US PATENT SUBCLASS 266 / 176
.~.~ With means for moving solid material to or through heating zone

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168  DF  MEANS FOR TREATING ORES OR FOR EXTRACTING METALS {3}
171  DF  .~ By means applying heat to work, e.g., furnace {10}
176.~.~ With means for moving solid material to or through heating zone {4}
177  DF  .~.~.~> By means for moving charge through zone {2}
182  DF  .~.~.~> By fluid current
183  DF  .~.~.~> By power-driven means conveying solid charge into zone
184  DF  .~.~.~> Bell and hopper type

DEFINITION

Classification: 266/176

(under subclass 171) Device wherein the heating means is provided with means to supply a charge of fuel, flux or ore thereto, which supplied material is in a solid form, or means to convey or propel the charge within the heating means.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclass, for conveyors of general utility.

414, Material or Article Handling,

150+, for the combination of a chamber of a type utilized for a heating function and a driven device, and/or an inclined flow path to carry or convey material into, within, and out of the chamber, and subclasses 160+ for such a chamber and the charging, in general, thereof.