US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 288
STATIC RECEPTACLE AND MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, OR FACILITATING THE CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF, THE RECEPTACLE

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

288STATIC RECEPTACLE AND MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, OR FACILITATING THE CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF, THE RECEPTACLE {7}
289  DF  .~> With alarm, indicator, or signal
290  DF  .~> Receptacle contains liquid in which charge is submergibly sealed
291  DF  .~> With means to handle (e.g., recirculate, remove, etc.) dust
292  DF  .~> With means to seal receptacle in vicinity of entrance for charging or discharging means
293  DF  .~> Charging or charge-distributing means {6}
304  DF  .~> Nongravity discharging means {4}
328  DF  .~> Gravity discharge of a gated, static receptacle to one or more vehicle-mounted receivers {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/288

STATIC RECEPTACLE AND MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, OR FACILITATING THE CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF, THE RECEPTACLE:

(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising a charge-holding receptacle which is of a fixed or stationary nature (e.g., a bin, silo, tank, etc.) and either charge-moving means, or charge-movement-related structure, for moving, or facilitating the movement of, a charge of material to or from the receptacle, and wherein the purpose of the movement is to charge or discharge material to or from the receptacle.

(1) Note. A receptacle which remains in a particular location, but which includes means for moving (e.g., rotatably driving) it while in that location, as well as means for charging or discharging it, is classified elsewhere in this class (e.g., subclass 787).

(2) Note. To be proper for this subclass, a charge must be supported by the receptacle, not merely transported therewithin or therethrough, and transferred from the charging means to the receptacle or from the receptacle to the discharging means.

(3) Note. A receptacle which is disclosed as being portable, but for which neither movement nor means to allow movement (e.g., wheels, vehicle mounted, conveyor mounted, etc.) is claimed, is treated as being static.

(4) Note. Where the combination of a tank or vat disclosed for holding liquids is claimed in combination with means for introducing and/or removing work therefrom for contacting the work with the liquids, classification is not in this class (414), but in some other class, of which Class 134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, is the generic class. The notes to Class 134 set out the various classes having the noted combination.

(5) Note. See (2) Note of the definition of subclass 104.05, in Class 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General

Cleaning, for the line as to devices for removing the hardened material from retorts or other chambers, and for the classification where the device for removing hardened material is claimed as permanently associated with the chamber.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 267+, for the combination of a single receptacle which is divided into plural compartments and means for charging or discharging the compartments.

808, for a process of charging or discharging, or facilitating the charging or discharging of a static receptacle.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

104.05+, for devices for scraping or cutting material from the interior of a pipe. See (5) Note above.

99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,

360+, for a conveyor to transport a fluid filled receptacle to and from a heat treatment.

134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses. See (4) Note above.

222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, and see

166, for a dispenser which is tiltable to discharge its contents by gravity, and subclasses 608+ for a dispenser having a casing or a support which is ambulatory.

378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices, appropriate subclasses for electron microscopes having means for inserting a specimen into the evacuated champer of the microscope without destroying the vacuum.

406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, appropriate subclasses for the combination of a fluid current conveyor and a receptacle.