Includes devices limited to guiding material either vertically, horizontally, or at an inclination.
(1) Note. The material may be either individual articles or fluent. It may be guided and acted on by the force of gravity or may be acted on by power applied either by hand or machinery to move the material up an inclined way or horizontally. The devices classified, here, however, do not include the combination of the chute, skid or way with the power mechanism, neither does this class include guides connected to a specific hopper for delivering articles to machines or for dispensing them.
(2) Note. For chutes combined with means utilizable by a person (e.g., handrail or ladder) or with means to sustain life (e.g. ventilation means), see References to Other Classes, below.
(3) Note. Mere tubes and pipes are classified elsewhere. See References to Other Classes, below.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons,
464+,.
14, Bridges, subclass 69.5 34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids,
165+,.
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating,
86,.
56, Harvesters,
328.1, 340.
65, Glass Manufacturing,
304, for chute means combined with glassworking means, and see the "Search Notes" thereunder.
73, Measuring and Testing,
863+, for samplers and tollers.
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, 45, and 46.
100, Presses,
167, for plural stage roll-type mills not elsewhere provided for and having a chute between stages.
104, Railways,
56, 69, 70, 134, 135, and 164.
105, Railway Rolling Stock,
158.1, 239, 247, 252, 254, 256, 279, 301, and 436.
110, Furnaces,
102, 116, 117, and 118.
111, Planting, generally.
112, Sewing,
106, and 113. 114, Ships,
375,.
119, Animal Husbandry,
51.011+, 52.1 to 56.1, 402, 408+, 449, 456+, 464, 475+, 515, 521, and 843+.
126, Stoves and Furnaces,
242,.
137, Fluid Handling, for fluid handling not otherwise provided for.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, for mere tubes and pipes.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate apparatus subclasses.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, 48+, for chutes combined with means utilizable by a person (e.g., handrail or ladder) or with means to sustain life (e.g., ventilation means).
186, Merchandising,
2, 19 and 34.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,
311, 359+ and 523+.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
233+, and 509+.
211, Supports: Racks,
14,.
220, Receptacles,
476+,.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses and see Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class in the class definition of Class 221 for a statement of the line between the classes. 222, Dispensing,
526+, and 566+, and see the notes thereto for dispenser outlets.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, in general, for methods or apparatus to move material using other than its leading or trailing ends, especially
196.1, for a passive guide combined with a material feeder that may include a nominal recitation of a supply or take-up coil (e.g., less than a support for such a coil or a cooperative relationship between a tension or exhaust detector and reel driving or reel stopping means, etc.).