US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 266
PLURAL, STATIC STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING DISCRETE LOADS AND CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

266PLURAL, STATIC STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING DISCRETE LOADS AND CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR {1}
267  DF  .~> Load-underlying members (e.g., racks, receptacles (or a compartmented receptacle), shelves, troughs, etc.) {7}

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/266

PLURAL STATIC STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING DISCRETE LOADS AND CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR:

(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising a plurality of charge-supporting elements or charge-holding receptacles, which elements or receptacles are of a static (e.g.,., fixed, stationary, etc.) nature, and means for moving a charge toward, to, onto, into, from, away from, off, out of, etc., each of the elements or receptacles.

(1) Note. Elements or receptacles which remain in a particular location, but which include means for moving (e.g.,., rotatably driving) them while in that location, as well as means for charging or discharging them, are classified elsewhere in this class (e.g.,., subclass 787).

(2) Note. To be proper for the plural receptacles of this subclass, charges must be supported by the receptacles, not merely transported therewith or therethrough, and transferred from the charging means to the receptacles or from the receptacles to the discharging means.

(3) Note. Charge-supporting elements or charge-holding receptacles which are disclosed as being portable, but for which neither movement nor means to allow movement (e.g.,., wheels, vehicle mounted, conveyor mounted, etc.) is claimed, are treated as being static.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

331.01+, for the charging or discharging, by an external means, of a movable rack having superposed, charge-supporting elements.

807, for a process of charging or discharging plural static structures for supporting discrete loads and utilizing charging or discharging means therefor.