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Class Number: 414
Class Title: MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
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
11 .Flat wall or ceiling member manipulating means
12 .Boxlike building module manipulating means
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
19 ..For sheet stock
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
22.55 ...Boom pivoting about horizontal axis
22.56 ....Pivoting derrick
22.57 ...Guided skate or pusher
22.58 ...Pipe or rod guide
22.59 ..Guided skate or pusher
22.61 ..Pipe or rod guide
22.62 .Horizontal rack
22.63 .Vertical rack
22.64 ..Compensating for support shift (e.g., ship roll, etc.)
22.65 ..Pivotal carriage
22.66 ...Carousel
22.67 ...Pivotal derrick
22.68 ..With laterally guided pipe or rod support
22.69 ...On inclined derrick mounted track
22.71 ...Both upper and lower pipe or rod holding and guiding
means
23 POLE OR TREE HANDLERS
24 GLASS CYLINDERS
24.5 ROUND HAY BALE HANDLING
24.6 .Unrolling
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
788.3 ...And varying orientation of tapered articles in stack
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 ...And acting as discharge gate
789.1 ...Powered means (e.g., jogger, etc.)
789.2 ..Forms layered stack or row and then upends it
789.3 ...Tiers or layers formed and sequentially added to stack
prior to upending
789.4 ....Includes means for crossing articles in layer
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
790.1 ....Articles received and stack discharged at
interfingering location
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
790.6 ....And conveyor for receiving unloaded stack
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
791.4 ...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
791.9 ....To facilitate insertion of handling means
792 ...Crosses articles in adjacent layers
792.1 ....Includes swingable pusher for turning article shoved to
layer
792.2 ....With rotating stack support
792.3 .....Rotated between addition of completed layers
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
792.9 ....With article gripping means
793 ...Includes suction-type article gripping means
793.1 ....And endless belt for transporting
793.2 ...Includes magnetic-type article gripping means
793.3 ....And endless belt for transporting
793.4 ...Includes support vertically alignable with stack then
shiftable from beneath article
793.5 ....Support carried or formed by endless belt conveyor
793.6 .....With belt and article moving vertically together above
discharge
793.7 ......And additional noncoaxial endless belt coacting
therewith to support article above discharge
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
794.5 ....Having discharge vertically shiftable
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 ...Includes rotary deliverer
795.1 ....Coacting screws
795.2 ...Includes means for raising highest article and lowering
it upon newly delivered article
795.3 ...Includes means raising article up to stack
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
796.1 ...Removes smaller stack from bottom
796.2 ..Removes layer as unit
796.3 ...And changes position or orientation of articles within
layer
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
796.8 ....Pusher separates article from stack after elevation
796.9 ...Includes article gripping device
797 ....By suction
797.1 ....By magnetic force
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
798.1 ....And means for temporarily holding remainder of stack
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
798.6 ...And pusher conveyor for delivering
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
137.3 ..Underwater loading or unloading
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
137.8 ..Marine vessel to/from lighter 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
138.3 ...Including means to sense position of marine vessel
138.4 ...Line tension control
138.5 ..Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from marine vessel
138.6 ...By use of endless belt conveyor
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
139.7 ...Including means to sense vertical position of marine
vessel (e.g., draft, etc.)
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
140.9 ...For "bulk" (e.g., granular, etc.) cargo
141.1 ....Including orbiting bucket
141.2 ....With grab bucket
141.3 ..By use of laterally moving crane
141.4 ...Having swinging portion
141.5 ...On marine vessel
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
142.2 ..For "bulk" (e.g., granular, etc.) cargo
142.3 ...Belt extending parallel to marine vessel beneath cargo
hold
142.4 ....Sequential endless belts
142.5 ...Including orbiting bucket
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
142.9 ..Scoop or scraper on marine vessel
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
155 ...Having means to support material suspended therebelow
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
163 ...From vehicle-carried hopper located above port
164 ....With closures for ports and means on vehicle to manipulate
them
165 ..By depositing material onto surface of glass melt
166 ...With pushing device to move material therealong
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.)
169 ....Accumulating means includes serially arranged closures
170 .....Each comprising bell of bell and hopper type accumulating
means
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
175 .....Including screw conveyor
176 .....Including pusher conveyor
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
194 ....Reciprocating or oscillating
195 ....Rotary
196 ...Conveyor
197 ....Screw
198 ....Reciprocating pusher or reciprocating conveying surface
199 ..By material supporting structure movable, or having a movable
component, to release material into chamber by gravity
200 ...Including serially arranged closures
201 ....At least one comprising bell of bell and hopper type
supporting structure
202 .....With means to improve seal between mating surfaces
203 .....Having bell and/or hopper mounted for rotation
204 ...Bell and hopper
205 ....With means to distribute material after release from
structure
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
215 ...Mechanism repositionable for serving plural chambers
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
218 .Including screw conveyor
219 .Including trap chamber having horizontal axis of rotation
220 ..With means for changing pressure in trap chamber
221 .Including serially arranged valves in path having a vertical
component (e.g., airlocks, etc.)
222 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
223 .Supply source includes member capable of 360 degree revolution
224 .Supply source includes a chute
225 .Load holding or supporting element includes gripping means
226 ..Including pivoted jaw
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
229 ..Upwardly inclined, pivotable parking site for receiving driven
vehicle
230 ...Caused to pivot by advancing 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
237 ....Path of moving member describes generally rectangular loop
238 .....Successive devices each include endless, member-driving
element (e.g., belt, cable, chain, etc.)
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
246 .....And moving vertically (e.g., laterally shiftable elevator,
etc.)
247 ....By moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in
vertical plane
248 .....Endless carrier having sites attached thereto (e.g.,
suspended therefrom, etc.)
249 ...Moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical
plane
250 ....Revolving about single, horizontal axis
251 ....Endless carrier having sites attached thereto (e.g.,
suspended therefrom, etc.)
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
256 ...And forming sole support for vehicle
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
260 ...Comprising component of carrier having both horizontal and
vertical paths of travel
261 .Carrier-facility-site relationship
262 ..Route to site utilizes plural carriers
263 ..Sites arranged radially of carrier rotatable in whole or in
part
264 ..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 .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
269 ...Charging a plurality of receptacles
270 ....Condition responsive
271 ....By driven conveyor having gated discharging locations spaced
therealong
272 ....By conveyor movable (e.g., pivotable, etc.) to reposition
outlet thereof
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
283 ....Pivotably or rotatably
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
301 ...Rotary type
302 ....Having one or more conveyors rotatable about a vertical axis
at an end thereof
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
311 .....Including means for loosening packed material
312 .....Having receptacle-reacting element of displaceable-movement
drive means located on conveyor
313 ...Having compound motion assistant operating on top of
material
314 ....Including wall cleaning means
315 ....Condition responsive
316 .....To maintain material surface horizontal
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
320 .....Including plural screw elements
321 .....Including means for loosening packed material
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
326 ...At least one of screw type
327 ...At least one of endless type
328 .Gravity discharge of a gated, static receptacle to one or more
vehicle-mounted receivers
329 ..Located on moving vehicle
331 MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED, CHARGE-SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND
EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING THE ELEMENTS
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
342 ..Additional vehicle comprises overhead traversing hoist
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
346 ..Means comprises tiltable load-supporting portion
347 ..Means comprises elevatable load-supporting portion traveling
in path including vertical, rectilinear movement
348 ...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 .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
353 .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 .With driven carrier for receiving released load
356 ..Endless-type conveyor
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
360 ..Including movable element to clamp vehicle to framework
361 ...With rotation responsive moving means
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
372 ...With movable element to clamp vehicle to structure
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
380 .....Flexible strand means serves also as initiating means
381 ...Tilting body
382 ....About axis parallel to direction of vehicle travel
383 ..Means cooperates with motion of vehicle to reorient load body,
relative to wheels, into load releasing attitude
384 ...By pivoting body about axis parallel to longitudinal axis of
vehicle to unload from side
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
388 ...Component comprises oppositely swinging, operatively
interconnected gates
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
392 ...Having means for also moving load laterally
393 ....With flexible, load-underlying element or surface
394 ....With bucket or scoop-type holder
395 ..Including load pushing or pulling device
396 ...With additional means for aligning vehicle and an external
load support
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
407 ...With closure for receiving means and receptacle-responsive
operating means for closure
408 ...Device includes vertically swinging arm and receptacle
support pivotably attached thereto
409 ...Device includes track-guided, receptacle-supporting carrier
410 ...Device includes haulage cable
411 .With container opening means
412 ..Rupturing or cutting type
413 .Successive dumping from conveyed stack
414 .With gate or closure-type discharge control means
415 .With jarring means
416 .Nongravity type
417 ..Ejector
418 .Orienting endless, roller, or gravity conveyor
419 .Rotary cradle
420 ..Nonfixed pivot
421 ..Oscillated
422 .Elevator type
423 ..Differentially operated cables
424 ..Coacting catch or support
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
432 .Driven, canted roll or ring
433 ARTICLE ROTATOR, ROLLER TYPE
434 MOTION OR DRAFT RESPONSIVE LOAD HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER
435 .Movably connected vehicle sections (e.g., articulated, etc.)
436 ..Vertically swinging
437 .Ground engageable means
438 ..Lifting leg type
439 ..Wheel operated
440 ...Locked to wheel
441 ...Elevator type
442 ...Vertically swinging support
443 ....Cable and drum actuated
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
451 ..Slidable
452 ..Toggle-type operator
453 .Single movable jaw gripper
454 ..With operating means
455 ..Adjustable
456 ...Slidable
457 .Rigid-type grapple engaging means (e.g., hooks, etc.)
458 OPPOSED SHELF-TYPE ELEVATOR AND TRANSPORTER
459 .Load bridging vehicle
460 LOAD BRIDGING VEHICLE
461 .Removable transverse load support
462 VEHICLE ATTACHED AUXILIARY CARRIERS
463 .For rim, tire, or wheel
464 ..Plural
465 ..Movement about spaced pivot axes
466 ..Simple arcuate or rectilinear movement
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
474 ..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 ...Element shiftable linearly toward front or rear of vehicle
476 ...Pivotably
477 ..Load-receiving portion also shiftable longitudinally
478 ...With driven means to move load relative to portion
479 ....Means serves also to shift portion in at least one
direction
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
483 ...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 ...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
492 ...Including pusher element
493 ....Pivotably mounted element
494 ...Including haulage cable
495 .Having elevating load body
496 ..With traversing hoist
497 ..With reciprocating conveyor (e.g., ejector type, etc.)
498 .Separable load rack
499 ..Conveyor operated
500 ..Cable operated
501 .Successive handling means
502 ..Power-driven conveyors
503 ...Movably mounted
504 ....Universally
505 ....Pivotally
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
515 ....Connected to winch
516 ....Connected to ram actuated by fluid pressure
517 ...Pusher moved by ram actuated by fluid pressure
518 ..Power-driven with cooperating handling means
519 ..With gate means
520 ...Multiple gates
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
525.51 ......Including moving compacting plate pivot
525.52 .......Plate pivot moves rectilinearly
525.53 ........With pivot-effecting hydraulic cylinder carried on
pivot
525.54 .......Pivot carried by arm turning about fixed second
pivot
525.55 ....Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure
over compacting plate
525.6 ....Rectilinearly reciprocating compacting plate
525.7 ...Vibratory
525.8 ....Detachable vibrator
525.9 ...Walking beam
526 ..Screw type
527 ..Flexible conveyor type
528 ...Endless
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
533 ....Roller connected to support pivotally mounted on vehicle
base
534 .....Support pivotal about horizontal axis
535 ....Vertically shiftable
536 ...With means for preventing movement of load relative thereto
537 ..Skidway
538 ...With haulage means (e.g., cable, etc.)
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
543 .....Having boom pivotable about a vertical axis
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
557 ....Tailgate
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
561 .Traveling crane
562 ..Switch system
563 .Tow truck type
564 HOIST OR ELEVATOR AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER
565 VERTICALLY SWINGING SHOVEL AND AUXILIARY CARRIER
566 .Vertically swinging shovel having an orbital path
567 VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER
568 .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 .Means includes driven carrier for receiving a load from a
vehicle at an unloading station
574 ..Endless apron-type conveyor
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
583 ...Including a vertically swinging, lifting member
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
587 .Charge leveler
588 ..Of rotary type
589 LOAD SUPPORT HAS LINEAR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL
MOVEMENT FOR ALIGNING AND MOUNTING LOAD AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION
590 .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 .Mail
594 .Load lowering, automatic return
595 .Inclined track
596 ..Ditching type
597 ...Pivoted track
598 ..Tilting carrier
599 ...Tilting track section
600 ...Running out from base
601 ....Return, buffer, or counterweight feature
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
613 ....Flow control mechanism (i.e., volume)
614 .....Trap chamber type
615 ....Movable to feeding position over carrier
616 ...Valved carrier
617 ..Adjustably mounted discharge guide
618 .Grab
619 ..Cantilevered type (e.g., industrial truck, etc.)
620 ...Movable about horizontal axis
621 ...Movable rigid jaw clamping type
622 ....Horizontal support with coacting element or holddown
623 ....Multiple article or rack type
624 ..Clamshell
625 ...Guided
626 ..Suspended
627 ..Suction gripper type
628 .Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative
movement, and tiltable carrier thereon
629 ..Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator
630 .Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative
movement
631 ..Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator
632 ...Having one or more axes of pivotable movement
633 ....Including vertical axis
634 ....Single axis, horizontal and fixed
635 .....With fluid drive for movement thereabout
636 ......And means for limiting the movement
637 ..Having one or more axes of pivotable movement
638 ...Single axis, horizontal and fixed
639 .Tilting carrier
640 ..With operator-controlled tilting means
641 ...Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator
642 ....Tiltable about axis perpendicular to direction of travel of
portable elevator (e.g., forwardly tiltable, etc.)
643 ..Sectional platform type
644 ..Valved
645 ..Latch release
646 ...With carrier engaging cam means
647 ...Cantilevered carrier
648 ..Camming trackway
649 ...Adjustable
650 ...Yoke suspended carrier
651 ..Tethered type
652 ..Abutment or limit stop
653 ...Swinging
654 ...Engageable upon reversal or lowering of carrier
655 ....Cantilevered carrier
656 ...Carrier and guide supported cooperating elements
657 .Valved
658 ..Cam or abutment operated
659 .Comprising device on carrier to move or carry load laterally
thereto or therefrom
660 ..Device raises load relative to carrier prior to moving it
laterally
661 ..Push-pull device
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
665 ....Pivotable in horizontal plane
666 .....And otherwise movable therein
667 ....Shiftable in horizontal plane perpendicularly to axis of
elongation
668 ..Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar,
load-supporting members, at least one being movable
669 ...Pivotable in horizontal plane
670 ....And otherwise movable therein
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
682 ..Horizontally swinging
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
691 ....Link supported
692 ....Tilting
693 ....Single cable for crowding and hauling
694 ...Handle pivoted to boom
695 ....Adjustable horizontal swing axis
695.5 ....Linear cylinder
695.6 ....Flexible connector
695.7 ....Rack and pinion
695.8 ....Rotary motor
696 ..Guided
697 ..Tilting
698 ...Including indicator
699 ...Control means responsive to sensed condition
700 ....To maintain pitch during swinging
701 ....To stop tilting at selected angle
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
711 .....Yoke mounted shovel or fork
712 .....Linkage extensible for other tilting
713 ......Swinging support mounted linkage
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
720 ...Spring
721 ..Hay retainers
722 ..Shovel, rake, handle, or boom structure
723 ...With means to facilitate attachment of shovel or rake to
handle or boom
724 ...Handling device releasably attached to bucket or rake
725 ...Means for ejecting load from shovel
726 ...Shovel forming members pivoted relative to each other to dump
load
727 ...Handle body 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
734 ....Grab suspended to swing freely
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
739 ...Grab has pivoted jaw member
740 ....With fixed jaw member
741 ...Grab has reciprocating jaw member
742 .Nonfixed pivot
743 .Tilting carrier
744.1 HORIZONTALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT
744.2 .Swinging about pivot
744.3 ..And moving vertically
744.4 ..Moving pivot
744.5 ...Pivot swinging about second pivot
744.6 ..And moving load support radially with respect to pivot
744.7 ..And vertically reorienting load support
744.8 ..With means to actuate load gripper
745.1 CYLINDRICAL BAR HANDLING DEVICE
745.2 .Vertical cylindrical bar
745.3 .Heat exchanger tube bundle handling device
745.4 .Pipe laying
745.5 ..Vehicle having supporting wheel or wheel substitute
745.6 ...Side boom supported hoist line
745.7 .Sequentially acting, diverse handling devices
745.8 ..Changing orientation of cylindrical bar
745.9 ..Including ramp and elevator means
746.1 ...Oscillating or reciprocating elevator
746.2 ....Oscillating
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 HORIZONTAL LINEAR MOVEMENT
750 .Having indexing means
751 .Having gripper means
752 ..By suction
753 ..Gripper has pivoted jaw
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
760 ...Article slidably traverses sloping surfaces on a plurality of
pivotally mounted turning means
761 ..Inverter has plural means for receiving articles
762 ...Having article inserting or discharging means
763 ...Having article gripping means
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
769 ...Article turned about a rotatable abutment
770 ...Article turned about a fixed abutment means
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
775 ..Article deposited on stationary supporting surface
intermediate sequential turning members
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-TYPE DEVICE
786 PROCESSES
787 MISCELLANEOUS
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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
924 ..Vertically shiftable
925 ...Shifted by change in weight thereon
926 ...Shifted by article responsive means
927 .Including means for supplying pallet or separator to group
928 ..Recirculates emptied pallet or separator
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
938 ..Wafers positioned vertically within cassette
939 .Including wafer charging or discharging means for vacuum
chamber
940 .Wafer cassette transporting
941 .Includes means for gripping wafer