LOAD-ENGAGING STRUCTURE OF ELEVATOR OR HOIST DEVICE WITH LOADHANDLING FEATURE:
(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising those elements of a means for raising or lowering a load which are in direct engagement with the load, and in particular, the
structural characteristics of such elements.
(1) Note. The above-described subcombination is classifiable here only to the extent that it is not elsewhere provided for.
(2) Note. The line between a material handling device proper for this Class (414) and an elevator or industrial lift truck proper for Class 187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle, is as follows: (a) Class 414 provides for load engaging structure in which the load support surface travels in a generally vertical primary lift direction and (1) is mounted for movement in a direction other than the primary lifting direction (e.g.,., tilting) or (2) has an additional load handling structure (e.g.,., conveyor) or (3) is constructed in such a manner that the load support surface is inherently self-charged or self-discharged along the primary lift direction; and (b) Class 187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle provides for industrial lift trucks or components thereof when the load is shifted in its entirety in a primary lifting direction from one level to another vertically spaced level and may additionally include (1) mere pivoting or tilting of the load supporting structure for detachment or storage or (2) retaining of a received load on the support surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
592+, for the combination of an elevator or hoist and a loading or unloading means therefor, and wherein may be included specific, load-engaging structure. (The art of the newly reclassified portions of the subclass 592 area, i.e., subclasses 628+, 630+, 659+, 662+, and 785, has been cross-referenced here (785) where appropriate).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle, 237, and 401+ for an industrial lift truck or elevator, having load engaging structure (See above line note for distinction).
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,
35+, for vehicle pushers which may be used to move a vehicle to or from an elevator.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses for load-engaging means having hand or hoist line terminals.
