US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 252
.~ With vehicle storage or retrieval system responsive to manual designation of destination

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

227  DF  APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING A FACILITY COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SITES FOR THE PARKING OF WHEELED VEHICLES {7}
252.~ With vehicle storage or retrieval system responsive to manual designation of destination

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/252

With vehicle storage or retrieval system responsive to manual designation of destination:

(under subclass 227) Apparatus provided with a system having means for manually specifying (i.e., by an operator) a particular site to which a vehicle is to be moved, either for the storage or the retrieval thereof, and for moving a vehicle thereto or therefrom over a route which usually (but see (1) Note) is predetermined and not subject to variation.

(1) Note. The concept of this subclass is that of, for example, sequencing circuitry which, when energized (e.g.,., by closing a switch), causes the vehicle-moving apparatus to respond by moving the vehicle in a predetermined path to a particular, nonchangeable destination. (A system of this nature is sometimes described in the art as an "automatic" one).

(2) Note. The ability of a system to select the shortest one of plural, alternative routes to or from a site is considered to be within the capabilities of an apparatus of this subclass.

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231, for a control system which has a capacity for responding to changeable operating instructions.