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Class 414 | MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING |
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1 | ARTICLE MANIPULATOR MOVES ANALOGOUS WITH HUMAN HAND, FINGER, OR ARM MOVEMENT |
2 | Motion of hand, finger, or arm member multiplied or reduced in its transmission to article manipulator means |
3 | Having means to transmit motion through an imperforate barrier |
4 | Electric or fluid motor drive for manipulator |
5 | Having means to transmit feedback signal from manipulator means to hand, finger, or arm |
6 | For grip force amplification |
7 | Having flexible motion transmission means |
8 | Having sealing or radiation shielding means |
9 | HUMAN BODY OPERATED EATING AID |
10 | APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL TO A POSITION IN THE ERECTION OR REPAIR OF A BUILDING |
13 | LAUNDRY HANDLING DEVICE |
14 | STOCK PULLING OR PUSHING |
15 | With means ejecting stock remnant |
16 | With additional diverse motion of stock |
17 | With fluid pressure actuated pushing or pulling means |
18 | Stock end face pushers |
20 | Sheet stock lead end pullers |
21 | WITH WEIGHING |
22.51 | WELL PIPE OR ROD RACKING MECHANISM |
22.52 | With slope change |
22.53 | For nonvertical drilling |
22.54 | Horizontal to/from vertical |
22.59 | Guided skate or pusher |
22.61 | Pipe or rod guide |
22.62 | Horizontal rack |
22.63 | Vertical rack |
23 | POLE OR TREE HANDLERS |
24 | GLASS CYLINDERS |
24.5 | ROUND HAY BALE HANDLING |
25 | HAY DISTRIBUTORS |
26 | TOBACCO STRINGERS OR UNSTRINGERS |
27 | 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 | Stack forming apparatus |
788.2 | Stacking tapered or nestable articles |
788.4 | Takes articles for stack from another group |
788.5 | And turns article about horizontal axis |
788.6 | And turns plural articles as a unit about vertical axis |
788.7 | And transports articles through working, treating, or inspecting station located therebetween |
788.8 | Including separate unstacking means |
788.9 | With means vertically aligning stack being formed |
789.2 | Forms layered stack or row and then upends it |
789.5 | Inserts separator into stack |
789.6 | Plural article sources |
789.7 | Includes means on or linked with transporting vehicle for forming and discharging stack |
789.8 | Creates single stack by juxtaposing separately formed tiers |
789.9 | With means for removing completed stack from stacking location |
790 | Interfingers with stack support moving vertically relative to removing means |
790.2 | Includes stack gripping device |
790.3 | Pusher |
790.4 | Includes carrier having distinct supports each successively receiving a stack thereon |
790.5 | Includes gravity unloaded movable support |
790.7 | Includes driven conveyor whereon continuously supported stack is formed |
790.8 | With temporary support for incoming articles during discharge of stack |
790.9 | Stacks articles on different supports |
791 | And combines into single stack |
791.1 | Includes conveyor for feeding articles to sequentially formed stacks |
791.2 | Offsets or crosses adjacent articles in single article wide stack |
791.3 | Articles inverted in adjacent levels or layers |
791.5 | Formed with sloped or stepped side |
791.6 | Sequentially forms or adds completed layers |
791.7 | Offsets circular articles within adjacent rows of layer |
791.8 | Leaves void between articles in layer |
792 | Crosses articles in adjacent layers |
792.1 | Includes swingable pusher for turning article shoved to layer |
792.2 | With rotating stack support |
792.4 | Turns completed layer about vertical axis before stacking |
792.5 | Offsets articles within parallel adjacent superposed rows |
792.6 | Adds rows of articles to layer |
792.7 | Positions lowest article of stack first |
792.8 | Includes horizontally shiftable, article elevating device |
793 | Includes suction-type article gripping means |
793.2 | Includes magnetic-type article gripping means |
793.4 | Includes support vertically alignable with stack then shiftable from beneath article |
793.5 | Support carried or formed by endless belt conveyor |
793.8 | Support adjusts vertically as height of stack increases |
793.9 | Support revolves around central axis during shifting and return |
794 | Support swings during shifting and return |
794.1 | Support travels vertically spaced paths during shifting and return |
794.2 | Plural coacting supports shifting in opposite directions |
794.3 | And movable stop engaging article during shifting of support |
794.4 | Includes endless belt for delivering |
794.6 | Having discharge vertically shiftable as stack grows |
794.7 | Includes pusher conveyor for delivering |
794.8 | Includes roller conveyor for delivering |
794.9 | Positions highest article of stack first |
795.4 | Unstacking apparatus |
795.5 | Utilizes fluid blast to remove article |
795.6 | Unstacking tapered or nestable articles |
795.7 | With means vertically aligning stack |
795.8 | With means replacing depleted stack |
795.9 | Removes complete tier from multitier stack |
796 | Separates stack into smaller stacks |
796.2 | Removes layer as unit |
796.4 | With means for reorienting article after unstacking |
796.5 | Removes highest article first from stack |
796.6 | With means offsetting highest article prior to removal |
796.7 | With stack elevating means |
796.9 | Includes article gripping device |
797.2 | Includes endless belt article separator |
797.3 | Includes rotary article separator |
797.4 | Removes lowest article first from stack |
797.5 | Includes means for elevating remainder of stack therefrom |
797.6 | Includes endless belt article separator |
797.7 | Includes rotary article separator |
797.8 | Includes article separator with gripping device |
797.9 | Includes pusher article separator |
798 | Includes movable stack support for gravity unloading article |
798.2 | Positions intersupporting article into row |
798.3 | Takes article therefor from another spaced group |
798.4 | Tapered or nestable articles positioned |
798.5 | Includes revolving or swinging handler |
798.7 | Includes pusher conveyor for delivering |
798.8 | Includes nonpowered guide for delivering |
798.9 | Removes intersupporting article from row |
111 | VEHICLE-CARRIED BALE ACCUMULATOR |
132 | HAY STACK SHAPERS |
133 | COAL STORAGE TYPE |
137.1 | MARINE LOADING OR UNLOADING SYSTEM |
137.2 | Loading or unloading aircraft under marine conditions |
137.4 | With weather cover |
137.5 | Marine vessel to/from well |
137.6 | Marine vessel to/from air vessel |
137.7 | Marine vessel to/from water |
137.9 | Marine vessel to marine vessel |
138.1 | With means to effect relative vertical movement of marine vessel |
138.2 | With means to compensate for relative marine vessel movement |
138.5 | Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from marine vessel |
138.7 | Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from shore |
138.8 | With marine vessel holding or moving device |
138.9 | Serial marine vessels supporting conveyor |
139.1 | By use of endless belt conveyor |
139.2 | One marine vessel towing the other |
139.3 | By use of endless belt conveyor |
139.4 | Marine vessel to/from shore |
139.5 | Personnel loading or unloading |
139.6 | With means to compensate for marine vessel movement |
139.8 | With marine vessel holding or moving device |
139.9 | Marine vessel to/from land or rail vehicle distinct from system |
140.1 | By use of marine vessel to/from shore gangway for land or rail vessel |
140.2 | By use of endless belt conveyor |
140.3 | By use of laterally moving crane |
140.4 | By use of swinging crane |
140.5 | By use of conveyor chute |
140.6 | By lifting marine vessel or by changing water level |
140.7 | By use of screw conveyor |
140.8 | By use of endless belt conveyor |
141.3 | By use of laterally moving crane |
141.6 | By use of swinging crane |
141.7 | By use of hoist line |
141.8 | By use of conveyor chute |
141.9 | By use of screw conveyor on marine vessel |
142.1 | By use of endless belt conveyor on marine vessel |
142.6 | By use of laterally moving crane on marine vessel |
142.7 | By use of swinging crane on marine vessel |
142.8 | By use of hoist line |
143.1 | By use of conveyor chute |
143.2 | Stowage arrangement on marine vessel |
146 | CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS ADAPTED FOR USE IN A RADIOACTIVE ENVIRONMENT |
147 | CHAMBER OF A TYPE UTILIZED FOR A HEATING FUNCTION AND MATERIAL CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR |
148 | With alarm, indicator, or signal |
149 | Driven, rotatable chamber |
150 | Including driven device and/or inclined flow path to carry or convey material into, within, and out of chamber |
151 | In helical or tortuous path |
152 | With means outside of chamber to carry or guide material to, or from, device or path |
153 | With driven means within chamber to manipulate or transfer material |
154 | Including track-guided, wheeled vehicle |
156 | Including reciprocating or vibratory conveyor |
157 | Including endless conveyor (e.g., apron, pusher type, etc.) |
158 | Including screw, rotary, or rotating pusher, conveyor |
159 | Including roller conveyor |
160 | Charging of chamber |
161 | With control system responsive to condition in chamber |
162 | Through plural ports in top of chamber |
165 | By depositing material onto surface of glass melt |
167 | By driven device for transporting material to a stationary, at least in part, accumulating means for subsequent release into chamber by gravity |
168 | Receptacle moved back and forth along inclined way (e.g., skip, etc.) |
171 | Conveyor |
172 | By driven device for transporting material to and/or into, or into and within, chamber |
173 | Plural, successive, driven devices |
174 | Thrower and at least one feeder conveyor therefor |
177 | Two or more conveyors, one traversing open top, or opening in top of, chamber |
178 | Receptacle moved back and forth along inclined way (e.g., skip, etc.) |
179 | Movably mounted conveyor traverses open top, or opening in top of, chamber |
180 | Including apparatus to advance a material-supporting element to a point within chamber, release material, and retract element |
181 | With driven means to eject material from element |
182 | Element comprises tiltable, material-underlying support |
183 | Receptacle separable from apparatus (e.g., for refilling, etc.) |
184 | Receptacle tiltable about axis parallel to direction of apparatus advance |
185 | Element comprises receptacle having bottom outlet |
186 | Element comprises grab |
187 | Material accumulating and holding structure, and driven conveyor therein serving to move (e.g., eject, etc.) material from structure to chamber |
188 | Including wheeled carriage for supporting the structure |
189 | Driven conveyor comprises rotatable, pocketed gate |
190 | Screw conveyor |
191 | Traversing hoist having material-underlying support or material attracting or gripping means |
192 | Carrier-mounted, tiltable receptacle |
193 | Thrower |
196 | Conveyor |
199 | By material supporting structure movable, or having a movable component, to release material into chamber by gravity |
200 | Including serially arranged closures |
204 | Bell and hopper |
206 | With means to distribute material after release from structure |
207 | Comprising a tiltable material containing member |
208 | By inclined flow path |
209 | Discharging of chamber by driven device |
210 | With means beyond chamber exit to move or guide material discharged therefrom by the device |
211 | Means comprises endless or rotary conveyor |
212 | Means comprises portable (e.g., vehicle mounted, etc.) material receiving chute |
213 | Device comprises screw conveyor |
214 | Device comprises pushing or pulling mechanism |
216 | Discharging of chamber by gravity, and means beyond exit thereof to guide, move, or stop material |
217 | APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL BETWEEN ZONES HAVING DIFFERENT PRESSURES AND INHIBITING CHANGE IN PRESSURE GRADIENT THEREBETWEEN |
217.1 | For carrying Standarized Mechanical Interface (SMIF) type |
218 | Including screw conveyor |
219 | Including trap chamber having horizontal axis of rotation |
221 | 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 | Condition responsive control of transporting means |
222.03 | Portion of transporting means is retarded or stopped with load at station without being disconnected from remainder of transporting means |
222.04 | Device engages load handling or supporting element or load on element to align load at station |
222.05 | Device engages load holding or supporting element to fix element position relative to station |
222.07 | Means to convey load back and forth between initial location and station |
222.08 | Charging transporting means with load at station |
222.09 | With simultaneous charging and discharging of plural load holding or supporting elements |
222.13 | Transporting means carries load to at least one of a plurality of fixed stations |
223.01 | Supply source capable of 360 degrees revolution |
223.02 | Supply source capable of reversible 180 degrees revolution |
224.01 | Supply source includes chute |
225.01 | Load holding or supporting element including gripping means |
226.03 | Including plurality of supply sources for single element |
226.04 | Device engaging transporting means or source to align element relative to source |
226.05 | 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 | Facility includes structure (e.g., ramp, angularly related successive locations for a vehicle, etc.) necessitating self-propellability or steerability of vehicle |
231 | With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions |
232 | With means to sense condition of site |
233 | Including one or more movable sites |
234 | 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 | 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 | Plurality of supporting members moved in recirculating fashion by succession of driving devices |
239 | One or more separate supporting members and means to impart independent, linear or partly linear, movement thereto |
240 | Member moving from particular location to discharge and/or receive vehicle, and returning thereto |
241 | With means to transfer vehicle to or from supporting member |
242 | On driven, plural-site carrier initially receiving vehicle |
243 | With loading means, external to carrier, at facility entrance |
244 | Serving also movable site on subsequent driven carrier, or fixed site |
245 | By moving linearly in a horizontal direction |
247 | By moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical plane |
249 | Moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical plane |
252 | With vehicle storage or retrieval system responsive to manual designation of destination |
253 | With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa |
254 | Including sets of intermeshing support elements having relative vertical movement |
255 | By exerting upward, in addition to generally horizontal, force |
257 | Complementary, driven, vehicle-supporting conveyors on carrier and site |
258 | Tiltable or inclined means for supporting vehicle on carrier or site |
259 | By exerting generally horizontal force |
261 | Carrier-facility-site relationship |
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 | Load-underlying members (e.g., racks, receptacles (or a compartmented receptacle), shelves, troughs, etc.) |
268 | With means for selectively charging a plurality of receptacles from a single source, or selectively discharging a plurality of receptacles to a single destination |
273 | With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions |
274 | With means on charging or discharging means to determine status of member |
275 | With means to detect obstruction and alter movement of charging or discharging means |
276 | Inclined members |
277 | 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 | Device comprises one or more conveyors of driven roller or endless apron type |
279 | Device includes self-powered, track-guided car |
280 | Device includes push-pull mechanism |
281 | Charging or discharging means includes elevating device, movable in horizontal direction (e.g., portable, etc.), having load-sustaining surface |
282 | Including additional means to move surface horizontally relative to device |
284 | With detachably associated auxiliary carrier for transporting device during portion of its horizontal travel |
285 | Charging or discharging means comprises plural endless conveyors or plural runs of single endless conveyor |
286 | 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 | With alarm, indicator, or signal |
290 | Receptacle contains liquid in which charge is submergibly sealed |
291 | With means to handle (e.g., recirculate, remove, etc.) dust |
292 | With means to seal receptacle in vicinity of entrance for charging or discharging means |
293 | Charging or charge-distributing means |
294 | Condition responsive |
295 | Position of charging means controlled by level of material in receptacle |
296 | Drive means of charging conveyor controlled by level of material in receptacle |
297 | With means to ream or cut, or with collapsible means to form, vertical discharge passage in material during charging |
298 | Serving also to discharge receptacle |
299 | Terminal portion of means comprises gravity flow path (e.g., chute, etc.) |
300 | Having charge distributing means of driven type |
303 | Charging a static receptacle by gravity flow from a portable load carrier |
304 | Nongravity discharging means |
305 | Including at least one discharge assistant of the compound motion type |
306 | Having compound motion assistant located proximate to bottom of receptacle and displaceable generally parallel thereto |
307 | Condition responsive |
308 | Assistant separable from receptacle |
309 | Pivotably displaceable assistant and member for shielding its fixed end |
310 | Comprising screw conveyor |
313 | Having compound motion assistant operating on top of material |
314 | Including wall cleaning means |
315 | Condition responsive |
317 | Route of material being discharged includes vertical segment through remainder of charge |
318 | With conveyor extending to discharge opening in sidewall of receptacle |
319 | Screw-type pickup conveyor |
322 | Means for displacing assistant involves driven, wheel-like, support member rolling on surface of material |
323 | Condition responsive |
324 | Including flail |
325 | Including one or more driven conveyors located within or partly within receptacle for making initial pickup of material |
328 | Gravity discharge of a gated, static receptacle to one or more vehicle-mounted receivers |
331.01 | MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED, CHARGE-SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING ELEMENTS |
331.02 | Rotating or circulating rack |
331.03 | Charge-supporting elements moving horizontally |
331.04 | Charge-supporting elements moving vertically |
331.05 | Rack as a unit rotating about vertical axis |
331.06 | Wheeled rack |
331.07 | Simultaneous charging or discharging of charge-supporting elements |
331.08 | Charging or discharging means is a pusher |
331.09 | Charging or discharging means is a conveyor |
331.1 | Charging or discharging means is a reciprocating arm |
331.11 | Charging or discharging means having elevating means to present load at a predetermined level |
331.12 | Rack formed by rotatable screws |
331.13 | Rack moved by conveyor relative to charging or discharging means |
331.14 | Rack moved vertically by elevating means |
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 | Loading device having capability for controlling direction of output therefrom |
336 | 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 | By additional load-supporting vehicle for moving with load from one load-transporting type vehicle to the other |
343 | With means on each vehicle cooperating to effect, or facilitate, transfer of load |
344 | With driven load engaging device, supported at least in part externally of the vehicles, for moving load therebetween |
345 | Means is confined to one of the vehicles |
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 | Load-supporting portion pivotable about horizontal axis |
351 | 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 |
354 | WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR SUPPORTING VEHICLE IN TOTO AND REORIENTING IT INTO LOAD-RELEASING ATTITUDE |
355 | With driven carrier for receiving released load |
357 | 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 | Vehicle-holding member rollable along underlying support (i.e., axis of pivot of vehicle travels laterally) |
359 | Vehicle-holding framework rotatable about fixed axis passing through framework and parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle |
362 | Pivotably movable structure, at least initially in underlying relation to vehicle |
363 | With means to agitate vehicle or its load |
364 | With means for shifting axis of pivot or tilt of structure in vertical direction |
365 | With means to affect exit of load from vehicle |
366 | Axis of pivot parallels longitudinal axis of vehicle |
367 | With means to retard or stop vehicle approaching structure |
368 | With means to guide departing load toward vehicle exit |
369 | With means to operate vehicle-mounted closure member |
370 | With nonaligned paths for approach and departure of vehicle |
371 | Axis of pivot or tilt of structure parallels longitudinal axis of vehicle thereon |
373 | LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL MEANS COOPERATING IN THE LOADING OR UNLOADING THEREOF |
374 | Means decelerates moving, wheeled vehicle, load continues to move and leaves vehicle |
375 | Means agitates, shakes, or vibrates wheeled vehicle or load therein to loosen load for departure from vehicle |
376 | Involving movement of load by gravity from wheeled vehicle |
377 | Means initiates unloading of vehicle of type having load body, or other load holding means, suspended therefrom |
378 | Bottom unloading body |
379 | Bucketlike body having horizontal, reciprocable movement, and flexible strand means for driving it in at least one direction |
381 | Tilting body |
383 | Means cooperates with motion of vehicle to reorient load body, relative to wheels, into load releasing attitude |
385 | Means comprises driven device for raising one end of vehicle upwardly relative to other end thereof |
386 | Means comprises driven device for engaging and moving pivotable load body relative to remainder of vehicle |
387 | 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 |
389 | 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 | Of driven type, for unloading a wheeled vehicle |
391 | Including load raising or lowering device |
395 | Including load pushing or pulling device |
397 | Means comprises repositionable supporting and/or guiding structure (e.g., chute, etc.) for conducting load moving by gravity to a wheeled vehicle |
398 | Power-driven conveyor for loading a wheeled vehicle |
399 | Raising or lowering device of driven type for loading a wheeled vehicle |
400 | Pushing or pulling device for loading a wheeled vehicle by exerting a generally horizontal force on load |
401 | Means serves to align wheeled vehicle and load receiving or relinquishing structure |
402 | 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 | For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means |
405 | By inverting both receptacle and receiving means in order to transfer contents from one to other |
406 | Having receiving means mounted on wheeled vehicle |
411 | With container opening means |
413 | Successive dumping from conveyed stack |
414 | With gate or closure-type discharge control means |
415 | With jarring means |
416.01 | Nongravity type |
416.02 | Changes spacing between articles |
416.03 | Horizontal movement of receptacle contents |
416.05 | Receptacle moved on conveyor past emptying device |
416.07 | Articles removed in layers |
416.08 | Receptacle has spaced article supports |
416.09 | Ejector |
418 | Orienting endless, roller, or gravity conveyor |
419 | Rotary cradle |
422 | Elevator type |
425 | 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 | Elevator-type engaging means |
428 | Vertically swinging article engager |
429 | Opposed horizontally reciprocable engaging elements |
430 | Ramp-type truck |
431 | ARTICLE ENGAGED BETWEEN ENDS FOR ROTATION AND ADVANCEMENT |
433 | ARTICLE ROTATOR, ROLLER TYPE |
434 | MOTION OR DRAFT RESPONSIVE LOAD HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER |
444 | TILTING VEHICLE-TYPE HANDLER (I.E., PORTABLE GRAPPLE) |
445 | Article actuated engaging means |
446 | Separable load rack |
447 | Successive engaging means |
448 | With band-type engager |
449 | Flexible strand attached load gripper |
450 | Opposed movable jaw grippers |
453 | Single movable jaw gripper |
457 | Rigid-type grapple engaging means (e.g., hooks, etc.) |
458 | OPPOSED SHELF-TYPE ELEVATOR AND TRANSPORTER |
460 | LOAD BRIDGING VEHICLE |
462 | VEHICLE ATTACHED AUXILIARY CARRIERS |
467 | SELF-LOADING OR UNLOADING VEHICLES |
468 | With load-receiving portion comprising horizontally disposed, rotatable cylinder |
469 | With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof, pivotable relative to horizontal |
470 | Having axis of pivot parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle for side loading or unloading |
471 | Elevatable type |
472 | Discharge gate-carried loading means |
473 | Interrelated movements or drives for load body and loading means |
477 | Load-receiving portion also shiftable longitudinally |
480 | Load-receiving portion includes means which extends longitudinally therefrom to form ramp when portion pivots |
481 | Trailer-type vehicle and adjustable or removable tow-engaging structure associated therewith enabling lowering of forward end of vehicle for loading |
482 | Trailer-type vehicle having load-receiving portion pivotable relative to at least one other component of vehicle |
484 | 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 | About axis of wheels of vehicle having two wheels, and relative to tow-engaging end of vehicle |
486 | With means to raise load above load-receiving portion for deposit thereon or therein |
487 | Including receptaclelike (e.g., bucket, scoop, etc.) holder for load |
488 | Comprising driven conveyor |
489 | With driven conveyor to receive load departing from pivoted load-receiving portion |
490 | Two wheel, manually propelled vehicle pivotable about axis of wheels (e.g., hand truck, etc.) and provided with attendant-operated, load-handling means |
491 | With driven means to move load relative to load-receiving portion |
495 | Having elevating load body |
498 | Separable load rack |
501 | Successive handling means |
506 | Winch and idler-pulley-traversing haulage cable for ejecting load from vehicle |
507 | Conveyor |
508 | With worker support |
509 | Comprising load-engaging element reciprocably movable parallel to generally horizontal load-supporting component of vehicle for ejecting load therefrom |
510 | Three-dimensional load-receiving portion includes movable load-underlying surface, and element comprises upright member attached to surface |
511 | Pusher moved by ram movable to different positions along load-supporting platform |
512 | Plural pushers on same vehicle |
513 | Pusher guide means |
514 | Pusher moved by flexible means |
517 | Pusher moved by ram actuated by fluid pressure |
518 | Power-driven with cooperating handling means |
519 | With gate means |
521 | With movable upright plate |
522 | Laterally movable rigid platform type |
523 | Shiftable or removable conveyor unit |
525.1 | Reciprocating type |
525.2 | Compactor vehicle including compacting plate |
525.3 | Reverse-flow ejection |
525.4 | Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure over compacting plate |
525.5 | Compacting plate movable along controlled arc |
525.55 | Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure over compacting plate |
525.6 | Rectilinearly reciprocating compacting plate |
525.7 | Vibratory |
525.9 | Walking beam |
526 | Screw type |
527 | Flexible conveyor type |
529 | Load-engaging roller or rollerway |
530 | With means for locking roller against rotation |
531 | With separate means movable vertically between load supporting and retracted positions |
532 | Shiftably or removably supported on vehicle |
536 | With means for preventing movement of load relative thereto |
537 | Skidway |
539 | Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means, and the load movement thereof |
540 | Raising or lowering of load or load holder includes vertical, rectilinear movement |
541 | And carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement having horizontal component |
542 | Hoist having traversing (i.e., horizontal) movement |
544 | Elevator with laterally shiftable guides |
545 | Carrier comprises movable component of load-receiving portion (e.g., tailgate, section of floor, etc.) |
546 | Raising or lowering of load or load holder includes curvilinear movement |
547 | Pivotable, telescopic arm imparts path of plural radii |
548 | Unloader actuated by gravity-influenced load |
549 | Carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement of a rectilinear nature in a direction other than vertical |
550 | Carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement about a vertical axis |
551 | Load holder located relative to vehicle in such manner as to accrue load during travel of vehicle |
552 | Carrier or mover pivots about axis parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle |
553 | Load holder or portion thereof has additional axis of pivot relative to swinging arm-type carrier or mover |
554 | Load holder pivotable about lower edge of opening in end of load-receiving portion |
555 | With means to grasp load |
556 | Carrier comprises movable component of load-receiving portion |
558 | Carrier movable to storage position beneath vehicle |
559 | Loading by haulage cable imparting principally horizontal movement to load or load holder |
560 | TRAVERSING HOIST TYPE |
564 | HOIST OR ELEVATOR AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER |
565 | VERTICALLY SWINGING SHOVEL AND AUXILIARY CARRIER |
567 | VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER |
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 | Means includes driven carrier for receiving a load from a vehicle at an unloading station |
575 | Means comprises device for changing the attitude of a vehicle, or its load body, relative to the horizontal for unloading by gravity |
576 | Framework for holding a vehicle, pivotable about fixed axis through framework parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle |
577 | Pivotably movable structure for supporting a vehicle in toto, positioned, at least initially, in underlying relation thereto |
578 | With means for adapting structure to accomodate more than one length of vehicle |
579 | With fluid or mechanical friction brake to regulate movement of structure |
580 | With means for limiting longitudinal movement of vehicle on structure |
581 | Having axis of pivot parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle |
582 | By raising one end of a vehicle relative to other end thereof |
584 | 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 | 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 |
589 | LOAD SUPPORT HAS LINEAR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT FOR ALIGNING AND MOUNTING LOAD AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION |
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 |
594 | Load lowering, automatic return |
595 | Inclined track |
596 | Ditching type |
598 | Tilting carrier |
599 | Tilting track section |
600 | Running out from base |
602 | Return, buffer, or counterweight feature |
603 | Skeleton or fork |
604 | Outhaul feature |
605 | Carrier running out from base |
606 | Magnet and grab |
607 | Convertible attachment |
608 | Separable rack |
609 | With external cooperating movable feeding or discharging means |
610 | Elevator carrier movement responsive |
611 | Vehicle handling |
612 | Loading means |
616 | Valved carrier |
617 | Adjustably mounted discharge guide |
618 | Grab |
619 | Cantilevered type (e.g., industrial truck, etc.) |
624 | Clamshell |
626 | Suspended |
627 | Suction gripper type |
628 | Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative movement, and tiltable carrier thereon |
630 | Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative movement |
631 | Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator |
637 | Having one or more axes of pivotable movement |
639 | Tilting carrier |
640 | With operator-controlled tilting means |
643 | Sectional platform type |
644 | Valved |
645 | Latch release |
648 | Camming trackway |
651 | Tethered type |
652 | Abutment or limit stop |
657 | Valved |
659 | Comprising device on carrier to move or carry load laterally thereto or therefrom |
662 | Comprising means enabling additional movement of carrier or portion thereof relative to its support |
663 | On portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator |
664 | Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable |
668 | Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable |
669 | Pivotable in horizontal plane |
671 | Shiftable in horizontal plane perpendicularly to axis of elongation |
672 | Carrier comprises swingable or rotatable, load-underlying surface |
673 | Return, buffer, or counterweight feature |
674 | 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 | Track-supported rocker |
683 | Cement mixer loader |
684 | Coil handler |
684.3 | Door remover |
685 | Shovel or fork type |
686 | With means to facilitate attachment of boom to vehicle |
687 | Horizontally swinging |
688 | Vertically adjustable |
689 | Trolley supported pivoted handle |
690 | Reciprocating handle |
694 | Handle pivoted to boom |
696 | Guided |
697 | Tilting |
698 | Including indicator |
699 | Control means responsive to sensed condition |
702 | Overshot type |
703 | Swinging member attached to rear mounted draft member |
704 | Including load ejector, striker, or retainer |
705 | Laterally tiltable or shiftable shovel or fork |
706 | During swinging to stabilize pitch |
707 | On link mounted swinging support |
708 | By hydraulic compensation |
709 | By tensioned flexible connector |
710 | By linkage pivoting on base support |
714 | Induced by swing of swinging support |
715 | By extensible link between load engager and swinging support |
716 | Holdable in different pitch positions during loading |
717 | On unlatching from swinging support |
718 | Extensible support |
719 | Return, buffer, or counterweight feature |
721 | Hay retainers |
722 | Shovel, rake, handle, or boom structure |
728 | With rectilinear translation |
729 | Grab |
730 | Programmable or condition responsive means controls grab operation |
731 | With auxiliary support for load |
732 | Grab movable relative to its supporting arm |
733 | Grab orientation maintained during supporting arm manipulation |
735 | Grab has swinging movement in plural planes |
736 | Movable grab support has plurality of grabs attached thereto |
737 | Grab is a suction or magnetic article engaging means |
738 | Grab supported and moved by a pivotably mounted member |
742 | Nonfixed pivot |
743 | Tilting carrier |
744.1 | HORIZONTALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT |
745.1 | CYLINDRICAL BAR HANDLING DEVICE |
745.2 | Vertical cylindrical bar |
745.3 | Heat exchanger tube bundle handling device |
745.4 | Pipe laying |
745.7 | Sequentially acting, diverse handling devices |
745.8 | Changing orientation of cylindrical bar |
745.9 | Including ramp and elevator means |
746.3 | Including means to rotate or allow rotation of bar about its axis |
746.4 | Including ramp and retractable stop or ejector |
746.5 | Engaging interior surface of pipe |
746.6 | Comprising walking beam |
746.7 | Comprising roller or endless belt |
746.8 | Comprising carriage |
749.1 | LOAD CARRIED ALONG A HORIZONTAL LINEAR PATH (E.G., PICK AND PLACE TYPE) |
749.2 | Carried via magnetic floating |
749.3 | Including a detector for altering load path (e.g., stop, redirect) |
749.4 | Multiple loads, rotatable into various positions (e.g., indexing) |
749.5 | Multiple loads, having means spacing one load from another load |
751.1 | Having gripper means |
749.6 | Including aligning structure (e.g., rollers and rails, dovetail joint, rod and channel) |
754 | ARTICLE REORIENTING DEVICE |
755 | Article reoriented by contact with fluid means |
756 | Article reoriented by flexible sling means |
757 | Article frictionally engaged and rotated by relatively movable means (e.g., disc, endless belt, etc.) |
758 | Article inverting means (i.e., 180 degree turnover) |
759 | Plural, driven turning means coact sequentially to invert single article |
761 | Inverter has plural means for receiving articles |
764 | Encircling means inverts article |
765 | Having article inserting or discharging means |
766 | Having securing means movable into engagement with the article |
767 | Encircling means moves about its transverse axis |
768 | Article turned about one end supported by a fixed or rotatable abutment or by a surface frictionally retarding movement of the supported end |
771 | Including coacting opposed movable arms |
772 | Article moved about perpendicular axes |
773 | Article received at one point and discharged at a different point |
774 | Plural article turning members coact sequentially to reorient single article |
776 | Arm for orienting article is swingable about its transverse axis and is rotatable about its longitudinal axis |
777 | Roller means circumferentially engages and supports orienter for rotation thereon |
778 | Article support means rockable on fixed surface |
779 | Article support means rotates about a shiftable pivot point |
780 | Fixed member provides support for article reoriented while in contact therewith |
781 | Article reoriented while fully supported by stationary supporting surface |
782 | Article supporting carriage moved over fixed guideway to reorient article |
783 | Orienter has article gripping means |
784 | 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 | Of moving intersupporting articles into, within, or from freestanding, orderly layered, or mutually stabilizing orderly group |
803 | Of loading or unloading marine system |
804 | Of material charging or discharging of a chamber of a type utilized for a heating function |
805 | Of moving material between zones having different pressures and inhibiting change in pressure gradient therebetween |
806 | Of charging load-holding or -supporting element from source and transporting element to working, treating, or inspecting station |
807 | Of charging or discharging plural static structures for supporting discrete loads and utilizing charging or discharging means therefor |
808 | Of charging or discharging, or facilitating charging or discharging of static receptacle |
809 | Of loading or unloading load-transporting type vehicle and external means cooperating in loading or unloading thereof |
810 | Of emptying portable receptacle |
812 | Of charging or discharging self-loading or unloading vehicle |
814 | Of loading or unloading elevator or hoist and including loading or unloading means therefor |
815 | Including vertically swinging load support |
816 | 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 | With article-supporting fluid cushion |
923 | Including support for group |
927 | Including means for supplying pallet or separator to group |
929 | Including means for collecting emptied pallet or separator |
930 | Manual step utilized |
931 | Bricks |
932 | Audio or video cassettes |
933 | Group formed or dispensed by reversible apparatus |
934 | Nonconforming article diverted |
900 | Adjust to handle articles or groups of different sizes |
901 | Including article counter |
902 | Including control for pattern of group |
904 | With means to apply adhesive to article |
905 | Having geneva drive for apparatus |
906 | With article flap deflector |
907 | 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 | Including wafer orienting means |
937 | Including means for charging or discharging wafer cassette |
939 | Including wafer charging or discharging means for vacuum chamber |
940 | Wafer cassette transporting |
941 | 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 | Supply source includes member capable of 360 degree revolution (414/223) |
FOR103 | Supply source includes a chute (414/224) |
FOR104 | Load holding or supporting element includes gripping means (414/225) |
FOR106 | MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED; CHARGE SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING THE ELEMENTS (414/331) |
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