VEHICLE WITH LOAD-RECEIVING PORTION AND MEANS FOR RELOCATINGA LOAD THEREALONG OR THEREWITHIN:
(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising a vehicle which has a portion for receiving and transporting a load and is provided with means for moving a load consisting of material in relation to that portion, within the confines or limits thereof, for redistributing or otherwise relocating the load.
(1) Note. Material, as used herein, ordinarily comprises a commodity which is being handled in bulk; however, articles are within the scope of that term as long as they are not handled individually (i.e., as separate items).
(2) Note. This subclass is an outgrowth of the reclassification of subclass 82 of former Class 214. Since it is believed that similar art existed in, at least, subclasses 83+, 503, and 518+ of that class, now subclasses 507+ (other than 509+ thereof), 472 and 501+, respectively, the patents initially placed here may represent only a small portion of a potentially large body of art.
(3) Note. Included herein, in the absence of a more appropriate locus, is a body of art wherein the relocating of the load is for the purpose of making it more compact (i.e., compressing it).
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491+, for a self-loading or unloading vehicle having a load-receiving portion pivotable relative to the horizontal, and wherein is provided a driven means to move a load relative to the portion. Included therein is art wherein the means may serve only to move the load along or within the portion (i.e., the function of moving the load off or on to the vehicle is accomplished by the pivotable movement of the portion, rather than by the driven means).
508+, for a self-loading or unloading vehicle having a load engaging element reciprocably movable parallel to a generally horizontal load-supporting component of the vehicle for ejecting a load therefrom, which element may be closely related to the moving means found herein. This subclass (679) includes patents formerly classified in that area (509+), but which patents lack any indication that moving the load off the load receiving portion is contemplated.
754+, for article reorienting which may include the repositioning, by movement about one of its principal axes, of an article located on a vehicle.
