US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 426
WHEEL AND WHEEL-TYPE ARTICLE HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

426WHEEL AND WHEEL-TYPE ARTICLE HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER {4}
427  DF  .~> Elevator-type engaging means
428  DF  .~> Vertically swinging article engager
429  DF  .~> Opposed horizontally reciprocable engaging elements
430  DF  .~> Ramp-type truck

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/426

WHEEL AND WHEEL-TYPE ARTICLE HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER:

(under the class definition) Devices comprising a mobile support having means for engaging the outer circumference of a wheel or wheel-like object to support and transport it in upright position and including (a) means to handle or manipulate it while in upright position, or (b) means to secure the load in upright position during transportation thereof, or (c) means for directing or loading a wheel onto said support.

(1) Note. This and indented subclasses deal primarily with the problem of handling a wheel prior to or subsequent to its removal from an axle. The specialized use of these devices is considered sufficient reason to warrant classifying them together.

(2) Note. These devices include structural features designed to engage the outer surface of a wheel or wheel-like object. Reference to "wheel-engaging means" only is not sufficient to place the invention here.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

458+, for vehicles having elevating cooperating shelf-type article engaging means for general use.

463, for a vehicle having an auxiliary carrier of the rim, tire, or wheel type, which carrier is movable from the normal carrying position to a position to load or unload the same.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 29, Metal Working,

244+, for wheel pulling devices.

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,

2+, for lift trucks, and other appropriate subclasses for wheel-lifting devices which include the wheel-engaging element by name only. See particularly subclasses 120+ for single throw lever wheel positioning means.

280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for vehicular structures for carrying wheels in which the load-engaging feature is included by name only.