US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 287 STATIC RECEPTACLE OF A MATERIAL CONDITIONING TYPE AND MEANS TO MOVE, OR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF, MATERIAL TO, WITHIN, OR FROM THE RECEPTACLE
Current as of: June, 1999
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STATIC RECEPTACLE OF A MATERIAL CONDITIONING TYPE AND MEANSTO MOVE, OR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF, MATERIAL TO, WITHIN, ORFROM THE RECEPTACLE:
(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising a fixed or stationary chamber (e.g., bin, vessel, container, receptacle, etc.) of a kind associated with an operation involving the treating of material, and either charge moving means, or charge-movement-related structure, for moving, or facilitating the movement of, a charge of material to, within, or from the chamber, which combination is not properly classifiable elsewhere (e.g., in the relevant treatment class).
(1) Note. An example of the art found herein is a bin and a charging means therefor, which bin is intended to be used, at least in part, for the drying of grain and therefore is provided with structure enabling the passage of air.
(2) Note. If a means to treat material is present,
classification is in the appropriate treating class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
217+, for apparatus that moves material between zones (one or both of which may be a treatment chamber) of differing pressures and inhibits changes in the pressure gradient therebetween.
222.01+, for related structure, but wherein is additionally provided means for charging a load holding or supporting element from a source of material or articles.
