.~.~.~> Including longitudinal endless conveyor {1}
DEFINITION
Classification: 37/367
Slit ditcher:
(under subclass 366) Apparatus in which the plow is a narrow, elongated blade which forms a long, narrow trench embanked with its own soil or which cuts the bottom and sides of the trench, thereby forcing the dirt up.
(1) Note. Slit ditcher is especially adapted for stripping the earth from a pipeline which is buried therein, or for opening a ditch for laying drainage tubes, cable ducts, drainage tiles, or water supply piping.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
380, for slit ditcher having shovel or scoop rather than a plow.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
172, Earth Working,
699+, for an earth working implement specifically disclosed as working deep in the soil. 405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
154+, for a slit trencher in combination with a cable laying structure.
