US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 678.1
.~ Endless conveyor having means for suspending load

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618  DF  CONVEYOR SECTION {26}
678.1.~ Endless conveyor having means for suspending load {8}
679  DF  .~.~> Magnetic means
680  DF  .~.~> Means engagable with hanger to change hanger position relative to drive means or to release load
681  DF  .~.~> Load directly suspended from means spanning between parallel drive means
682  DF  .~.~> Having lock connection between hanger and load engaging means
683  DF  .~.~> Articulated drive means provided with non-load supporting guide means
684  DF  .~.~> Having means interengaging articulated drive and drive means therefor
685  DF  .~.~> Elongated drive means and hanger interengaging means {2}
687.1  DF  .~.~> Separable conveyor portion

DEFINITION

Classification: 198/678.1

Endless conveyor having means for suspending load:

(under subclass 618) Subject matter wherein the conveying means comprises a hanger from which the load is suspended, said hanger being supported above the location where the load engages the hanger by a support means which is either (1) a track or guide means along which said hanger is caused to move by an endless drive means, or (2) an endless means which both supports and moves said hanger.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

463.1+, for conveying systems having at least one article

suspending conveyor.

793+, for load holding designs for a unit load conveyor having an endless or rotating path of travel where the load may be suspended also.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

104, Railways, for suspending conveyors having rail supported, power and free, suspending trolleys.

452, Butchering, 177+, and 187+ for endless hooks limited for use in the butchering art..