US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 506
CONVEYOR HAVING MEANS SPECIALIZED FOR COLLECTING A LOAD FROM A STATIC SUPPORT (E.G., THE GROUND, ETC.)

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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

506CONVEYOR HAVING MEANS SPECIALIZED FOR COLLECTING A LOAD FROM A STATIC SUPPORT (E.G., THE GROUND, ETC.) {8}
507  DF  .~> Having control means responsive to load condition or unsafe operating condition
508  DF  .~> Having means to form a pile on a static support
509  DF  .~> Having buckets specialized to gather load batches
510.1  DF  .~> Power-driven feed means {4}
519  DF  .~> Having means mounting conveyor for pile surface attack
520  DF  .~> Self-gathering pusher
521  DF  .~> By vibratory trough entrance means
522  DF  .~> Having passive material collecting means

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/506

(under the class definition) Device wherein a conveying section is provided with means which particularizes the section either to gather material scattered on a stationary-supported surface, e.g., the ground, or to remove material from a mound or pile of such material located on such a surface.

(1) Note. The term static support, as used herein, means a surface that is stationary, or generally stationary, at the time material is removed therefrom. Thus, a stopped railway car or a moored ship is considered a static support for purposes of classification in this subclass.

(2) Note. Water in a well is not considered to be material scattered on a stationary support surface, nor is it considered to be a mound or pile of material.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

700, 702 and 715, for a driven conveyor of the bucket type which is particularly adapted to convey liquid, and wherein the source of liquid frequently is an entrapped, stationary

body of water (e.g., a well, etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

78+, for street cleaners which are loading devices, including brushes or flexible members to aid in the loading. If the conveyor and its support only are claimed, or its support only is claimed, and if it otherwise meets the definition of this class (198), the patent should be placed in this Class.

37, Excavating, appropriate subclass, for conveyors particularly adapted for in situ digging, where the surface of the earth is penetrated. If no actual digging element, as teeth, wheel, plow, scoop, or the like, is claimed, and if the conveyor is not particularly adapted to trench, the patent should be placed in this class (198). If other provided for operation, e.g., melting snow, are included, the patent should be placed in Class 37. If the conveyor is useful to handle loose material, the patent should be placed in this class (198). If the presence of a wagon to be loaded is essential to the intended operation of the device, the patent should be placed in either Class 37 or Class 414, Material or Article Handling.

56, Harvesters, appropriate subclasses, especially 16.4+, 71+, 153+, and 345+, for conveyors combined with other harvester structure, or for conveyors limited to use on harvesters. The line between conveyors of the type provided for in

506, and those provided for in Class 56, which are of the raking and loading type, is that where tines, prongs, or the like, are the raking means and the apparatus is particularly designed for continuous raking up of loose crop material while moving over a field, or if it can be so used without modification, the patent is placed in Class 56.

171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, appropriate subclasses, especially 31+, 63+, 89, 110, 111+, and 138, for excavating and loading machines of the type having a scoop or rake delivering to a power-driven conveyor. Class 171 further provides for conveyors which (1) are used to dig, convey, and separate from the earth desired objects, (2) are combined with digging or excavating means and function to separate from the soil flowing from the digging or excavating means from the desired plant or buried object, or (3) are combined with an unearthing device and function merely to feed material to or from such devices.

299, Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material,

64+, for hard material disintegrating machines having material-handling means.