.~ Movable on supporting frame (e.g., pivoted) {11}
90
.~.~ Moving digger with intercepting stripper or chute
DEFINITION
Classification: 171/90
(under subclass 86) Apparatus in which a moving digger is provided with a discharge device interposed in the path of objects on the digger to remove said objects from the digger.
(1) Note. The discharge means is usually a comb or trough.
(2) Note. The discharge device must actually remove the objects or strip them from the digger and conveyors or chutes which are merely disposed in the path of objects which fall from the digger are excluded and will be found in an appropriate subclass in Classes 198 or 193, respectively.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
92, for separating diggers moving in an annular path in which a chute is disposed within the annulus to receive objects therefrom.
