US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 403
DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE

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403DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE {10}
404  DF  .~> For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means {2}
411  DF  .~> With container opening means {1}
413  DF  .~> Successive dumping from conveyed stack
414  DF  .~> With gate or closure-type discharge control means
415  DF  .~> With jarring means
416  DF  .~> Nongravity type {1}
418  DF  .~> Orienting endless, roller, or gravity conveyor
419  DF  .~> Rotary cradle {2}
422  DF  .~> Elevator type {2}
425  DF  .~> Upending (e.g., rocking or tilting about end, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/403

DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE:

(under the class definition) Devices for engaging and emptying portable receptacles or containers.

(1) Note. The patents in this and indented subclasses are primarily an art collection. Normally, the minimum requirements of these subclasses is the inclusion of (a) means to receive a receptacle in the form of a cradle or the like, or (b) means to grasp a receptacle in the form of grasping or seizing means, each of which means is instrumental in dumping the receptacle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

183, for the emptying of a separable receptacle utilized for charging a chamber of the heating type.

333, through 402, for devices for unloading vehicles, which devices are external to the vehicles.

639+, for an elevator or hoist device in which the load carrier may be a container and is dumped similar to a

portable receptacle.

810, for a process of emptying a portable receptacle. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

65, Glass Manufacturing,

260, for glassworking apparatus having product take-out or transfer means mounted above a mold; see the search notes thereunder.

164, Metal Founding, appropriate subclasses for devices for removing molded metallic objects from their molds.