US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 405
.~.~ By inverting both receptacle and receiving means in order to transfer contents from one to other

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

403  DF  DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE {10}
404  DF  .~ For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means {2}
405.~.~ By inverting both receptacle and receiving means in order to transfer contents from one to other

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/405

By inverting both receptacle and receiving means in order to transfer contents from one to other:

(under subclass 404) Apparatus wherein the device juxtapositions the receptacle and the receiving means and then inverts both, thus causing the contents of the former to move or shift to the latter by the action of gravity.

(1) Note. The receptacle and the receiving means often comprise receptacles of a like nature, in which instance the receiving means is placed upside down above the receptacle and the assembly then inverted to cause the contents to move from one receptacle to the other.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

754, for means to reorient an article.

758+, particularly for means to invert an article.