US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 339.1
WITH MEANS TO FACILITATE WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING CONVEYED LOAD AT A STATION

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339.1WITH MEANS TO FACILITATE WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING CONVEYED LOAD AT A STATION {8}
340  DF  .~> Having signalling or load identifying means
341.01  DF  .~> Condition responsive control of conveyor or station apparatus {3}
343.1  DF  .~> Load supporting conveyor portion is retarded or stopped with load at station without being disconnected from remainder of continuously moving conveyor {1}
345.1  DF  .~> Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align load for working {1}
346  DF  .~> Static means for supporting load or workman adjacent conveyor for operation on load
346.1  DF  .~> Means to convey a palleted load back and forth between an initial location and the work station
346.2  DF  .~> Means to transfer a load back and forth between the mainline conveyor and the work station
346.3  DF  .~> Conveyor(s) lowers the load to at least one of a plurality of fixed work stations

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/339.1

WITH MEANS TO FACILITATE WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING CONVEYED LOAD AT A STATION:

(under the class definition) Apparatus including specialized structure, either part of the conveyor or separate means associated therewith, specifically provided for the purpose of aiding the working, treating, or inspecting of the load by separate means at a station situated along the conveying path.

(1) Note. Included herein is a conveyor having associated therewith claimed means for working or treating a load, where the combination of such means and the conveyor is not

classifiable elsewhere on the basis of the working or treating means.

(2) Note. A nominal recitation that a conveyor operates in a machine for performing some work operation, that the load passes through a treating station or that a conveyor is intermittently driven in a working or treating apparatus does not warrant placement of a patent here. Such patens should be classified in other subclasses of this class on the basis of the claimed structure.

(3) Note. Combinations of a conveyor and a treating tank are found in the appropriate treating class such as Class 118, 134 or 204.