....• (5 indent ) Trap chamber type

615

.... (4 indent ) Movable to feeding position over carrier

616

... (3 indent ) Valved carrier

617

.. (2 indent ) Adjustably mounted discharge guide

618

. (1 indent ) Grab

619

.. (2 indent ) Cantilevered type (e.g., industrial truck, etc.)

620

... (3 indent ) Movable about horizontal axis

621

... (3 indent ) Movable rigid jaw clamping type

622

.... (4 indent ) Horizontal support with coacting element or holddown

623

.... (4 indent ) Multiple article or rack type

624

.. (2 indent ) Clamshell

625

... (3 indent ) Guided

626

.. (2 indent ) Suspended

627

.. (2 indent ) Suction gripper type

628

. (1 indent ) Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative movement, and tiltable carrier thereon

629

.. (2 indent ) Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator

630

. (1 indent ) Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative movement

631

.. (2 indent ) Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator

632

... (3 indent ) Having one or more axes of pivotable movement

633

.... (4 indent ) Including vertical axis

634

.... (4 indent ) Single axis, horizontal and fixed

635

....• (5 indent ) With fluid drive for movement thereabout

636

....•. (6 indent ) And means for limiting the movement

637

.. (2 indent ) Having one or more axes of pivotable movement

638

... (3 indent ) Single axis, horizontal and fixed

639

. (1 indent ) Tilting carrier

640

.. (2 indent ) With operator-controlled tilting means

641

... (3 indent ) Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator

642

.... (4 indent ) Tiltable about axis perpendicular to direction of travel of portable elevator (e.g., forwardly tiltable, etc.)

643

.. (2 indent ) Sectional platform type

644

.. (2 indent ) Valved

645

.. (2 indent ) Latch release

646

... (3 indent ) With carrier engaging cam means

647

... (3 indent ) Cantilevered carrier

648

.. (2 indent ) Camming trackway

649

... (3 indent ) Adjustable

650

... (3 indent ) Yoke suspended carrier

651

.. (2 indent ) Tethered type

652

.. (2 indent ) Abutment or limit stop

653

... (3 indent ) Swinging

654

... (3 indent ) Engageable upon reversal or lowering of carrier

655

.... (4 indent ) Cantilevered carrier

656

... (3 indent ) Carrier and guide supported cooperating elements

657

. (1 indent ) Valved

658

.. (2 indent ) Cam or abutment operated

659

. (1 indent ) Comprising device on carrier to move or carry load laterally thereto or therefrom

660

.. (2 indent ) Device raises load relative to carrier prior to moving it laterally

661

.. (2 indent ) Push-pull device

662

. (1 indent ) Comprising means enabling additional movement of carrier or portion thereof relative to its support

663

.. (2 indent ) On portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator

664

... (3 indent ) Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable

665

.... (4 indent ) Pivotable in horizontal plane

666

....• (5 indent ) And otherwise movable therein

667

.... (4 indent ) Shiftable in horizontal plane perpendicularly to axis of elongation

668

.. (2 indent ) Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable

669

... (3 indent ) Pivotable in horizontal plane

670

.... (4 indent ) And otherwise movable therein

671

... (3 indent ) Shiftable in horizontal plane perpendicularly to axis of elongation

672

.. (2 indent ) Carrier comprises swingable or rotatable, load-underlying surface

673

. (1 indent ) Return, buffer, or counterweight feature

674

. (1 indent ) Automatic stop

675

COUNTING AIDS

676

ARTICLE SUPPORTED BY AIR AND MOVED BY MECHANICAL OR MANUAL MEANS

677

FEED TABLES FOR SHEARING MACHINES

678

LAND VEHICLE OR BOAT TILTING AND LIFTING DEVICES

679

VEHICLE WITH LOAD-RECEIVING PORTION AND MEANS FOR RELOCATING A LOAD THEREALONG OR THEREWITHIN

680

VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT

681

. (1 indent ) Track-supported rocker

682

.. (2 indent ) Horizontally swinging

683

. (1 indent ) Cement mixer loader

684

. (1 indent ) Coil handler

684.3

. (1 indent ) Door remover

685

. (1 indent ) Shovel or fork type

686

.. (2 indent ) With means to facilitate attachment of boom to vehicle

687

.. (2 indent ) Horizontally swinging

688

... (3 indent ) Vertically adjustable

689

... (3 indent ) Trolley supported pivoted handle

690

... (3 indent ) Reciprocating handle

691

.... (4 indent ) Link supported

692

.... (4 indent ) Tilting

693

.... (4 indent ) Single cable for crowding and hauling

694

... (3 indent ) Handle pivoted to boom

695

.... (4 indent ) Adjustable horizontal swing axis

695.5

.... (4 indent ) Linear cylinder

695.6

.... (4 indent ) Flexible connector

695.7

.... (4 indent ) Rack and pinion

695.8

.... (4 indent ) Rotary motor

696

.. (2 indent ) Guided

697

.. (2 indent ) Tilting

698

... (3 indent ) Including indicator

699

... (3 indent ) Control means responsive to sensed condition

700

.... (4 indent ) To maintain pitch during swinging

701

.... (4 indent ) To stop tilting at selected angle

702

... (3 indent ) Overshot type

703

... (3 indent ) Swinging member attached to rear mounted draft member

704

... (3 indent ) Including load ejector, striker, or retainer

705

... (3 indent ) Laterally tiltable or shiftable shovel or fork

706

... (3 indent ) During swinging to stabilize pitch

707

.... (4 indent ) On link mounted swinging support

708

.... (4 indent ) By hydraulic compensation

709

.... (4 indent ) By tensioned flexible connector

710

.... (4 indent ) By linkage pivoting on base support

711

....• (5 indent ) Yoke mounted shovel or fork

712

....• (5 indent ) Linkage extensible for other tilting

713

....•. (6 indent ) Swinging support mounted linkage

714

... (3 indent ) Induced by swing of swinging support

715

... (3 indent ) By extensible link between load engager and swinging support

716

... (3 indent ) Holdable in different pitch positions during loading

717

... (3 indent ) On unlatching from swinging support

718

.. (2 indent ) Extensible support

719

.. (2 indent ) Return, buffer, or counterweight feature

720

... (3 indent ) Spring

721

.. (2 indent ) Hay retainers

722

.. (2 indent ) Shovel, rake, handle, or boom structure

723

... (3 indent ) With means to facilitate attachment of shovel or rake to handle or boom

724

... (3 indent ) Handling device releasably attached to bucket or rake

725

... (3 indent ) Means for ejecting load from shovel

726

... (3 indent ) Shovel forming members pivoted relative to each other to dump load

727

... (3 indent ) Handle body structure

728

. (1 indent ) With rectilinear translation

729

. (1 indent ) Grab

730

.. (2 indent ) Programmable or condition responsive means controls grab operation

731

.. (2 indent ) With auxiliary support for load

732

.. (2 indent ) Grab movable relative to its supporting arm

733

... (3 indent ) Grab orientation maintained during supporting arm manipulation

734

.... (4 indent ) Grab suspended to swing freely

735

... (3 indent ) Grab has swinging movement in plural planes

736

.. (2 indent ) Movable grab support has plurality of grabs attached thereto

737

.. (2 indent ) Grab is a suction or magnetic article engaging means

738

.. (2 indent ) Grab supported and moved by a pivotably mounted member

739

... (3 indent ) Grab has pivoted jaw member

740

.... (4 indent ) With fixed jaw member

741

... (3 indent ) Grab has reciprocating jaw member

742

. (1 indent ) Nonfixed pivot

743

. (1 indent ) Tilting carrier

744.1

HORIZONTALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT

744.2

. (1 indent ) Swinging about pivot

744.3

.. (2 indent ) And moving vertically

744.4

.. (2 indent ) Moving pivot

744.5

... (3 indent ) Pivot swinging about second pivot

744.6

.. (2 indent ) And moving load support radially with respect to pivot

744.7

.. (2 indent ) And vertically reorienting load support

744.8

.. (2 indent ) With means to actuate load gripper

745.1

CYLINDRICAL BAR HANDLING DEVICE

745.2

. (1 indent ) Vertical cylindrical bar

745.3

. (1 indent ) Heat exchanger tube bundle handling device

745.4

. (1 indent ) Pipe laying

745.5

.. (2 indent ) Vehicle having supporting wheel or wheel substitute

745.6

... (3 indent ) Side boom supported hoist line

745.7

. (1 indent ) Sequentially acting, diverse handling devices

745.8

.. (2 indent ) Changing orientation of cylindrical bar

745.9

.. (2 indent ) Including ramp and elevator means

746.1

... (3 indent ) Oscillating or reciprocating elevator

746.2

.... (4 indent ) Oscillating

746.3

.. (2 indent ) Including means to rotate or allow rotation of bar about its axis

746.4

. (1 indent ) Including ramp and retractable stop or ejector

746.5

. (1 indent ) Engaging interior surface of pipe

746.6

. (1 indent ) Comprising walking beam

746.7

. (1 indent ) Comprising roller or endless belt

746.8

. (1 indent ) Comprising carriage

749.1

LOAD CARRIED ALONG A HORIZONTAL LINEAR PATH (E.G., PICK AND PLACE TYPE)

749.2

. (1 indent ) Carried via magnetic floating

749.3

. (1 indent ) Including a detector for altering load path (e.g., stop, redirect)

749.4

. (1 indent ) Multiple loads, rotatable into various positions (e.g., indexing)

749.5

. (1 indent ) Multiple loads, having means spacing one load from another load

751.1

. (1 indent ) Having gripper means

752.1

.. (2 indent ) Using suction

753.1

.. (2 indent ) Pivoted jaw type

749.6

. (1 indent ) Including aligning structure (e.g., rollers and rails, dovetail joint, rod and channel)

754

ARTICLE REORIENTING DEVICE

755

. (1 indent ) Article reoriented by contact with fluid means

756

. (1 indent ) Article reoriented by flexible sling means

757

. (1 indent ) Article frictionally engaged and rotated by relatively movable means (e.g., disc, endless belt, etc.)

758

. (1 indent ) Article inverting means (i.e., 180 degree turnover)

759

.. (2 indent ) Plural, driven turning means coact sequentially to invert single article

760

... (3 indent ) Article slidably traverses sloping surfaces on a plurality of pivotally mounted turning means

761

.. (2 indent ) Inverter has plural means for receiving articles

762

... (3 indent ) Having article inserting or discharging means

763

... (3 indent ) Having article gripping means

764

.. (2 indent ) Encircling means inverts article

765

... (3 indent ) Having article inserting or discharging means

766

... (3 indent ) Having securing means movable into engagement with the article

767

... (3 indent ) Encircling means moves about its transverse axis

768

.. (2 indent ) Article turned about one end supported by a fixed or rotatable abutment or by a surface frictionally retarding movement of the supported end

769

... (3 indent ) Article turned about a rotatable abutment

770

... (3 indent ) Article turned about a fixed abutment means

771

.. (2 indent ) Including coacting opposed movable arms

772

.. (2 indent ) Article moved about perpendicular axes

773

.. (2 indent ) Article received at one point and discharged at a different point

774

. (1 indent ) Plural article turning members coact sequentially to reorient single article

775

.. (2 indent ) Article deposited on stationary supporting surface intermediate sequential turning members

776

. (1 indent ) Arm for orienting article is swingable about its transverse axis and is rotatable about its longitudinal axis

777

. (1 indent ) Roller means circumferentially engages and supports orienter for rotation thereon

778

. (1 indent ) Article support means rockable on fixed surface

779

. (1 indent ) Article support means rotates about a shiftable pivot point

780

. (1 indent ) Fixed member provides support for article reoriented while in contact therewith

781

. (1 indent ) Article reoriented while fully supported by stationary supporting surface

782

. (1 indent ) Article supporting carriage moved over fixed guideway to reorient article

783

. (1 indent ) Orienter has article gripping means

784

. (1 indent ) Orienter having article-supporting surface movable relative to article

785

LOAD ENGAGING STRUCTURE OF ELEVATOR OR HOIST DEVICE WITH LOAD HANDLING FEATURE

800

PROCESS

801

. (1 indent ) Of moving intersupporting articles into, within, or from freestanding, orderly layered, or mutually stabilizing orderly group

802

.. (2 indent ) Of stacking

803

. (1 indent ) Of loading or unloading marine system

804

. (1 indent ) Of material charging or discharging of a chamber of a type utilized for a heating function

805

. (1 indent ) Of moving material between zones having different pressures and inhibiting change in pressure gradient therebetween

806

. (1 indent ) Of charging load-holding or -supporting element from source and transporting element to working, treating, or inspecting station

807

. (1 indent ) Of charging or discharging plural static structures for supporting discrete loads and utilizing charging or discharging means therefor

808

. (1 indent ) Of charging or discharging, or facilitating charging or discharging of static receptacle

809

. (1 indent ) Of loading or unloading load-transporting type vehicle and external means cooperating in loading or unloading thereof

810

. (1 indent ) Of emptying portable receptacle

811

.. (2 indent ) Nongravity type

812

. (1 indent ) Of charging or discharging self-loading or unloading vehicle

813

.. (2 indent ) With conveyor

814

. (1 indent ) Of loading or unloading elevator or hoist and including loading or unloading means therefor

815

. (1 indent ) Including vertically swinging load support

816

. (1 indent ) Of reorienting article

787

MISCELLANEOUS

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

922

ASSOCIATED WITH FORMING OR DISPERSING GROUPS OF INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES (E.G., STACKING PATTERNS, ETC.)

903

. (1 indent ) With article-supporting fluid cushion

923

. (1 indent ) Including support for group

924

.. (2 indent ) Vertically shiftable

925

... (3 indent ) Shifted by change in weight thereon

926

... (3 indent ) Shifted by article responsive means

927

. (1 indent ) Including means for supplying pallet or separator to group

928

.. (2 indent ) Recirculates emptied pallet or separator

929

. (1 indent ) Including means for collecting emptied pallet or separator

930

. (1 indent ) Manual step utilized

931

. (1 indent ) Bricks

932

. (1 indent ) Audio or video cassettes

933

. (1 indent ) Group formed or dispensed by reversible apparatus

934

. (1 indent ) Nonconforming article diverted

900

. (1 indent ) Adjust to handle articles or groups of different sizes

901

. (1 indent ) Including article counter

902

. (1 indent ) Including control for pattern of group

904

. (1 indent ) With means to apply adhesive to article

905

. (1 indent ) Having geneva drive for apparatus

906

. (1 indent ) With article flap deflector

907

. (1 indent ) Including means pressing against top or end of group

908

PERFORATED ARTICLE HANDLING

909

REMOTE CONTROL HANDLERS

910

HOLLOW CYLINDER HANDLERS

911

ROLL HANDLERS

912

COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE IMPLEMENTS

913

HANDLERS WITH SPRING DEVICES

914

HANDLING VEHICLES WITH OVERHEAD GUARD FOR OPERATOR

915

HANDLER-TYPE TOYS

916

SHAFT MUCKING MACHINES

917

HANDLERS UTILIZING PARALLEL LINKS

918

TRANSMISSION-LINE GUIDE FOR A SHIFTABLE HANDLER

919

VEHICLE-CARRIED STORAGE MEMBER (E.G., PORTABLE SILO, ETC.) AND MEANS FOR ERECTING MEMBER FROM ATTITUDE DURING TRANSPORT TO POSITION OF INTENDED USE

920

HANDLING DEVICE ON TRACTOR UNIT

921

HANDICAPPED PERSON HANDLING

935

ASSOCIATED WITH SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HANDLING

936

. (1 indent ) Including wafer orienting means

937

. (1 indent ) Including means for charging or discharging wafer cassette

938

.. (2 indent ) Wafers positioned vertically within cassette

939

. (1 indent ) Including wafer charging or discharging means for vacuum chamber

940

. (1 indent ) Wafer cassette transporting

941

. (1 indent ) Includes means for gripping wafer

	FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.

FOR100

PROCESSES (414/786)

FOR101

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A LOAD HOLDING OR SUPPORTING ELEMENT FROM A SOURCE, AND MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING THE ELEMENT TO A WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING STATION (414/222)

FOR102

. (1 indent ) Supply source includes member capable of 360 degree revolution (414/223)

FOR103

. (1 indent ) Supply source includes a chute (414/224)

FOR104

. (1 indent ) Load holding or supporting element includes gripping means (414/225)

FOR105

.. (2 indent ) Including pivoted jaw (414/226)

FOR106

MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED; CHARGE SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING THE ELEMENTS (414/331)

FOR107

. (1 indent ) Nongravity type (414/416)

FOR108

.. (2 indent ) Ejector (414/417)